Am 22. Dec, 2013 schwätzte Dazed_75 so: moin moin, I've had firefox lose it's display while some part of the core engine coneintues and continues to hold a lock. Killing the pid of the remaining process tends to open the lock. $ dpkg -l | grep iceweasel ii iceweasel 17.0.10esr-1~deb7u1 amd64 Web browser based on Firefox ciao, der.hans > I just had a problem with Firefox 26 (which was upgraded in the last few > days) on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. Not the same as yours though and you did not > say what version of FF. > > In my case I went to start firefox which I had run last night AND exited > normally but Ubuntu said it was already running and I would need to exit > that first before running another (weird huh?). There did not appear to be > one on any workspace and the Unity launcher was not indicating one. > Normally, even if there was one, there would be a pip showing on the > launcher and clicking on it would just take me to the open application. > > However, ps showed a firefox process running so I killed it and the Firefox > could be opened and seems to run normally. Makes me wonder is there is > some memory leak causing these problems. Not like they don't have some > history of leaks. > > > On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 1:29 AM, der.hans wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> menu items are no longer working for me with Firefox. This includes in >> page items as well as file, dit, view, etc. and also add-ons with buttons >> at the bottom and top. Everything. Browsing still works as long as I don't >> need a menu. >> >> Trying html drop downs results in the following error: >> >> (iceweasel:9467): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_peek_children: assertion >> `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed >> >> iceweasel on debian stable with KDE. >> >> Tried safe-mode and still didn't work. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> -- >> # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ >> # Im Zweifelsfall wähle das am interessantesten. -- der.hans >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # "So the environment is not a luxury ... It is an economically important # insurance policy whose wisdom we ignore at our peril." # -- Klaus Toepfer, U.N. environment agency Executive Director