[Malvern] Worked it out

[Matthew Wild]

On 8/13/07, Richard Forster <rick at forster.uklinux.net> wrote:
>
> Whaddaya know, I just crashed Firefox and couldn't kill it.
> It absolutely wouldn't budge. I couldn't even close the window, which I
> usually can. kill -9 was as benign as pwd.
>
> Then I ran ps -el as suggested by Matthew and saw the letters usb
> somewhere in the firefox line.
>
> Hmmmm
>
> So I unplugged various things including a digital camera, and as I did
> the Firefox window vanished. I could then restart it without needing a
> reboot.


Do you have a USB webcam/mic? If you think it is Flash, it could be Flash in
Firefox trying to grab those devices... and obviously failing. Just a guess.


Weird. But I know what (not) to do now.
>
>
> Rick


Matthew.
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