[Bug 219866] Re: firefox crashes X on this web page

2008-05-08 Thread David Search
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 212648 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212648 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 212648 [nvidia-new, hardy] certain websites in firefox causes X restart due to lack of wfb symlink -- firefox crashes X on this web page https://bugs.launch

[Bug 219866] Re: firefox crashes X on this web page

2008-05-06 Thread David Search
I have the same problem with the driver installed by the driver manager. However, a manual install of the same driver version (169.12) from nVidia's website is not having the same problem. I'm not sure what is different about the drivers from the restricted- modules package and the drivers from th

[Bug 219866] Re: firefox crashes X on this web page

2008-05-06 Thread David Search
I've now tested several releases of the driver from nVidia's site and they all work (including 169.12). I'm going to attempt a local build of the restricted-modules package to see if that works as well. -- firefox crashes X on this web page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219866 You received this

[Bug 219866] Re: firefox crashes X on this web page

2008-05-05 Thread David Search
173.08 is a beta driver, install at your own risk. I have found it to be more stable than 169.12 on my system. Release notes and download are at: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.08.html I've uninstalled the nvidia-glx-new package to avoid conflicts caused by updates and the r

[Bug 219866] Re: firefox crashes X on this web page

2008-05-05 Thread David Search
Driver version 173.08 from nVidia's website fixed the issue for me. I was using the 8.04 beta for quite some time and the problem started with the 169.12 version of the nvidia-glx-new package. -- firefox crashes X on this web page https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219866 You received this bug notif