This bug has been found from another bug report (FC3) and I am experiencing the same in RHEL4: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=145758 Description of problem: Firefox performs noticeably better in Gnome than it does in KDE. When using KDE and firefox to browse somewhat complex web pages, firefox will frequently "hang" for a few seconds (during which the kicker will also not respond to mouse clicks) before allowing mouse input again. This never happens when using Gnome on the same machine. I have experienced this same issue on every machine I have used with Fedora Core 3 installed. When installing Mandrake on the box, the problem went away. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open up slashdot.org in firefox 2. Hit CTRL-T repeatedly and rapidly to open new windows until "hang" Actual Results: Short hang induced which lasts a few seconds in firefox and the kicker. Very irritating when browsing the web since it happens every minute or so during medium to heavy browser usage. Expected Results: No delay when opening new tabs. Additional info: A bit contrived example, but one which I could get to demonstrate the problem every time I did it. This also happens frequently when entering data into forms on web pages frequently as well (including while I fill out this bug report). However, these occurances are much more unpredictable. Using stock version of firefox 1.0 from mozilla.org also exhibits problem in KDE. using top to watch CPU during such "hangs" does not show any higher CPU utilization spikes. Doing the exact same thing in Gnome or in KDE on Mandrake does not induce any problems and Firefox works wonderfully. I believe other GTK apps do this from time to time as well, but I have not documented them. I've seen this commented on a few other places when using google, but no one has seemed to find a solution yet.
Hi guys, I upgraded KDE from 3.3 to 3.5 (from apt) and the problem doesn't happen again. KDE 3.5 isn't supported by RH yet.
Since this bugzilla report was filed, we have seriously upgraded Gecko-related packages, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their distribution available. Please, confirm to us that this bug is reproducible on the latest upgrade of the supported distribution (that's RHEL, or Fedora 7, 8, and Rawhide). Setting the bug to NEEDINFO. If I won't get confirmation of reproducability in 30 days, the bug will be closed as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. [This is mass-changing of bugs which seem to be too old and irrelevant anymore; we are sorry, if this bug should not be incldued.]
Hi there, I am no longer using RHEL 4. I have upgraded my workstation to RHEL 5 and I haven't experienced that problem since.
Thanks for letting us know. Closing as INSUFFICIENT_DATA