Description of problem: The version of Firefox distributed with Fedora 7 terminates randomly after long periodsof usage. This problem cannot be replicated on any other architecture, platform or distribution. The problem cannot be rectified by updating to the current version in the Repositories (which as of writing is 2.0.0.5, latest at mozilla is 2.0.0.6) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.0.0.5-1.fc7 How reproducible: Large amounts of usage. No specific pages. No indication of termination until occurrence.
I think this is caused by the flash player 9.x. It is not clear which one is the culprit. It is not clear when there will be a solution. One thing some people suggested was to start one session of firefox with a flash content and then use another window for web browsing. This seems to stop crashes for some reason.
I've had severe problems with Firefox (2.0.0.5-1.fc7) terminating regularly (currently, every time I visit http://www.slashdot.org, but other sites as well) on a system I upgraded from FC5. Firefox on this system is currently unusable as a result. On two other systems, that I upgraded from FC6, I don't see this problem at all.
The flash player will be run under nspluginwrapper in F8. If the flash crashes, browser will survive and restore the flash plugin. Closing as NEXTRELEASE for now. Please reopen if the browser crashes in Fedora 8.