Bug#591106: iceweasel: Iceweasel freezes X when zooming on large images

[Mike Hommey]

reassign 591106 xserver-xorg
thanks

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 04:38:51PM -0600, John Aston <auc42 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 3.5.10-1
> Severity: important
> 
> 
> I have a two-screen (in the Xorg.conf sense) configuration.  If I have a large
> image displayed in zoomed-out mode and attempt to zoom in on it, the browser
> often takes a few seconds to re-render.  If I move my mouse pointer to the other
> screen during this re-rendering process, X freezes entirely and accepts no further
> input, including attempts to switch to a virtual console to kill iceweasel.  The
> only solution is to shut down the entire machine with the power button.
> 
> This happens with (at least) large GIFs and JPEGs.  An example image which causes
> this behavior is http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Quietdunes.jpg.
> 
> If the image is not in the process of re-rendering, meaning that it is fully zoomed
> in or out, there are no problems.  It only freezes when I move the mouse onto the 
> other screen during the re-rendering process.

I could be wrong, but this souns more like a problem with either the x server
or the video driver.

Mike