I dont use that version of Ubuntu anymore this was in 2013 so thats six Ubuntu releases back. Chris Coulson or someone from the Ubuntu Mozilla Team should confirm since this is a downstream bug thats marked confirmed still.
Their bug squad would mark it invalid if it was no longer present. Either way Mozilla does not invest much time in Linux stability and fixes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1165252 Title: Firefox becomes unresponsive when savings images Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: What: Whenever I save images or download any files Firefox becomes temporarily unresponsive and gvfsd-metadata soars to 90% CPU consumption. Expected: Not insane use of CPU and unresponsiveness Steps to reproduce: 1. Launch firefox 2. Go to any site with images and right click save 3. Firefox becomes unresponsive 4. Run top from cli and see gvfsd-metadata consuming tons of CPU ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: firefox 19.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: bkerensa 2284 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20130308124351 Channel: Unavailable Date: Fri Apr 5 16:29:29 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-18 (169 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.141 metric 9 MarkForUpload: True PrefSources: prefs.js [Profile]/extensions/supp...@lastpass.com/defaults/preferences/defaults.js ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=19.0.2/20130308124351 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: google-talkplugin 3.17.0.0-1 totem-mozilla 3.6.3-0ubuntu4 rhythmbox-mozilla 2.98-0ubuntu3 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-11-24 (132 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/24/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A00 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 0VK06J dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: FAB1 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA00:bd06/24/2011:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemInspironN411Z:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0VK06J:rvrFAB1:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: Dell System Inspiron N411Z dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1165252/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp