Sorry for not replying. I have a hunch as to what caused this (namely, your .gtkrc directory) but I'm going to have to close this since you said it has been fixed. Please reopen if it appears again. Thanks for taking the time to report this!
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- Firefox freeze under KDE https://launchpad.net/bugs/48314 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs