[lug] Firefox unresponsive script

[Warren Sanders]

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Gary Hodges wrote:
> A few weeks ago when accessing my gmail account, attempting to read
> an email specifically, I was suddenly faced with an unresponsive
> script error.  I did some googling and came across a fix.
>
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> In the ‘Filter’ box, type dom.max_script_run_time. This will narrow
> the options till only the dom.max_script_run_time option remains.
> Right-click it and choose Modify. A box pops up. Change the number
> to something bigger like 20. This is the maximum time a script can
> run before Firefox considers it ‘unresponsive’.
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> I used a value of 30 and it worked up until today when it started
> again.  I've upped that value a few times (currently 200), and while
> I don't get the error message, I still can't read email messages
> either.  gmail just hangs until I refresh the page and I'm returned
> to the page of email messages.  I won't claim an exhaustive search
> for alternate fixes, but this is the only one I've found.

Thanks for the tip.  I have been faced with this issue as well for the
past couple weeks with my local bank.  I have found it works using
Konqueror for this one site.  I don't recall any recent updates in FF
either.  Unfortunately extending this time didn't work for me either.

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Warren Sanders
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