Palemoon hang and close GUI, keep process

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Efreen

Palemoon hang and close GUI, keep process

Unread post by Efreen » 2017-03-17, 13:12

Lately sometimes Palemoon hang for a while and close its windows. But the process keep it running and appear like a normal process in the task manager:
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There is no procedure to reproduce the problem, it is a bit random. Usually happens when you load pages with many media content.
System info
Operating system: Windows 7 64bit
Browser version: 27.1.2 64 bits
Theme: Default
Installed add-ons: None
Installed plugins:
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Java(TM) Platform SE 8 U121
Version: 11.121.2.13
Java Deployment Toolkit 8.0.1210.13
Version: 11.121.2.13
Shockwave Flash
Version: 25.0.0.127
Disabled pulgins
PDF-XChange Viewer
Version: 2.5.210.0
Microsoft Office 2010
Version: 14.0.4730.1010
Microsoft Office 2013
Version: 15.0.4514.1000

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Re: Palemoon hang and close GUI, keep process

Unread post by Moonchild » 2017-03-17, 14:21

We are aware of these hangs and are working on them. 27.2 should solve these deadlocks, and we'll continue to improve the media handling.
See http://www.palemoon.org/knownissues.shtml
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