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   Dave Yeo to All   
   Re: FF4 GA - Is It Stable For You?   
   21 May 11 19:06:03   
   
   Firefox/4.0.2pre SeaMonkey/2.1pre   
   From: Dave Yeo    
      
   tholen@antispam.ham wrote:   
   > "Rich Walsh"  writes:   
   >   
   >>> >>  Just had a crash in XUL.DLL.  It was the kind of crash that used a   
   >>> >>  full-screen window to report the crash.  Naturally, I wasn't home   
   >>> >>  at the time the crash occurred, so the crash ended the energy-saving   
   >>> >>  standby mode for my dual-head monitors, allowing the static text to   
   >>> >>  burn in for possibly several hours.   
   >> >  Full screen, like a kernel panic?   
   > Full screen, yes, but after dismissing the dialog, the system returned   
   > to the Desktop, and I was able to relaunch Firefox and continue,   
   > whereas the kernel panics I've seen bring down the entire system,   
   > forcing a reboot.  Also unlike a kernel panic in that the crash   
   > had box-drawing characters around the two parts of the screen.  The   
   > lower part had the usual three choices of dismissing the message,   
   > seeing more detailed information, or showing just the message.   
   >   
      
   This sounds like you had a full screen session with focus when the crash    
   happened. What are you using to put the monitors too sleep? Also is    
   there anything in popup.log?   
   Dave   
      
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