Thanks for your bug report and for helping to improve Ubuntu. I was not able to reproduce this behavior. The Quicktime trailer you listed played fine for me and did not crash Firefox.
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 $ apt-cache policy firefox firefox: Installed: 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 Candidate: 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 Version table: *** 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.0.8+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
Perhaps it is not Firefox but your video driver or video settings?
Thanks for your bug report and for helping to improve Ubuntu. I was not able to reproduce this behavior. The Quicktime trailer you listed played fine for me and did not crash Firefox.
$ lsb_release -rd nobinonly- 0ubuntu0. 9.04.1 nobinonly- 0ubuntu0. 9.04.1 nobinonly- 0ubuntu0. 9.04.1 0 us.archive. ubuntu. com jaunty-updates/main Packages security. ubuntu. com jaunty- security/ main Packages dpkg/status 0.8+nobinonly- 0ubuntu3 0 us.archive. ubuntu. com jaunty/main Packages
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 3.0.10+
Candidate: 3.0.10+
Version table:
*** 3.0.10+
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3.
500 http://
Perhaps it is not Firefox but your video driver or video settings?