Firefox 5 doesn't stop running when closed

I'm running win7 x64 Home Premium and after closing Firefox 5 it still runs and has to be shut down by the Task Manager. It happened every time so I reverted back to Firefox 4.

See "Hang at exit":
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+hangs

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Jeff Bohrer wrote:
Ahh-
emc08 wrote:
It is done in the "Quit" case of the user events.
But you left the right side tunnel unwired from the the inside (so the event reg terminal OUT contains the valid refnum to the user event you just tried to destroy) Event terminals behave like SRs with invisable wires in every case that is not wired
Here is an example demoing just this behavior.
I'm sorry, but I can't see th eexample because I am running 2009. I think I understand. I've cleaned up the code a little bit, and added a shift register for the events. Is this what I needed to do? This still does not solve the problem, unfortunately. If I close, the "Quit" sequence properly executes, (including closing of the front panel), but the thread still does not close.
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** Reference Environment without problems that I know about
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(I've only included the deltas from the MacBook Pro)
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Flash Block 1.5.15.1 enable
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Curiouser and curiouser.
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* The MacBook Air is 13" (June 2012) OS X 10.7.4 build 11E2705
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* Must I have Shockwave Director also installed?
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Hi there!
Since I upgraded to GNOME 3 recently, my laptop (Acer Aspire TimelineX 3820TG) doesn't suspend anymore when I close the lid. Instead, it just turns off the screen. If I choose suspend from the menu, it does suspend properly.
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Last edited by perpetrator (2011-10-17 14:25:26)

Sorry to bother you again, but for some reason it doesn't work anymore...
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Setting the XAUTHORITY environment variable properly did the trick. Therefore, I borrowed some lines from here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Su … losing_lid
Thread marked as SOLVED again.
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