Firefox hangs. Period.

Firefox just hangs, whenever I do ANYTHING. Nothing in the "firefox hangs" section helps, not does it even really fit my problem. It just hangs whenever I try to go to a site. Any site. Or no site. Whenever I click something, it just pretends to start loading and hangs up.
The only solution I can think of is just reinstalling it, but I want to try finding a less drastic measure first.

I have circumvented this mostly by running internet explorer, and using Firefox only for browsing when I need to make use of it's addons. In this way I've had the problem re-occur maybe once or twice in the past two weeks. It's not really a solution but it does seem to help, and I'm no longer sure the problem IS firefox but using it certainly exacerbates the problem.
I've only just updated to firefox 6, so I am not entirely sure how that will go just yet.

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Firefox hangs for 20-60 seconds at a time, including in safe mode

Starting last week, with Firefox 6.02, my copy of Firefox kept crashing on opening, even in safe mode. This week, 7.0 hit, and I installed that. Now, Firefox freezes periodically as I click on things -- right-clicking on bookmarks, clicking links, opening new tabs, opening the Firefox menu, you name it.
I've done a complete uninstall and reinstall, and loaded up Safe Mode. Firefox still hangs no matter what I try.

Ok try and enable the default theme.
What I think is key here perhaps is that in XP safe mode your anti virus real time scanning is disabled. In normal mode it is not.
The fact both Thunderbird modes work fine in XP safe mode indicated that your anti virus or other startup application is the root cause of the issue.
My first option is anti virus as they cause so many problems. What are you using?
Unrelated but based on something I was reading this morning, I suggest you run [http:// http://www.adlice.com/softwares/roguekiller/ RogueKiller in addition to normal anti virus a few times ion the coming days.
As your using XP and probably have older software to go with the older operating system. The messy details of this new file free threat can be found [https://blog.gdatasoftware.com/blog/article/poweliks-the-persistent-malware-without-a-file.html here ]

FireFox hangs up for a long time on most pages and sometimes never loads them. This is new phenomenon. What can I do to resolve this issue?

I attempt to open up a site. Firefox hangs for a 20-30 seconds on most sites and sometimes never opens the page, despite leaving it open for a long, long time. I find that if I go up to the address bar and hit "enter" on the page I'm trying to go to that most of the time I can then load the page after a couple of tries. This is obviously annoying and never used to happen. I'm looking for a fix. Thanks!

I had done that already. I brought it down to 30, which was recommended in another thread.
For most sites, Firefox works fine. But some of the primary sites I use for work hang up for long periods of time and frequently never load. I've tested the same sites with other browsers and they load quickly, so it is a Firefox issue.
Please help me keep Firefox! Thanks!!

Firefox after v 8 hangs and crashes done all "firefox hangs" suggestions. Installed fresh java, flash, safemode, only thing that works is to return to v 8

Last FF version that works flawless on my home rigis v8. From v9 on hangs pages, hangs entire computer, "not responding" for long periods of time. Have completed all the "firefox hangs" suggestions. Reinstalled clean, reinstalled clean flash, ran w/ new and w/o Java, safemode, hardware acceleration off, clean profiles... Only savior is to return to v 8. Same package of addons are loaded on other computers I have w/ no issues. Graphics drivers are up to date/ XP drivers and releases are up to date. Use the same settings for v8 and each that have updated since. Have set to not update in v8 but it constantly updates itself and begins the crash/hang cycles. Resources are using less the 20% cpu and ram when hanging is occurring.

Last FF version that works flawless on my home rigis v8. From v9 on hangs pages, hangs entire computer, "not responding" for long periods of time. Have completed all the "firefox hangs" suggestions. Reinstalled clean, reinstalled clean flash, ran w/ new and w/o Java, safemode, hardware acceleration off, clean profiles... Only savior is to return to v 8. Same package of addons are loaded on other computers I have w/ no issues. Graphics drivers are up to date/ XP drivers and releases are up to date. Use the same settings for v8 and each that have updated since. Have set to not update in v8 but it constantly updates itself and begins the crash/hang cycles. Resources are using less the 20% cpu and ram when hanging is occurring.

Firefox hangs regurlary, I can still use other programs on my laptop

Flash and other add ons are up to date. Using firefox 3.0.2, on windows 7

If it hangs periodically (a few seconds every minute or every 10 minutes for instance), delete '''places.sqlite''' according to the procedure in [[The bookmarks and history system will not be functional#w_solution-2-create-a-new-places-database]].
Make also sure you use [[How do I upgrade my graphics drivers?|the latest graphic driver version]].

Firefox hangs on opening requiring force quit I have snow leopard mac It hangs when I try safe mode. I need to know how to remove all traces of firefox on my mac so I can reinstall. I have tried terminal as advised on firefox webpage. Please advise m

Firefox hangs on opening requiring force quit I have snow leopard Mac It even hangs when I try safe mode. I need to know how to remove all traces of firefox on my mac so I can reinstall. I have tried terminal as advised on firefox webpage. Please advise me
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I tried to update firefox add-ons ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_3; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.22.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.5 Safari/531.22.7

Try a new profile. See [[Recovering important data from an old profile]]

Firefox hangs when I visit a wordpress 3.1 page in a theme and update it

Hi,
I use wordpress 3.1. I use a theme and sometimes (unexpectedly) when I try to update the page firefox hangs. Sometimes I can force quit, sometimes not. Upon restart it signals another version is running, this is not the case. I cannot find the file in the library section of my mac to remove the profiles file, because it is not visible as such
All other browsers do not respond anymore. I have to restart my computer. On my Iphone I do have internet so this is not my network
I tried installing, deinstalling and even updating to the beta and going back to cureent version again...
Please HELP I am going nuts ;-)

Hi Jumpman,
Thank you for your question. In order to clarify: the mobile bookmarks have their own folder by default. Check out the Bookmark Manager in Show all Bookmarks.
Also, there is a new version of sync. Make sure you are all set up with the new account with these instructions: [[How to update to the new Firefox Sync]]

Why does Firefox hang when I try to open yahoo? It also hangs after I use it for a little bit.

When I try to open yahoo Firefox will hang and when I try to restart it will close but stay running. It seems to have started when yahoo went to the new version.I reset my screen resolution to 1152 by 864 pixels like yahoo said no difference. Firefox will also hang if I go to several web sites with out going to yahoo. I changed my home page to Hotmail instead of yahoo and it will open just fine. Any help will be appreciated. Rodney. [email protected]

Please see the following articles [[Firefox Hangs]] and [[Firefox Crashes]]

Firefox hangs on startup in normal mode and safe mode, won't start in reset mode

using FF 26.0
using windows 7 home premium v 6.1 (latest)
My problems started after loading FF 26.0. If I start FF in regular mode it hangs. Same thing happens when I start in safe mode. I can shut FF down (while it is hung) by clicking the X in the top right corner.
When I start FF in safe mode and choose reset FF, it hangs without FF ever appearing; I have to shut it down using task manager. After shutting down in reset mode, I can start FF in regular mode and everything works fine. However, stopping FF does not shut it down. I have to use task manager to shut it down. Then I am back to square one when trying to start FF, i.e. reset firefox, hangs, task manager shut down, then start FF.
When FF is running, I can open a new FF window.All my addons are up to date. I have reinstalled FF 26.0, three or four times.
I have cleared cache and cookies.
I have scanned for viruses and rootkits etc. with microsoft security essentials and spybot.
I have been a happy user of FF for more than a decade and have never had a problem like this. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks!

There has been an issue reported with a snippet on the about:home page.
See [[/questions/984193#answer-525530]]

Firefox hangs -- no fixes work -- even if I uninstall it, it stays open in task manager!

UPDATE 2: Disregard update 1: The problem's still there: If the computer goes into sleep or hibernate, Firefox hangs when I wake it up and the problem proceeds as described. I think it's something to do with Firefox sync and/or various add-ons. I suppose I should now try the long process of gradually allowing sync permissions and add-ons until I find the particular one(s) that are causing the problem but I'd prefer not to! Any other sugestions?
UPDATE: This problem now seems to be fixed. I tried a clean install and it seems to be working, so far. The only difference is I'm no longer using AdBlock plus (coincidentally and unrelatedly), so it's possible that's what was causing the problem.
I'm running the latest vesion of Firefox on Windos 7 (32bit). It always works fine for the first few webpages but then hangs forever. Specifically, it appears to be loading the webpage, but nothing happens, not even the 'failed to load page'.
If at this point I close Firefox, it gives me the 'Firefox is running but not responding' message. If I try and close Firefox from task manager (which continues to show it using a big chunk of memory -- bigger than when it's actually running!), nothing happens.
At this point I'd tried all the obvious things: Refreshing Firefox, disabling add ons, etc. (there's no reason this should've been the problem since I use sync to run Firefox on Android and on another Windows 7 computer (64bit)). So I tried to uninstall Firefox, then reinstall it. When I went to run my newly-installed browser... Firefox was STILL running! I tried this again, from scratch, and found that it really was still open according to Task Manager, despite not appearing in the list of installed programs in the Control Panel!
So to summarise:
1) Firefox stops working after a while and hangs
2) It refuses to close even if it isn't actually on the PC anymore
3) The only way for me to fix this, so far, is to reboot my computer every time Firefox hangs... Which is all the time.

Anyone with very similar problems, please see my posts above.
'''Please start your own question using this'''
*'''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/desktop/fix-problems?search=Firefox+36.0.1+hangs+on+close+down+%28%2Fquetions%2F1051108%29#summarize-question special link]'''
Other contributors will recognise it as relating to this thread, and it cuts out a couple of steps.
Please try to give full troubleshooting information.
===Hi berndf,===
Sorry you are having problems.
I know this can not be affecting everyone. I have tried Fx36.0.1 on Windows 7 and do not notice any particular problems, although it may possibly sometimes take a few minutes for Firefox to fully close down. I do not think there is a very big surge in this sort of question being seen on the forum.
If you don't mind please start your own question, that way we get your full details and can try to solve your problem.
It is probable that there are multiple possible causes of this sort of issue.
I often try to avoid using Windows. Must admit I am not sure why processes may exist but not allow Task Manager to kill them (Presumbly we are talking ''firefox.exe'' here running under your own user name and not some system process)
That is straying into a Windows topic, but it is directly relevant. Any Windows expert wish to enlighten me please ?

Firefox hangs at random times

Firefox hangs at random times (mostly when java or flash is launched) mostly after some time
killing proces plugin-containter not unfreezing firefox , killing firefox proces is only solution for now
I trayed to launch ff in console and use ff until freezes but no error is printed in console or wiritted in to file when its freezes ecept standard warns and massages i used "firefox &> ~/temp/firefoxcrashlog.log"
but i trayed firefox -g and used until freez and look what i have got
<pre><nowiki>hav0ck@hssm:~$ firefox -g
GNU gdb (Ubuntu/Linaro 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2.1) 7.4-2012.04
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://bugs.launchpad.net/gdb-linaro/>...
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/firefox/firefox...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) start
Function "main" not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) n
Starting program: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0xb4132b40 (LWP 6922)]
[New Thread 0xb3221b40 (LWP 6923)]
[New Thread 0xb26ffb40 (LWP 6924)]
[New Thread 0xb1d3ab40 (LWP 6925)]
[New Thread 0xae4ffb40 (LWP 6938)]
[New Thread 0x9f3ffb40 (LWP 6939)]
[Thread 0xae4ffb40 (LWP 6938) exited]
[Thread 0x9f3ffb40 (LWP 6939) exited]
[New Thread 0xae4ffb40 (LWP 6940)]
[New Thread 0x9f3ffb40 (LWP 6941)]
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Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[New Thread 0x8a6e0b40 (LWP 6975)]
[Thread 0x8fafeb40 (LWP 6951) exited]
[New Thread 0x8fafeb40 (LWP 6976)]
[New Thread 0x886ffb40 (LWP 6977)]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
[Thread 0x8fafeb40 (LWP 6976) exited]
[Thread 0x886ffb40 (LWP 6977) exited]
[New Thread 0x873ffb40 (LWP 6991)]
[New Thread 0x886ffb40 (LWP 6992)]
[New Thread 0x8fafeb40 (LWP 6993)]
[New Thread 0x86efeb40 (LWP 6994)]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 6997)]
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 6997) exited]
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7171)]
[Thread 0xa08feb40 (LWP 6934) exited]
[New Thread 0xa08feb40 (LWP 7172)]
[Thread 0xa08feb40 (LWP 7172) exited]
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[New Thread 0xa08feb40 (LWP 7210)]
[New Thread 0x9067cb40 (LWP 7220)]
[New Thread 0x9e0ccb40 (LWP 7222)]
[New Thread 0x8ea6fb40 (LWP 7223)]
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[New Thread 0x898aeb40 (LWP 7226)]
[New Thread 0x8985db40 (LWP 7229)]
[Thread 0x918ffb40 (LWP 7219) exited]
[New Thread 0x918ffb40 (LWP 7251)]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7684)]
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7684) exited]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7171) exited]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7708)]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7708) exited]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7714)]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7724)]
[New Thread 0x8138ab40 (LWP 7729)]
[Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7728) exited]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7734)]
[Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7734) exited]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7735)]
[Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7740) exited]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7744)]
[New Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7745)]
[Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7751) exited]
[New Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7753)]
[New Thread 0x706ffb40 (LWP 7754)]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7846)]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[Thread 0x706ffb40 (LWP 7844) exited]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7846) exited]
[Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7845) exited]
[New Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7911)]
[Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7911) exited]
[New Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7912)]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7913)]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7913) exited]
[Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7912) exited]
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[New Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7917)]
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7954)]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7954) exited]
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7964)]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 7964) exited]
[Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 7917) exited]
[New Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 8013)]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8014)]
[New Thread 0x706ffb40 (LWP 8015)]
[Thread 0x706ffb40 (LWP 8015) exited]
[Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 8013) exited]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8014) exited]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8016)]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8016) exited]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8018)]
[New Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 8019)]
[New Thread 0x706ffb40 (LWP 8020)]
[Thread 0x80b89b40 (LWP 8019) exited]
[Thread 0x706ffb40 (LWP 8020) exited]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8018) exited]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
[Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 7755) exited]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8062)]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8114)]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8151)]
[Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8151) exited]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8123) exited]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8158)]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8159)]
[Thread 0xa00fdb40 (LWP 8113) exited]
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[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8167)]
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8172)]
[Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8172) exited]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
[New Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8175)]
[New Thread 0xa00fdb40 (LWP 8176)]
[Thread 0xa00fdb40 (LWP 8176) exited]
[Thread 0x81fb0b40 (LWP 8175) exited]
[Thread 0xa08feb40 (LWP 7210) exited]
[New Thread 0xa00fdb40 (LWP 8190)]
[New Thread 0xa08feb40 (LWP 8191)]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8167) exited]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8614)]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8614) exited]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8618)]
[Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8618) exited]
[New Thread 0x85affb40 (LWP 8619)]
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[New Thread 0x90efeb40 (LWP 8643)]
[New Thread 0x916ffb40 (LWP 8662)]
(firefox:6918): libnotify-WARNING **: Failed to connect to proxy
[New Thread 0x699ffb40 (LWP 8663)]
[Thread 0x699ffb40 (LWP 8663) exited]
[Thread 0xa00fdb40 (LWP 8621) exited]
[New Thread 0xa00fdb40 (LWP 8702)]
[New Thread 0x699ffb40 (LWP 8703)]
[Thread 0x699ffb40 (LWP 8703) exited]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
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[New Thread 0xa00fdb40 (LWP 8737)]
[New Thread 0x699ffb40 (LWP 8738)]
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[New Thread 0x68fffb40 (LWP 8807)]
[Thread 0x68fffb40 (LWP 8807) exited]
[Thread 0x699ffb40 (LWP 8793) exited]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
[New Thread 0x68fffb40 (LWP 8815)]
[New Thread 0x699ffb40 (LWP 8816)]
NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
Program received signal SIGPIPE, Broken pipe.
[Switching to Thread 0xb26ffb40 (LWP 6924)]
0xb7fdd424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) </nowiki></pre>

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Safari (and Firefox) hang on Flash-Pages for main-account

Since Easter (when I took the last batch of upgrades) Safari and Firefox hang.
I narrowed the test down to the following web-page:
http://www.sunfleet.com
* The page does not load completely - after a little while I get this spinning ball and need to kill the hanging Safari-process.
* The same web-page works flawless on a second account.
This is what i tried so far after reading the communities:
* Checked the safari-preferences, switched off auto-fill, security settings allow loading of plug-ins.
* Executed Onyx 2.1.4 - check disk, check and repair rights, run scripts
* deinstalled Flash and reinstalled it (10.0.45.2) according to the instructions on the Adobe Support Page
* manually removed the Flash Player folders in:
Home/Library/Preferences/Macromedia
Home/Library/Caches
The error still prevails.
It would be great if someone could instruct me what to do next.
I have a backup via time-machine, but I really don't know what to restore.
Message was edited by: step5

Hi Carolyn!
In the mean-while I removed all the Internet Plugins that were registered under the main user:
real-player and move-media-player are now gone.
Still no change. I made a new trace below - I wonder, what is different on the main account compared to the other user. Could it be fonts ?
Best regards
Stephan
Date/Time: 2010-04-20 15:16:56 +0200
OS Version: 10.6.3 (Build 10D573)
Architecture: i386
Report Version: 6
Command: Safari
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Version: 4.0.5 (6531.22.7)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: WebBrowser
Source Version: 65312207
Parent: launchd [99]
PID: 1810
Event: hang
Duration: 4.85s (sampling started after 2 seconds)
Steps: 29 (100ms sampling interval)
Pageins: 0
Pageouts: 0
Process: Safari [1810]
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
UID: 501
Thread 6813000 DispatchQueue 1
User stack:
28 ??? (in Safari + 7085) [0x2bad]
28 NSApplicationMain + 574 (in AppKit) [0x94fbdc85]
28 -[NSApplication run] + 821 (in AppKit) [0x94fc5bef]
28 ??? (in Safari + 46792) [0xc6c8]
28 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 156 (in AppKit) [0x95003976]
28 _DPSNextEvent + 847 (in AppKit) [0x95004135]
28 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81 (in HIToolbox) [0x96889d36]
28 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 354 (in HIToolbox) [0x96889eb1]
28 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 392 (in HIToolbox) [0x9688a0fc]
28 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99591f21]
28 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 (in CoreFoundation) [0x995920f4]
28 __CFRunLoopRun + 557 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99592a1d]
28 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 1186 (in CoreFoundation) [0x995d62e2]
28 _handleWindowNeedsDisplay + 696 (in AppKit) [0x9502dc26]
28 ??? (in Safari + 178380) [0x2c8cc]
28 -[NSWindow displayIfNeeded] + 204 (in AppKit) [0x94ffc6ec]
28 -[NSView displayIfNeeded] + 818 (in AppKit) [0x950333ee]
28 -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 3309 (in AppKit) [0x950d2771]
28 -[NSThemeFrame _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 265 (in AppKit) [0x950d5e2b]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 4668 (in AppKit) [0x950d722b]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 4668 (in AppKit) [0x950d722b]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 4668 (in AppKit) [0x950d722b]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 4668 (in AppKit) [0x950d722b]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 4668 (in AppKit) [0x950d722b]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 4668 (in AppKit) [0x950d722b]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 4668 (in AppKit) [0x950d722b]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 4668 (in AppKit) [0x950d722b]
28 -[WebHTMLView(WebPrivate) _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 312 (in WebKit) [0x958de6f8]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 2217 (in AppKit) [0x950d6898]
28 -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] + 3721 (in AppKit) [0x950d91cc]
28 -[WebHTMLView drawRect:] + 596 (in WebKit) [0x958dd3b4]
28 -[WebHTMLView drawSingleRect:] + 388 (in WebKit) [0x958dd5d4]
28 -[WebFrame(WebInternal) _drawRect:contentsOnly:] + 153 (in WebKit) [0x958dda09]
28 WebCore::FrameView::paintContents(WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&) + 236 (in WebCore) [0x9362476c]
28 WebCore::RenderLayer::paint(WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&, WebCore::PaintRestriction, WebCore::RenderObject*) + 101 (in WebCore) [0x93624995]
28 WebCore::RenderLayer::paintLayer(WebCore::RenderLayer*, WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&, WebCore::PaintRestriction, WebCore::RenderObject*, ***::HashMap<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*, WebCore::IntRect, ***::PtrHash<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::IntRect> >*, unsigned int) + 1563 (in WebCore) [0x93c71fbb]
28 WebCore::RenderLayer::paintLayer(WebCore::RenderLayer*, WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&, WebCore::PaintRestriction, WebCore::RenderObject*, ***::HashMap<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*, WebCore::IntRect, ***::PtrHash<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::IntRect> >*, unsigned int) + 1563 (in WebCore) [0x93c71fbb]
28 WebCore::RenderLayer::paintLayer(WebCore::RenderLayer*, WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&, WebCore::PaintRestriction, WebCore::RenderObject*, ***::HashMap<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*, WebCore::IntRect, ***::PtrHash<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::IntRect> >*, unsigned int) + 1563 (in WebCore) [0x93c71fbb]
28 WebCore::RenderLayer::paintLayer(WebCore::RenderLayer*, WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&, WebCore::PaintRestriction, WebCore::RenderObject*, ***::HashMap<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*, WebCore::IntRect, ***::PtrHash<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::IntRect> >*, unsigned int) + 3705 (in WebCore) [0x93c72819]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 213 (in WebCore) [0x93627315]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintObject(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 605 (in WebCore) [0x93625b9d]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintChildren(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 306 (in WebCore) [0x936261c2]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 213 (in WebCore) [0x93627315]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintObject(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 605 (in WebCore) [0x93625b9d]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintChildren(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 306 (in WebCore) [0x936261c2]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 213 (in WebCore) [0x93627315]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintObject(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 605 (in WebCore) [0x93625b9d]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintContents(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 81 (in WebCore) [0x93626041]
28 WebCore::RenderLineBoxList::paint(WebCore::RenderBoxModelObject*, WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) const + 912 (in WebCore) [0x93628e00]
28 WebCore::RootInlineBox::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 53 (in WebCore) [0x93629095]
28 WebCore::InlineFlowBox::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 575 (in WebCore) [0x9362938f]
28 WebCore::InlineBox::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 294 (in WebCore) [0x9362a616]
28 WebCore::RenderWidget::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 662 (in WebCore) [0x93703de6]
28 WebCore::ScrollView::paint(WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&) + 56 (in WebCore) [0x93734808]
28 WebCore::Widget::paint(WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&) + 456 (in WebCore) [0x93734e48]
28 -[NSView displayIfNeededInRectIgnoringOpacity:] + 578 (in AppKit) [0x951fa2ae]
28 -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 3309 (in AppKit) [0x950d2771]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 711 (in AppKit) [0x950d62b6]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 2039 (in AppKit) [0x950d7f4e]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayDescendantsInRect:] + 427 (in AppKit) [0x95220a18]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplaySelfAndDescendantsInRect:] + 70 (in AppKit) [0x951fa381]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 2039 (in AppKit) [0x950d7f4e]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayDescendantsInRect:] + 427 (in AppKit) [0x95220a18]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplaySelfAndDescendantsInRect:] + 70 (in AppKit) [0x951fa381]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 2039 (in AppKit) [0x950d7f4e]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayDescendantsInRect:] + 427 (in AppKit) [0x95220a18]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplaySelfAndDescendantsInRect:] + 70 (in AppKit) [0x951fa381]
28 -[WebHTMLView(WebPrivate) _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 266 (in WebKit) [0x958d4b1a]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1600 (in AppKit) [0x950d7d97]
28 -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] + 3510 (in AppKit) [0x950d90f9]
28 -[WebHTMLView drawRect:] + 596 (in WebKit) [0x958dd3b4]
28 -[WebHTMLView drawSingleRect:] + 388 (in WebKit) [0x958dd5d4]
28 -[WebFrame(WebInternal) _drawRect:contentsOnly:] + 153 (in WebKit) [0x958dda09]
28 WebCore::FrameView::paintContents(WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&) + 236 (in WebCore) [0x9362476c]
28 WebCore::RenderLayer::paint(WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&, WebCore::PaintRestriction, WebCore::RenderObject*) + 101 (in WebCore) [0x93624995]
28 WebCore::RenderLayer::paintLayer(WebCore::RenderLayer*, WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&, WebCore::PaintRestriction, WebCore::RenderObject*, ***::HashMap<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*, WebCore::IntRect, ***::PtrHash<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::IntRect> >*, unsigned int) + 1563 (in WebCore) [0x93c71fbb]
28 WebCore::RenderLayer::paintLayer(WebCore::RenderLayer*, WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&, WebCore::PaintRestriction, WebCore::RenderObject*, ***::HashMap<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*, WebCore::IntRect, ***::PtrHash<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::OverlapTestRequestClient*>, ***::HashTraits<WebCore::IntRect> >*, unsigned int) + 3705 (in WebCore) [0x93c72819]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 213 (in WebCore) [0x93627315]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintObject(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 605 (in WebCore) [0x93625b9d]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintChildren(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 306 (in WebCore) [0x936261c2]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 213 (in WebCore) [0x93627315]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintObject(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 605 (in WebCore) [0x93625b9d]
28 WebCore::RenderBlock::paintContents(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 81 (in WebCore) [0x93626041]
28 WebCore::RenderLineBoxList::paint(WebCore::RenderBoxModelObject*, WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) const + 912 (in WebCore) [0x93628e00]
28 WebCore::RootInlineBox::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 53 (in WebCore) [0x93629095]
28 WebCore::InlineFlowBox::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 575 (in WebCore) [0x9362938f]
28 WebCore::InlineBox::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 294 (in WebCore) [0x9362a616]
28 WebCore::RenderWidget::paint(WebCore::RenderObject::PaintInfo&, int, int) + 662 (in WebCore) [0x93703de6]
28 WebCore::Widget::paint(WebCore::GraphicsContext*, WebCore::IntRect const&) + 456 (in WebCore) [0x93734e48]
28 -[NSView displayIfNeededInRectIgnoringOpacity:] + 578 (in AppKit) [0x951fa2ae]
28 -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 3309 (in AppKit) [0x950d2771]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 711 (in AppKit) [0x950d62b6]
28 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1600 (in AppKit) [0x950d7d97]
28 -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] + 3510 (in AppKit) [0x950d90f9]
28 -[WebNetscapePluginDocumentView sendDrawRectEvent:] + 88 (in WebKit) [0x95906388]
28 WebNetscapePluginEventHandlerCarbon::drawRect(CGContext*, _NSRect const&) + 94 (in WebKit) [0x959063ee]
28 WebNetscapePluginEventHandlerCarbon::sendEvent(EventRecord*) + 94 (in WebKit) [0x959049fe]
28 -[WebNetscapePluginDocumentView sendEvent:isDrawRect:] + 312 (in WebKit) [0x95904b58]
28 FlashPlayer10_0_45_2FlashPlayer + 578 (in Flash Player) [0x19d65d22]
28 FlashPlayer10_0_45_2FlashPlayer + 688787 (in Flash Player) [0x19e0dd73]
28 FlashPlayer10_0_45_2FlashPlayer + 673290 (in Flash Player) [0x19e0a0ea]
28 FlashPlayer10_0_45_2FlashPlayer + 671087 (in Flash Player) [0x19e0984f]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1806251) [0x19c31fab]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1088652) [0x19b82c8c]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1074482) [0x19b7f532]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1392565) [0x19bccfb5]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1394781) [0x19bcd85d]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1392565) [0x19bccfb5]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1394781) [0x19bcd85d]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1392565) [0x19bccfb5]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1395775) [0x19bcdc3f]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 1329897) [0x19bbdae9]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 428241) [0x19ae18d1]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 374059) [0x19ad452b]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 338982) [0x19acbc26]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 2974174) [0x19d4f1de]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 2973238) [0x19d4ee36]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 2960942) [0x19d4be2e]
28 ATSFontFindFromName + 69 (in ATS) [0x981a74c2]
28 _eATSFontFindFromName + 105 (in ATS) [0x981865d4]
28 FindFontFromName(__CFString const*, unsigned long, unsigned long const*, unsigned long*, unsigned char) + 1853 (in ATS) [0x981855d7]
28 FindFontIDFromNameInternal + 454 (in ATS) [0x9814078d]
28 FindFontIDFromNameInternalCore(unsigned long, unsigned long const*, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned char*, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long*, FontNameCacheNode*) + 1581 (in ATS) [0x98140e46]
28 SendFindFontIDFromNameMessage + 361 (in ATS) [0x981638f7]
25 SendFontManagementMessageWithMessageStatus + 668 (in ATS) [0x9813c456]
25 RendezvousWithServer(unsigned long, char*) + 393 (in ATS) [0x9813c0e5]
25 SendFontManagementMessageWithMessageStatus + 235 (in ATS) [0x9813c2a5]
25 machmsgtrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908982fa]
3 SendFontManagementMessageWithMessageStatus + 235 (in ATS) [0x9813c2a5]
3 machmsgtrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908982fa]
Kernel stack:
28 ipcmqueue_receivecontinue + 0 [0x210c23]
Thread b1df000 DispatchQueue 2
User stack:
28 start_wqthread + 30 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908bdd86]
28 pthreadwqthread + 390 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908bdf41]
28 dispatch_workerthread2 + 240 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908be4be]
28 dispatch_queueinvoke + 163 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908be719]
28 kevent + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908beb42]
Kernel stack:
28 kevent + 97 [0x46f6f6]
Thread 593a7a8
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 ***::TCMalloc_PageHeap::scavengerThread() + 614 (in JavaScriptCore) [0x988973e6]
28 pthreadcondwait$UNIX2003 + 73 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c7bb8]
28 _semwaitsignal + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c6262]
Kernel stack:
28 semaphorewaitcontinue + 0 [0x22a264]
Thread 62d4b7c
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 3008767) [0x19d578ff]
28 FlashPlayer10_0_45_2FlashPlayer + 45551 (in Flash Player) [0x19d70ccf]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 3007567) [0x19d5744f]
28 pthreadcondwait + 48 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x9090e42f]
28 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x90898342]
Kernel stack:
28 semaphorewaitcontinue + 0 [0x22a264]
Thread 6428000
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 _NSThread__main_ + 1499 (in Foundation) [0x9483488c]
28 -[NSThread main] + 45 (in Foundation) [0x948348dc]
28 ??? (in Safari + 209064) [0x340a8]
28 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) run] + 76 (in Foundation) [0x9486e25d]
28 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 279 (in Foundation) [0x9486e380]
28 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99591f21]
28 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 (in CoreFoundation) [0x995920f4]
28 __CFRunLoopRun + 2079 (in CoreFoundation) [0x9959300f]
28 machmsgtrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908982fa]
Kernel stack:
28 ipcmqueue_receivecontinue + 0 [0x210c23]
Thread 6773b7c
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 ??? (in Safari + 266653) [0x4219d]
28 ??? (in Safari + 266829) [0x4224d]
28 ***::ThreadCondition::timedWait(***::Mutex&, double) + 81 (in JavaScriptCore) [0x9877dc01]
28 pthreadcondwait$UNIX2003 + 73 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c7bb8]
28 _semwaitsignal + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c6262]
Kernel stack:
28 semaphorewaitcontinue + 0 [0x22a264]
Thread 6b843d4
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 WebCore::IconDatabase::iconDatabaseSyncThread() + 180 (in WebCore) [0x935172d4]
28 WebCore::IconDatabase::syncThreadMainLoop() + 266 (in WebCore) [0x9351b40a]
28 pthreadcondwait$UNIX2003 + 73 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c7bb8]
28 _semwaitsignal + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c6262]
Kernel stack:
28 semaphorewaitcontinue + 0 [0x22a264]
Thread 6ba3b7c
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 ??? (in Safari + 148869) [0x25585]
28 ??? (in Safari + 148972) [0x255ec]
28 ??? (in Safari + 149817) [0x25939]
28 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99591f21]
28 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 (in CoreFoundation) [0x995920f4]
28 __CFRunLoopRun + 2079 (in CoreFoundation) [0x9959300f]
28 machmsgtrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908982fa]
Kernel stack:
28 ipcmqueue_receivecontinue + 0 [0x210c23]
Thread 6cf4000
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 3008767) [0x19d578ff]
28 FlashPlayer10_0_45_2FlashPlayer + 45551 (in Flash Player) [0x19d70ccf]
28 ??? (in Flash Player + 3007567) [0x19d5744f]
28 pthreadcondwait + 48 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x9090e42f]
28 semaphorewait_signaltrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x90898342]
Kernel stack:
28 semaphorewaitcontinue + 0 [0x22a264]
Thread b72fb7c
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 select$DARWIN_EXTSN + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908b7286]
Kernel stack:
28 sleep + 52 [0x486017]
Thread b7633d4
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 FlashPlayer10_0_45_2FlashPlayer + 2207972 (in Flash Player) [0x19f80bc4]
28 machmsgtrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908982fa]
Kernel stack:
28 ipcmqueue_receivecontinue + 0 [0x210c23]
Thread b76a7a8
User stack:
28 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
28 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
28 _NSThread__main_ + 1499 (in Foundation) [0x9483488c]
28 -[NSThread main] + 45 (in Foundation) [0x948348dc]
28 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:] + 329 (in Foundation) [0x9486d434]
28 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 97 (in CoreFoundation) [0x99591f21]
28 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 452 (in CoreFoundation) [0x995920f4]
28 __CFRunLoopRun + 2079 (in CoreFoundation) [0x9959300f]
28 machmsgtrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908982fa]
Kernel stack:
28 ipcmqueue_receivecontinue + 0 [0x210c23]
Thread 6b0d7a8
User stack:
17 start_wqthread + 30 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908bdd86]
17 _workqkernreturn + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908bdbd2]
Kernel stack:
17 bsdthread_create + 1313 [0x4c90b9]
Thread b6f83d4
User stack:
14 thread_start + 34 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c589e]
14 pthreadstart + 345 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c5a19]
14 TimerThread + 97 (in CarbonCore) [0x971523eb]
14 TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 511 (in CarbonCore) [0x9712e1a3]
14 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 242 (in CarbonCore) [0x9712e465]
14 pthreadcond_timedwait_relativenp + 47 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908f4a28]
14 semaphoretimedwait_signaltrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x9089835a]
Kernel stack:
14 semaphorewaitcontinue + 0 [0x22a264]
Thread 6bfe000
User stack:
11 start_wqthread + 30 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908bdd86]
11 _workqkernreturn + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908bdbd2]
Kernel stack:
11 bsdthread_create + 1313 [0x4c90b9]
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Process: Address Book [1485]
Path: /Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book
UID: 501
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29 __CFRunLoopRun + 2079 (in CoreFoundation) [0x9959300f]
29 machmsgtrap + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908982fa]
Kernel stack:
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Thread 6c837a8 DispatchQueue 2
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29 kevent + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908beb42]
Kernel stack:
29 kevent + 97 [0x46f6f6]
Thread 6721b7c
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29 _workqkernreturn + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908bdbd2]
Kernel stack:
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Thread 6843000
User stack:
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29 ***::TCMalloc_PageHeap::scavengerThread() + 614 (in JavaScriptCore) [0x988973e6]
29 pthreadcondwait$UNIX2003 + 73 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c7bb8]
29 _semwaitsignal + 10 (in libSystem.B.dylib) [0x908c6262]
Kernel stack:
29 semaphorewaitcontinue + 0 [0x22a264]
Binary Images:
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0x90897000 - 0x90a3cfeb libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <06A5336A-A6F6-4E62-F55F-4909A64631C2> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
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[[Firefox hangs or is not responding - How to fix]]
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