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Public bug reported:

This report may be stale news, as I haven't been able to take the time
for several weeks to file a report.

After upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04 a couple of months ago, I found that
Firefox will crash the system so hard that power has to be removed to
restart.  This happened several times.  It appeared to be due to a
memory leak, as it only happens after prolonged heavy use -- over a week
or more.  The system gradually became more and more sluggish and the
problem could only be resolved by re-booting.  I have not experienced
this problem recently, but also haven't been using this computer nearly
as much as previously.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Firefox crashes

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This report may be stale news, as I haven't been able to take the time
  for several weeks to file a report.

  After upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04 a couple of months ago, I found
  that Firefox will crash the system so hard that power has to be
  removed to restart.  This happened several times.  It appeared to be
  due to a memory leak, as it only happens after prolonged heavy use --
  over a week or more.  The system gradually became more and more
  sluggish and the problem could only be resolved by re-booting.  I have
  not experienced this problem recently, but also haven't been using
  this computer nearly as much as previously.

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