User Feedback :: Random crashes - require power off & reboot

I think this error occurs only when running Firefox 2.0 (from mydsl) or Opera 9 (also from mydsl). Out of nowhere, the entire OS locks up solid. I've tried waiting a good 5 minutes or so, but the machine never unfreezes. It seems the only solution is to cut the power and reboot.

Any ideas what it could be?

In case hardware might be important:
Fujitsu Lifebook B2131
400 MHz Celeron, 192 MB ram
IDE-CF adapter, 512 MB CF card
Netgear W511t pcmcia wlan card

I never have trouble with Dillo, but it seems just too limited for any "web 2.0" type apps - Gmail, Google docs etc. Plus Dillo doesn't even seem to remember my cookies between sessions, for example for this forum..
thanks, Magnus

You need to drastically reduce the default cache size for any browser not already included in the base DSL.

Thanks for the always speedy replies!

I've now reduced the cache from 20mb to 2mb - I'll see how I go from here.

cheers, Magnus

My computer is more modest than the one mentionned above and I sometimes have this with the default Firefox 1.0.6 and also sometimes with Dillo. The entire system just freeze and I need to switch the machine off.

anyone got any tips?
would increase my swap partition help?
would newer kernel in DSL4 help?
how can i decrease browsers' cache size?

In Firefox 2.0 it's under Edit> Preferences > Advanced > Network > Cache. In 1.0 it may be somewhere else, but certainly look under Edit > Preferences - it'll be there somewhere.

So far my new and reduced cache seems to have done the trick. I've now been running Firefox for at least 30 minutes, must be something of a record :;):

Magnus

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