[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 174287] New: On systems with smaller memory, bigger sites just render as one big white screen

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174287

            Bug ID: 174287
           Summary: On systems with smaller memory, bigger sites just
                    render as one big white screen
           Product: WebKit
           Version: Other
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Layout and Rendering
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: jidanni at jidanni.org
                CC: bfulgham at webkit.org, simon.fraser at apple.com,
                    zalan at apple.com

Created attachment 314909

  --> https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=314909&action=review

epiphany

On systems with smaller memory, bigger sites just render as one big white screen in many webkit based browsers.

If one moves the mouse over the page, link previews still show up in the corner, meaning that there are things underneath the mouse, it is just that the user cannot see them because the whole page is white.

I tried
dpkg: warning: downgrading libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37:i386 from 2.17.4-1 to 2.16.5-1
dpkg: warning: downgrading libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18:i386 from 2.17.4-1 to 2.16.5-1
dpkg: warning: downgrading libcairo-gobject2:i386 from 1.14.10-1 to 1.14.8-1
dpkg: warning: downgrading libcairo2:i386 from 1.14.10-1 to 1.14.8-1
but that didn't fix it.

There is no problem on systems faster systems with more memory.
I suppose it is some kind of race condition.
If rendering doesn't complete during a certain time, it just gives up.

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