Firefox: 11.0-3 crashes randomly[SOLVED]

rg_arc · 2012-04-22 06:34:51

I recently updated Firefox and without warning the browser disappears/crashes. I haven't been able to find any threads related to this particular problem... however... if anyone knows of a bug report or a useful thread please let me know. Is this related to flash?

Last edited by rg_arc (2012-04-25 22:30:58)

KingX · 2012-04-22 07:10:39

Launch firefox through a terminal and see what the errors are. Did you do a complete system update?

rg_arc · 2012-04-22 07:18:06

No bp log location saved, using default.
[000:002] Browser XEmbed support present: 1
[000:002] Browser toolkit is Gtk2.
[000:003] Using Gtk2 toolkit
[000:010] Read port file, port=40531
[000:011] Initiated connection to GoogleTalkPlugin
[000:130] Socket connection established
[000:130] ScheduleOnlineCheck: Online check in 5000ms
[000:206] Got cookie response, socket is authorized
[000:206] AUTHORIZED; socket handshake complete
[005:188] HandleOnlineCheck: Starting check
[005:188] HandleOnlineCheck: OK; current state: 3
[036:423] Read port file, port=40531
[036:424] Initiated connection to GoogleTalkPlugin
[036:686] Socket connection established
[036:686] ScheduleOnlineCheck: Online check in 5000ms
[036:687] Got cookie response, socket is authorized
[036:687] AUTHORIZED; socket handshake complete
*** nsHTMLElement::FinishDecoderSetup() mDecoder=0x949f2fc0 stream=0x952a7000 src=https://www.gstatic.com/chat/sounds/chat_message_6c1dc299fbe62b912fa199c5cbcfd198.ogg
*** nsHTMLElement::FinishDecoderSetup() mDecoder=0xa9904140 stream=0x9517c000 src=https://www.gstatic.com/chat/sounds/incoming_ring_63877558afe2089ccafb940cd5ac434d.ogg
*** nsHTMLElement::FinishDecoderSetup() mDecoder=0xa99042c0 stream=0x95185000 src=https://www.gstatic.com/chat/sounds/outgoing_ring_08d6076c4e21ce2f30d739a53ef1c609.ogg
*** nsHTMLElement::FinishDecoderSetup() mDecoder=0xa9904440 stream=0x9518e000 src=https://www.gstatic.com/chat/sounds/hangout_join_d5dce8aa337b1c396694cd29918194d8.ogg

Nothing spectacular... this is all I see. I guess the only way to really pinpoint the problem is to run firefox from the terminal everytime I use it so that when it does crash I can see what is going on.

I did do a full system update/upgrade : sudo pacman -Syu --aur

Last edited by rg_arc (2012-04-22 07:20:20)

Gcool · 2012-04-22 07:21:29

Try starting firefox in safe-mode (firefox -safe-mode) to eliminate any issues with addons,...

rg_arc · 2012-04-22 07:38:28

well I can't reproduce the issue right now. I know for sure that starting up google play as well as Hulu crashed the browser. Also, I remember the ad blocker was on. I turned that off and it still crashed anyways. Google play won't work with the ad blocker on either.

KingX · 2012-04-22 07:53:25

Sounds like it could be related to flashplayer plugin. Can you post the packages that were updated when you ran the update. They should be in /var/log/pacman.log and what graphics card do you have, and what drivers. Keep running firefox from the terminal and try to reproduce the crash by going to Hulu/Youtube/Google Play etc. (flash heavy sites). What plugins for firefox do you have installed?

rg_arc · 2012-04-22 08:49:46

alright I will work on that tomorrow and see what happens.

jon · 2012-04-22 16:10:55

Sounds like a bug that I've been experiencing for a while now. https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26363.

After Firefox crashes, look at the end of your .xsession-errors file, see if you can find anything that looks like:

process 1822: arguments to dbus_message_new_method_call() were incorrect, assertion "destination == NULL || _dbus_check_is_valid_bus_name (destination)" failed in file dbus-message.c line 1203.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace

For me, it seems to be triggered by Flash on a page, even though I have Flashblock installed. I hope it is resolved in Firefox 12, which is supposed to be released on Tuesday.

rg_arc · 2012-04-25 16:21:57

I looked in the plugin dialogue in Firefox and clicked on "check to see if your plugins are up to date." Afterwards, I came to a window that said "Missing Java? For your safety, Firefox has disabled your outdated version of Java. Please upgrade to the latest version." I believe that is what the problem is related to. I might be mistaken though.

oboedad55 · 2012-04-25 16:57:19

rg_arc wrote:

I looked in the plugin dialogue in Firefox and clicked on "check to see if your plugins are up to date." Afterwards, I came to a window that said "Missing Java? For your safety, Firefox has disabled your outdated version of Java. Please upgrade to the latest version." I believe that is what the problem is related to. I might be mistaken though.

Firefox updated to version 12 yesterday. Do you Java installed? If so, which one,openjdk or Oracle, and which version? The Oracle version is in th AUR.

rg_arc · 2012-04-25 19:56:46

extra/jdk7-openjdk 7.b147_2.1-3 [installed]
    Free Java environment based on OpenJDK 7.0 with IcedTea7 replacing binary plugs 
    - SDK
extra/jre7-openjdk 7.b147_2.1-3 [installed]
    Free Java environment based on OpenJDK 7.0 with IcedTea7 replacing binary plugs 
    -Full Java runtime environment - needed for executing Java GUI and Webstart 
    programs
extra/jre7-openjdk-headless 7.b147_2.1-3 [installed]
    Free Java environment based on OpenJDK 7.0 with IcedTea7 replacing binary plugs 
    - Minimal Java runtime - needed for executing non GUI Java programs

I have all of these installed. Could having all three of these versions be a problem?

oboedad55 · 2012-04-25 21:27:55

rg_arc wrote:

extra/jdk7-openjdk 7.b147_2.1-3 [installed]
    Free Java environment based on OpenJDK 7.0 with IcedTea7 replacing binary plugs 
    - SDK
extra/jre7-openjdk 7.b147_2.1-3 [installed]
    Free Java environment based on OpenJDK 7.0 with IcedTea7 replacing binary plugs 
    -Full Java runtime environment - needed for executing Java GUI and Webstart 
    programs
extra/jre7-openjdk-headless 7.b147_2.1-3 [installed]
    Free Java environment based on OpenJDK 7.0 with IcedTea7 replacing binary plugs 
    - Minimal Java runtime - needed for executing non GUI Java programs

I have all of these installed. Could having all three of these versions be a problem?

Those are fine. You need to have the icedtea plugin installed for Java to work in Firefox. Pacman -S icedtea-web-java7
If that doesn't work for you then you can install jre6 from the AUR. That's what I use and java works fine in Firefox.
Have a look here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Java

rg_arc · 2012-04-25 22:30:31

I didn't have the icedtea package installed apparently. I believe that fixed the problem with Google play. I don't have any issued with Firefox crashing anymore either... for now. So I believe this is solved until further notice. Thanks

oboedad55 · 2012-04-25 22:35:05

rg_arc wrote:

I didn't have the icedtea package installed apparently. I believe that fixed the problem with Google play. I don't have any issued with Firefox crashing anymore either... for now. So I believe this is solved until further notice. Thanks

Groovy, glad I was able to help. Like I said in the earlier post, if the openJDK winds up not working for you then you can install Oracle's Java from the AUR. It's jre6 and jdk6.

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#1 2012-04-22 06:34:51

Firefox: 11.0-3 crashes randomly[SOLVED]

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