Firefox has just been updated in the background. Click to restart

moscow-hunt · 2020-03-25 02:29:17

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. What you need to know to understand this issue is here:

1636493 - Firefox is unusable when XDisplayOpen fails. More easily reproducible with dom.ipc.processCount = -1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636493

These steps (found on Reddit) are a work-around until Firefox addresses the bug.

Option 1:

Do not set dom.ipc.processCount to -1
(set it back to 8 or whatever your default was previously)

Option 2: increase X resources:

/usr/lib/Xorg -maxclients 1000000000

Look for the error like:

(EE) maxclients must be one of 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048

Then run this as root, using the desired value for maxclients:

printf 'Section "ServerFlags"\n\tOption "MaxClients" "2048"\nEndSection\n' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-maxclients.conf

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:46:30)

moscow-hunt · 2020-03-25 18:20:36

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. See edited post above.

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:46:57)

ewaller · 2020-03-25 18:24:56

It means that firefox was open using that profile when you did the update. The running process noticed that the version on disk is newer, and wants to reload itself. Edit: It made the assumption that it updated in the background, because it had nothing to do with it.
Normal, and nothing to worry about.

Last edited by ewaller (2020-03-25 18:26:07)

moscow-hunt · 2020-03-25 18:50:11

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. See edited post above.

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:47:21)

moscow-hunt · 2020-03-25 19:07:05

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. See edited post above.

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:47:38)

ewaller · 2020-03-25 19:25:58

Very well.

moscow-hunt · 2020-03-25 19:26:26

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. See edited post above.

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:47:52)

moscow-hunt · 2020-03-28 06:39:53

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. See edited post above.

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:48:02)

seth · 2020-03-28 07:40:49

My guess is that Arch is not compiling Firefox very well, because they should be disabling all update checks and letting updates happen via the repository -- if it is coming from Arch.
If that is the case, that is a bug in Arch -- why is it using Mozilla's code for checking for updates when it cannot update itself (since it is going to use the repositories instead)?

We've been there: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p1850816

I doubt this is related to the built-in auto-updater, looking at the straces from comment #25, this looks fishy:

   2268 access("/home/adios/.ICEauthority", R_OK) = 0
   2269 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/adios/.ICEauthority", O_RDONLY) = 11
   2270 fstat(11, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=15790, ...}) = 0
   2271 read(11, "\0\4XSMP\0\0\0'unix/CONTROL-AdrianO:/"..., 4096) = 4096
   2272 read(11, "1\0\22MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1\0\20\260\354\327\315 \270\212,\351"..., 4096) = 4096
   2273 read(11, "mp/.ICE-unix/707\0\22MIT-MAGIC-COOK"..., 4096) = 4096
   2274 read(11, "NTROL-AdrianO:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/69"..., 4096) = 3502
   2275 close(11)                               = 0
   2276 write(10, "\0\4\1\0\3\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\25\212\373\200\215\6;\245\234\20FUk\221\217\276", 32) = 32
   2277 read(10, "\0\10\0\1\4\0\0\0", 8)        = 8
   2278 read(10, "\20\0cinnamon-sessiontC\5\0004.0.0\0\0\0\0\0", 32) = 32
   2279 write(10, "\1\1\1\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 16) = 16
   2280 read(10, "\1\2\0\1\7\0\0\0", 8)         = 8
   2281 read(10, "0\0\0\000104059873dc1e9def41562150087"..., 56) = 56
   2282 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, -1) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLOUT}])
   2283 writev(4, [{iov_base="\20\0\5\0\f\0\0\0SM_CLIENT_ID", iov_len=20}, {iov_base=NULL, iov_len=0}, {iov_base="", iov_len=0}], 3) = 20
   2284 poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}], 1, -1)    = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=POLLIN}])
   2285 recvmsg(4, {msg_name=NULL, msg_namelen=0, msg_iov=[{iov_base="\1\0s\0\0\0\0\0\277\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", iov_len=4096}], msg_iovlen=1, msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 32
   2286 readlink("/proc/self/exe", "/usr/lib/firefox/firefox", 4095) = 24
   2287 getuid()                                = 1000
   2288 socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0) = 11
   2289 connect(11, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, sun_path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu)
   2290 close(11)                               = 0
   2291 socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC|SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0) = 11
   2292 connect(11, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, sun_path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu)
   2293 close(11)                               = 0
   2294 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 11
   2295 lseek(11, 0, SEEK_CUR)                  = 0
   2296 fstat(11, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1274, ...}) = 0
   2297 read(11, "root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash\nbin:"..., 4096) = 1274
   2298 close(11)                               = 0
   2299 write(10, "\1\f\1\0,\0\0\0\4\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\16\0\0\0RestartComma"..., 360) = 360
   2300 access("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox", F_OK) = 0
   2301 access("/home/adios/.cache/mozilla/firefox", F_OK) = 0
   2302 access("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/installs.ini", F_OK) = 0
   2303 stat("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/installs.ini", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=128, ...}) = 0
   2304 stat("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/installs.ini", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=128, ...}) = 0
   2305 access("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini", F_OK) = 0
   2306 stat("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=416, ...}) = 0
   2307 stat("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=416, ...}) = 0
   2308 stat("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=416, ...}) = 0
   2309 stat("/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=416, ...}) = 0
   2310 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/adios/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini", O_RDONLY) = 11
   2311 fstat(11, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=416, ...}) = 0
   2312 read(11, "[Install46F492E0ACFF84D4]\nDefaul"..., 416) = 416
   2313 close(11)                               = 0
   2314 readlink("/proc/self/exe", "/usr/lib/firefox/firefox", 4095) = 24
   2315 socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0) = 11
   2316 connect(11, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, sun_path=@"/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, 20) = 0
   2317 getpeername(11, {sa_family=AF_UNIX, sun_path=@"/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, [124->20]) = 0
   2318 uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="CONTROL-AdrianO", ...}) = 0
   2319 access("/home/adios/.Xauthority", R_OK) = 0
   2320 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/adios/.Xauthority", O_RDONLY) = 12
   2321 fstat(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=60, ...}) = 0
   2322 read(12, "\1\0\0\17CONTROL-AdrianO\0\0010\0\22MIT-MAGI"..., 4096) = 60
   2323 read(12, "", 4096)                      = 0
   2324 close(12)                               = 0

At this point FF has an X11 connection, it checks the ICEauthority and the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE
Then somethingsomething cinnamon-sessiontC
Then /proc/self/exe
Then it checks /etc/passwd for the root account???
The issues RestartComma into /tmp/.ICE-unix/688 and obtains a new X11 connection.

a) does this also happen in "good" straces?
b) are you also on cinnamon?
c) (in addition): how do you login? (startx/xinit, lightdm, lxdm, gdm, …)?

moscow-hunt · 2020-03-28 08:33:19

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. See edited post above.

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:48:13)

seth · 2020-03-28 12:41:04

a) not sure what you mean

The OP asserted that this is not a permanent issue and goes away after a reboot.
So strace such a "good" session and see whether the same pattern emerges.

And please post your xinitrc.

moscow-hunt · 2020-03-28 19:13:35

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. See edited post above.

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:48:23)

seth · 2020-03-28 20:13:29

To show the problem, is it sufficient attach strace to a FF process once the issue occurs?

Probably not, but afaiu once it's there, restarting FF won't cut it. So you can just kill the running process and strace a new one.

moscow-hunt · 2020-05-06 23:30:19

EDIT - everything I posted here previously was a distraction. What you need to know to understand this issue is here:

1636493 - Firefox is unusable when XDisplayOpen fails. More easily reproducible with dom.ipc.processCount = -1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1636493

These steps (found on Reddit) are a work-around until Firefox addresses the bug.

Option 1:

Do not set dom.ipc.processCount to -1
(set it back to 8 or whatever your default was previously)

Option 2: increase X resources:

/usr/lib/Xorg -maxclients 1000000000

Look for the error like:

(EE) maxclients must be one of 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048

Then run this as root, using the desired value for maxclients:

printf 'Section "ServerFlags"\n\tOption "MaxClients" "2048"\nEndSection\n' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-maxclients.conf

Last edited by moscow-hunt (2020-05-09 04:48:39)

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