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Spider.007

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Registered: 2004-06-20

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Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

Since the upgrade to 3.5; my ~/.xsession-errors is filled with these errors:

(firefox:2186): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb660fec0(0xa22c0db0)

(firefox:2186): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb660fec0(0xa22aa1a0)

(firefox:2186): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb660fec0(0xa22aa280)

(firefox:2186): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb660fec0(0xa22c1050)

(firefox:2186): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb660fec0(0xa22c0cd0)

(firefox:2186): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb660fec0(0xa22c0bf0)

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Also, Firefox seems to crash more often (~ once per 2 hours); does anyone have an idea why this might happen?

Last edited by Spider.007 (2009-07-08 15:04:30)

ataraxia

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From: Pittsburgh

Registered: 2007-05-06

Posts: 1,553

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

Firefox is noisy. I see these all the time as well, but mine doesn't crash. Check the quality of extensions you have installed.

zatricky

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From: Stockholm

Registered: 2008-09-03

Posts: 55

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Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

I'm having the same thing. I ended up putting Firefox into a "while true ; do"

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(yes, I know its broken)

wakkadojo

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Registered: 2009-05-31

Posts: 50

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

I get this error too, and so does my friend. I'm running a 64 bit system, she's running 32.

berbae

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 1,302

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

These are not errors but warnings, and warnings don't cause crashes.
I have these messages too, hundreds and hundreds of them, but no crashes on my arch64 machine.
Presently I launch firefox with krunner like that :
/usr/bin/firefox 2>/dev/null
I tend to think it's an upstream bug, but where exactly ? I don't know.
So it's difficult to post a bug report, maybe to Mozilla ...

Painless

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Registered: 2006-02-06

Posts: 233

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

Firefox 3.5 crashes between 2 and 6 times a day.  Firefox 3.0.11 rarely crashed.

I get these same warnings, followed by two new messages when the crashes occur:

(firefox:5702): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb662fec0(0xaf4f7210)

... etc ...

(firefox:5702): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb662fec0(0xaf4f73d0)

(firefox:5702): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed

(firefox:5702): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_atom_to_xatom_for_display: assertion `atom != GDK_NONE' failed
730389ab-fb12-79c4-3344e89e-42d2ea65 is dumped

Is this a GNOME-related issue?

blowback

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From: Japan

Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 18

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

(firefox:2186): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref...

Appearing this message seems to be caused by pango.
This message isn't appeared with pango 1.24.3(I built myself). Of course I don't recommend to downgrade it. It's just a information.

berbae

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 1,302

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

That problem persists with Firefox 3.5.1 :
I get hundreds of
(firefox:4922): Gdk-WARNING **: XID collision, trouble ahead
and
(firefox:4922): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0x7f4369569990(0x7f43600c2ec0)

I filed a bug report : http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15572?project=1

so Arch devs know this problem exists.

berbae

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 1,302

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

The problem with the annoying warning messages is solved with :

[2009-07-19 18:32] upgraded pango (1.24.4-1 -> 1.24.4-2)
[2009-07-19 18:32] upgraded gtk2 (2.16.4-2 -> 2.16.5-1)

Now Firefox is quiet as a nice countryside ! (almost)

Last edited by berbae (2009-07-19 16:49:23)

ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

Yep, with the upgraded packages today, Firefox is finally quiet again!

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ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: Firefox - GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref .....

Oops... I spoke too soon. 

I'm still getting some of those Gdk-Warning, XID Collision, trouble ahead warning messages that Firefox 3.0 was throwing out all the time, but most of the new ones that came with Firefox 3.5 appear to be gone.

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