Firefox 3.5.1 segfaults with libflashplayer.so (v10)

anykey · 2009-07-19 20:19:30

Hi,
*** This is, quite possibly, x86_64 only ***
Firefox started crashing a few days ago, firstly, it was only every few hours; the new 3.5.1 segfaults on many pages, reproducibly. I have looked into the issue with gdb:

#0  0x00007fd38502f65b in raise () from /lib/libpthread.so.0                                                              
#1  0x00007fd38225062c in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                                   
#2  <signal handler called>                                                                                               
#3  0x00007fd36a9f2662 in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#4  0x00007fd36a9f2778 in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#5  0x00007fd36a9f2c9a in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#6  0x00007fd36a9f6212 in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#7  0x00007fd36ab23e42 in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#8  0x00007fd36aa46b20 in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#9  0x00007fd36aaf3b5e in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#10 0x00007fd36aaf40e8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#11 0x00007fd36ab96c4c in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#12 0x00007fd36a81e3d9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so                                           
#13 0x00007fd3828a61a2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                                   
#14 0x00007fd3828ac71d in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                                   
#15 0x00007fd382a1fbfe in NS_InvokeByIndex_P () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                   
#16 0x00007fd3822735fc in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                                   
#17 0x00007fd38227ae91 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                                   
#18 0x00007fd38388f0fb in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libmozjs.so                                          
#19 0x00007fd383880304 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libmozjs.so                                                 
#20 0x00007fd38388f105 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libmozjs.so                                          
#21 0x00007fd38226fd39 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                                   
#22 0x00007fd382a207c9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                                   
#23 0x00007fd382a1fc8b in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so                                                   
[snip]

After removing the flashplugin package, the segfaults subsided. The reason I post this is the question whether anyone else observed this behaviour, and, well, this leaves me without flash, when I'd like to have it, so I'm asking how good the alternatives are (like swfdec and the like).

Regards

the key
edit: clarified the title by using version numbers and the word "segfault"
edit 2: added a bug report on http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/15582

Last edited by anykey (2009-07-19 20:29:44)

graysky · 2009-07-19 21:06:36

Can you post a URL that crashes it? I'd be happy to test on my x86_64 system currently running 3.5.1 just fine.

anykey · 2009-07-20 14:05:28

The bug report was closed, understandably, because libflashplayer is a BLOB no sane persons have access to as it seems.

graysky: it mostly happened on mail.google.com (even though there is not really anything of flash there). It also didn't happen every time. But with the flashplugin gone, all browsers work again, which is odd.

It *might* be libflashplayer conflicting with one of the other libraries (like libmozjs or libxul), which again is not easy to say because no one has the source of libflashplayer.

Flash should never have made it to a quasi-standard :-(

SenorSnor · 2009-07-21 21:02:28

never mind, sorry ..

Last edited by SenorSnor (2009-07-21 21:29:11)

Arisna · 2009-07-22 01:24:42

I have experienced problems related to flash and other flaky graphical software for years. The following command fixes most of these problems, so I've got it in my startup profile:

export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1

It's worth trying before you delve any deeper into the arcane magic of core files and such.

test1000 · 2009-07-22 18:49:30

also worth trying is to launch firefox like this: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1 firefox %u depending on where your libGL is though.. this is with nvidia.

nheid · 2009-07-29 19:29:05

I have had the same crashing behavior, especially on google mail.
The funny thing/workaround is if you have the flashblock plugin enabled it works fine.

Arch Linux

#1 2009-07-19 20:19:30

Firefox 3.5.1 segfaults with libflashplayer.so (v10)

#2 2009-07-19 21:06:36

Re: Firefox 3.5.1 segfaults with libflashplayer.so (v10)

#3 2009-07-20 14:05:28

Re: Firefox 3.5.1 segfaults with libflashplayer.so (v10)

#4 2009-07-21 21:02:28

Re: Firefox 3.5.1 segfaults with libflashplayer.so (v10)

#5 2009-07-22 01:24:42

Re: Firefox 3.5.1 segfaults with libflashplayer.so (v10)

#6 2009-07-22 18:49:30

Re: Firefox 3.5.1 segfaults with libflashplayer.so (v10)

#7 2009-07-29 19:29:05

Re: Firefox 3.5.1 segfaults with libflashplayer.so (v10)

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