firefox 3.5 crashes once or twice every hour

eeeldert · 2009-07-09 10:14:45

Hi,

ever since I've upgraded firefox to 3.5, it crashes once or twice every hour. The error message on the console when it crashes varies, I've seen things like:

* Segmentation Fault
* GLib-ERROR **: gmem.c:136: failed to allocate 80 bytes. aborting... Aborted
Also, it shows a bunch of these messages:
* (firefox:12082): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: IA__g_object_weak_unref: couldn't find weak ref 0xb6489ec0(0xaaa96750)
* terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): std::bad_alloc

I've done a couple of things:
* Tried official build from mozilla.org, same result.
* Started with clean profile, same result.
* Moved $HOME/.mozilla out of the way, same result.

What would be the best way to get more information about why it crashes? GDB? Some stack trace tool?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

/ernst

Last edited by eeeldert (2009-07-09 14:58:16)

eeeldert · 2009-07-09 10:16:36

Other users that seem to have the same problem:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75545
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=75613

piotroxp · 2009-07-09 16:13:41

I have quite a different problem. After an update yesterday i keep recieving this error:

The application has been updated, but your version of SQLite is too old and the application cannot run.

Yes, indeed I understand the message. But I've downloaded the latest Sqlite from sqlite.org, compiled it, installed, and hell its not working. The message coming from terminal ff startup is the following:

[piotro@p1ohost ~]$ firefox
Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".

It was a full system update! HALP plz!

Last edited by piotroxp (2009-07-09 16:14:16)

djszapi · 2009-07-09 19:50:32

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/157319

disable xinerama in xorg.conf ?

piotroxp · 2009-07-10 06:29:16

Didn't help. Tried with, without, w/&w/o TwinView. Multiple possible solutions finally lead to nothing... It's my main workstation so I'd rather have all my C/C++/C# bookmarks back as soon as possible. I don't want to dig into the intestines of ff in order to retrieve them.

This is the strangest thing I've ever come across while using arch. I'm used to weird stuff when doing a full system upgrade though. Last time my mouse and keyboard weren't working (HAL daemon, guys ;D). Now I'm stuck with opera (which is not that bad of wb). Can anyone help ? Should I post a bug? Or something?

eeeldert · 2009-07-10 07:56:35

piotroxp, not sure why you hack into this thread, as your problem seems completely different from mine. It would be better to start your own thread next time, to keep things readable.

Anyway, I've done some more tests, and found out the behaviour is exactly the same when trying the mozilla.org firefox 3.5, and also mozilla.org firefox 3.0.11 (!).

So, it must be something that has been upgraded during the firefox 3.5 upgrade as well. Here's the relevant snippet from my pacman.log:

[2009-07-06 10:41] starting full system upgrade
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded apr (1.3.3-1 -> 1.3.5-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded readline (5.2.013-2 -> 6.0.00-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded unixodbc (2.2.14-1 -> 2.2.14-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded apr-util (1.3.4-1 -> 1.3.7-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded bash (3.2.048-3 -> 4.0.024-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded bash-completion (20060301-9 -> 1.0-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded bc (1.06-5 -> 1.06-6)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded cadaver (0.23.2-2 -> 0.23.2-3)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded cairo (1.8.6-1 -> 1.8.8-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded libxml2 (2.7.3-1 -> 2.7.3-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded conky (1.7.1.1-1 -> 1.7.1.1-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded device-mapper (1.02.32-1 -> 1.02.32-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded gcc-libs (4.4.0-3 -> 4.4.0-4)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded libxt (1.0.5-2 -> 1.0.6-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded xulrunner (1.9.0.11-1 -> 1.9.1-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded firefox (3.0.11-1 -> 3.5-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded jack-audio-connection-kit (0.116.2-1 -> 0.116.2-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded fluidsynth (1.0.8-1 -> 1.0.9-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded gcc (4.4.0-3 -> 4.4.0-4)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded gnome-themes (2.26.2-1 -> 2.26.3.1-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded gnupg (1.4.9-1 -> 1.4.9-4)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded libgcrypt (1.4.4-1 -> 1.4.4-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded gnupg2 (2.0.11-1 -> 2.0.12-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded gnutls (2.8.0-1 -> 2.8.1-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] >>please run /usr/sbin/cups-genppdupdate
[2009-07-06 10:43] >>and restart cups deamon
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded gutenprint (5.2.3-1 -> 5.2.3-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded sqlite3 (3.6.15-1 -> 3.6.15-2)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded heimdal (1.2.1-3 -> 1.2.1-5)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded icu (4.2-1 -> 4.2.1-1)
[2009-07-06 10:43] upgraded inetutils (1.6-3 -> 1.6-4)
[2009-07-06 10:44] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2009-07-06 10:44] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2009-07-06 10:44] >>> ----------------
[2009-07-06 10:44] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2009-07-06 10:44] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2009-07-06 10:44] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2009-07-06 10:44] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2009-07-06 10:44] 
[2009-07-06 10:44] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2009-07-06 10:44] ==> Building image "default"
[2009-07-06 10:44] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.30-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Begin build
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Generating module dependencies
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2009-07-06 10:44] ==> SUCCESS
[2009-07-06 10:44] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2009-07-06 10:44] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.30-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Begin build
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2009-07-06 10:44] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2009-07-06 10:45] :: Generating module dependencies
[2009-07-06 10:45] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2009-07-06 10:45] ==> SUCCESS
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.30-5 -> 2.6.30.1-1)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded libthai (0.1.11-1 -> 0.1.12-1)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded libxaw (1.0.5-1 -> 1.0.6-1)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded lua (5.1.4-3 -> 5.1.4-4)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.47-1 -> 2.02.47-2)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded moonlight (1.0.1-3 -> 1.0.1-5)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded pango (1.24.2-1 -> 1.24.4-1)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded postgresql-libs (8.3.7-1 -> 8.3.7-2)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded python (2.6.2-2 -> 2.6.2-3)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded qt (4.5.1-3 -> 4.5.2-1)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded ruby (1.8.7_p173-1 -> 1.8.7_p173-2)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded smbclient (3.3.6-1 -> 3.3.6-2)
[2009-07-06 10:45] upgraded uml_utilities (20070815-2 -> 20070815-3)
[2009-07-06 10:45] Building VirtualBox modules...
[2009-07-06 10:46] 
[2009-07-06 10:46] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-07-06 10:46]  IMPORTANT NOTES:
[2009-07-06 10:46] 
[2009-07-06 10:46] - Run "vbox_build_module" as root every time your kernel is upgraded, to
[2009-07-06 10:46]   compile the module for the new kernel version.
[2009-07-06 10:46] - Add your user to the vboxusers group:
[2009-07-06 10:46]      gpasswd -a USERNAME vboxusers
[2009-07-06 10:46] - Add "vboxdrv" to the MODULES array in your "/etc/rc.conf"
[2009-07-06 10:46] - Add "vboxnetflt" to MODULES if you want Host Interface networking.
[2009-07-06 10:46] - Add "vboxnetadp" to MODULES if you want Host-Only networking.
[2009-07-06 10:46] - Add the following line to "/etc/fstab" if you want the vboxusers to have
[2009-07-06 10:46]   permission to emulate USB devices:
[2009-07-06 10:46]      none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,busgid=108,busmode=0775,devgid=108,devmode=0664 0 0
[2009-07-06 10:46] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2009-07-06 10:46] upgraded virtualbox_bin (3.0.0-1 -> 3.0.0-2)
[2009-07-06 10:46] upgraded wpa_supplicant (0.6.9-1 -> 0.6.9-2)
[2009-07-06 10:46] upgraded xmlrpc-c (1.06.33-1 -> 1.06.35-1)
[2009-07-06 10:46] upgraded xorg-util-macros (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2009-07-06 10:46] upgraded xz-utils (4.999.8beta-3 -> 4.999.8beta-4)

All upgrades seem pretty minor to me?

mang · 2009-07-10 21:59:46

Hi! I had the same problem, got segfaults and GLib-GObject-WARNING in both firefox and conkeror.
I'm not sure what was the solution but i just got it working again.
First i tired to remove the profiles and reinstalling both firefox conkeror and xulrunner. It didn't work but when i disabled plugins the problem disappeared.
I first thought there was a problem with java so i messed around with that before i realized it probably was adobes flashplugin that was the preblem. So I removed it, reinstalled it and tried gnash instead but it wasn't good enough (flickering sound etc), even though it solved the segfaults. When I installed flash again and removed gnash everything worked again.
But because i did a lot of things i can't tell what did the trick but you might get some help from it anyway..?

berbae · 2009-07-11 09:33:58

Have you still the GLib-GObject-WARNING messages ? Or have they disappeared also ?

djszapi · 2009-07-11 15:14:36

Is this an 32 or 64 bit system ?

mang · 2009-07-11 16:06:00

Oh sorry didn't check that. Now i see they are still there but they do not crash the browser at least..
my machine is 64 anyway

berbae · 2009-07-11 16:39:30

Thanks mang for your answer.
It confirms what I think that the GLib-GObject-WARNING messages are independent from the crashes.

After all they are just warnings, somewhat harmless but pretty annoying.
They seem linked to C++ objects not smoothly destroyed...

In Bugzilla, no bug concerning that seems to be filed. I've seen there many new bugs not assigned to anybody and waiting for attention, so I hesitate to add one for that.
Waiting for a better solution I launch Firefox like that :
/usr/bin/firefox 2>/dev/null
It's not really satisfying though.

Last edited by berbae (2009-07-11 16:43:04)

mang · 2009-07-11 16:46:53

oh sorry i just saw an other thread about architectures and relized my system is not 64 its 32. The 64/32 thing never bothered me so i guess i did misunderstand it

bravebug · 2009-07-11 17:39:04

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090701 Shiretoko/3.5
"firefox" or "firefox %u -no-remote" don't launch too, but "/usr/bin/firefox %u -no-remote" - good. It's magick

Last edited by bravebug (2009-07-11 17:49:05)

eeeldert · 2009-07-14 08:22:34

My system is 32-bit.

I removed flashplugin, moonlight and mplayerplugin. It seems that it crashes just a tiny bit less, but that could be my imagination. I also noticed that it seems to be sensitive to SSL sites.

Any help is greatly appreciated, as I'm pretty much stuck with this now.

microcz · 2009-07-14 12:07:39

same problem on my 32-bit machine, after upgrade to shiretoko firefox crashes frequently

uastasi · 2009-08-11 11:43:50

You're surely luckier than me, because my firefox suddenly close. I'm only able to see the window shape for a while and nothing else.
Here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 73#p599473 I've explained what I've done

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