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pdunning

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 31

Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

Hi,

I've been having quite a serious problem with firefox and thunderbird. Whenever I try to open a menu (on the menubar/bookmarks toolbar/right click) the program crashes. It also crashes when I press the back button. The flash plugin also crashes when playing video from the BBC or Youtube, with firefox then crashing when the page is refreshed to sort our flash.

has anyone got any ideas whats going on?

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

Have you tried running with a clean profile?

pdunning

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 31

Re: Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

Yes. Still no luck

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

For the menu problem, try switching GTK themes. Also your Flash player is up-to-date right?

pdunning

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 31

Re: Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

I'm using openbox so I allowed it to run the gnome-settings-daemon on startup, which seems to make no difference. I then tried logging into Gnome itself which failed. Could this be a GTK problem?

wonder

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Re: Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

it could be anything. you didn't post any backtrace. not even pacman -Qm to see what non stock packages you are using

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pdunning

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 31

Re: Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

One backtrace and pacman -Qm:

backtrace:

Starting program: /usr/bin/firefox 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0xb46feb70 (LWP 12121)]
[New Thread 0xb3efdb70 (LWP 12122)]
[New Thread 0xb36fcb70 (LWP 12123)]
[New Thread 0xb2d11b70 (LWP 12124)]
[New Thread 0xb228fb70 (LWP 12125)]
[New Thread 0xb18ffb70 (LWP 12126)]
[New Thread 0xb10feb70 (LWP 12127)]
[New Thread 0xaf49fb70 (LWP 12128)]
[New Thread 0xae1ffb70 (LWP 12129)]
[New Thread 0xa31ffb70 (LWP 12130)]
[New Thread 0xa01ffb70 (LWP 12131)]
[New Thread 0x9f5ffb70 (LWP 12132)]
[New Thread 0x9edfeb70 (LWP 12133)]
[New Thread 0x9e5fdb70 (LWP 12134)]
[New Thread 0x9daffb70 (LWP 12135)]
[New Thread 0x9d2feb70 (LWP 12136)]
[New Thread 0x9cafdb70 (LWP 12137)]
[New Thread 0x9b8ffb70 (LWP 12138)]
[New Thread 0x9aeffb70 (LWP 12139)]
[Thread 0x9b8ffb70 (LWP 12138) exited]
[New Thread 0x98dc7b70 (LWP 12140)]
[New Thread 0x985c6b70 (LWP 12141)]
[New Thread 0x9b8ffb70 (LWP 12142)]
[New Thread 0x978ffb70 (LWP 12143)]
[New Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12144)]
[Thread 0xaf49fb70 (LWP 12128) exited]
[New Thread 0xaf49fb70 (LWP 12145)]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12146)]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12147)]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12146) exited]
[Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12147) exited]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12148)]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12149)]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12148) exited]
[Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12149) exited]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12150)]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12151)]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12150) exited]
[Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12151) exited]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12152)]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12152) exited]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12164)]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12164) exited]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12165)]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12165) exited]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12166)]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12166) exited]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12167)]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12168)]
[New Thread 0x8faffb70 (LWP 12169)]
[New Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12170)]
[New Thread 0x8eafdb70 (LWP 12171)]
[Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12144) exited]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12167) exited]
[Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12168) exited]
[Thread 0x8faffb70 (LWP 12169) exited]
[Thread 0x8eafdb70 (LWP 12171) exited]
[New Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12172)]
[Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12172) exited]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12173)]
[Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12173) exited]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12174)]
[Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12174) exited]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12175)]
[New Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12176)]
[Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12170) exited]
[Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12176) exited]
[New Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12177)]
[Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12177) exited]
[New Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12178)]
[New Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12179)]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12180)]
[Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12178) exited]
[Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12175) exited]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12180) exited]
[New Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12181)]
[Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12181) exited]
[New Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12182)]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12183)]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12184)]
[Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12182) exited]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12184) exited]
[Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12179) exited]
[New Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12185)]
[Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12185) exited]
[New Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12186)]
[Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12183) exited]
[New Thread 0x946ffb70 (LWP 12187)]
[Thread 0x8f2feb70 (LWP 12186) exited]
[New Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12188)]
[New Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12189)]
[Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12188) exited]
[Thread 0x950ffb70 (LWP 12189) exited]
[New Thread 0x962ffb70 (LWP 12190)]

Program received signal SIGTERM, Terminated.
0xb7fdf424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#0  0xb7fdf424 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1  0xb7f98026 in nanosleep () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#2  0xacef21a8 in pa_msleep () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#3  0xa297a7d5 in pa_get_runtime_dir () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.22.so
#4  0xa297ab2a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.22.so
#5  0xaceca6a3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#6  0xaceccf66 in pa_context_connect () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0
#7  0xae5d8d85 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcanberra-0.28/libcanberra-pulse.so
#8  0xae5da1bd in pulse_driver_open () from /usr/lib/libcanberra-0.28/libcanberra-pulse.so
#9  0xb4e98888 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcanberra.so.0
#10 0xb4e8f510 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcanberra.so.0
#11 0xb4e901b1 in ca_context_play_full () from /usr/lib/libcanberra.so.0
#12 0xb4e90509 in ca_context_play () from /usr/lib/libcanberra.so.0
#13 0xb6d3c7a9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#14 0xb66b82a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#15 0xb66c6e6a in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#16 0xb66c7382 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#17 0xb66c7abc in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#18 0xb66ad9ac in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#19 0xb6eab06b in NS_InvokeByIndex_P () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#20 0xb6b137e0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#21 0xb6b19325 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#22 0xb777b600 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#23 0xb7784dc0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#24 0xb7785115 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#25 0xb778635e in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#26 0xb77ac4e0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#27 0xb777133d in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#28 0xb7784dc0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#29 0xb7785115 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#30 0xb7785fa4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#31 0xb76fc952 in JS_CallFunctionValue () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libmozjs.so
#32 0xb6b0e00b in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#33 0xb6b091f8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#34 0xb6eabb3e in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#35 0xb67767a9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#36 0xb6776b4f in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#37 0xb678ca3e in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#38 0xb678b860 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#39 0xb678bde5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#40 0xb65a276a in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#41 0xb65a458c in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#42 0xb65a4fc7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#43 0xb6869c3e in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#44 0xb686b40d in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#45 0xb6868300 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#46 0xb6d2e382 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#47 0xb6d31fab in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#48 0xb6d31ffa in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#49 0xb569b7b2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#50 0xb5abdeb4 in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#51 0xb5ad01a0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#52 0xb5ad8f69 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#53 0xb5ad9313 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#54 0xb57d37c3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#55 0xb5699a0e in gtk_propagate_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#56 0xb5699da0 in gtk_main_do_event () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
#57 0xb54ed598 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#58 0xb59ffeff in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#59 0xb5a00660 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#60 0xb5a0098a in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#61 0xb6d38d97 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#62 0xb6d4f816 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#63 0xb6d4fa25 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#64 0xb6e9d3b5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#65 0xb6e69fba in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#66 0xb6de6e67 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#67 0xb6ec590b in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#68 0xb6ec5974 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#69 0xb6d4f464 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#70 0xb6c06ed1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#71 0xb6440411 in XRE_main () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-2.0/libxul.so
#72 0x08049b5c in ?? ()
#73 0xb7d2c103 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
#74 0x08049c3d in ?? ()
A debugging session is active.

    Inferior 1 [process 12115] will be killed.

Quit anyway? (y or n) 

pacman -Qm:

acct 6.5.5-1
axiom-cas sept2010-1
blobandconquer 1.11-1
culmus 0.120-1
euler 1.61.0-5
fbzx 2.5.0-1
fluidr3 122501-6
fluxconf 0.9.9-2
freecraft 1.19-1
fuse-emulator 1.0.0.1-1
gnome-netstatus 2.28.2-1
google-earth 6.0.2.2074-1
ies4linux 2.99.0.1-4
kmplayer 0.11.2c-1
koules 1.4-2
ld-lsb 3-2
libspectrum 1.0.0-1
luola 1.3.0-3
moon-buggy 1.0-3
moon-lander 1.0-7
pcurses 20110514-1
phun 5.28-4
qemulator 0.5-5
sfarkxtc 1.03-6
shutdown-dialog 0.1.2-5
simutrans 110.0-1
simutrans-pak128 102.2.2-1
simutrans-pak64 110.0-1
soundfont-sgm180 2.01-1
soundfont-unison 1.00-2
taoframework 2.1.0-3
thunderbrand 3.0-1
tunesviewer 1.0.1-2
zsh-yaourt 20110403-1

Last edited by pdunning (2011-05-18 10:28:44)

pdunning

Member

Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 31

Re: Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

Anyone?

pdunning

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 31

Re: Firefox & Thunderbird crashes

Solved it. Turns out my pulseaudio installation was somehow causing anything involving sound to crash (except mplayer), removing it solved everything except for the fact that to use the new Gnome-shell pulseaudio is needed. As Gnome is not my main desktop this is not a problem but could be for someone else.