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Snuken

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Registered: 2011-06-14

Posts: 24

Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Hi,
I just did a pacman -Syu update, and got the new firefox 5 beta. I was excited to try it out, but it just keep crashing. I got no error or anything, just boom, back to desktop. And it happends at so random situations so I can't pin-point what makes it crash. Is there a way to revert it back to firefox 4?

Last edited by Snuken (2011-06-19 17:53:45)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

care to run it in gdb and trace that?

gdb /usr/lib/firefox-5.0/firefox-bin

make it crash

bt full

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Snuken

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Registered: 2011-06-14

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Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Hi, when I try that I just get the response "No stack". However, it hasn't crashed for me now for a couple of minutes
EDIT: Scrach that last part, it just crashed. I ran bt full in gdm and still got 'No stack.'. It seems when I click on a link (I was browsing in this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50392) it crashes. I can see if I can find out what link it was.
EDIT2: It's no particular link, but when I click on a picture then go back, firefox just stops.

Last edited by Snuken (2011-06-19 18:11:53)

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Please open threads in the correct sub-forum.

Firefox 5 is still in [testing]

Moving....

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abraxas88

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From: Rome, Italy

Registered: 2009-12-12

Posts: 88

Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Maybe still glibc related problem? (:

fast_rizwaan

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Registered: 2010-04-01

Posts: 65

Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Midori web browser also randomly crashes in testing...

cdspaco

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Registered: 2010-01-18

Posts: 6

Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Firefox5 seems to be in extra now.  Anyway, after an update I am getting the same problem.  It segfaults when opening almost any website, such as gmail.  Chromium has the same problem.  Below is a trace of the crash, any ideas?  System is up to date, I have tried a new Firefox profile.  Happens in both KDE and XFCE under multiple user accounts.

http://pastebin.com/pTuSwXNT

Army

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Registered: 2007-12-07

Posts: 1,784

Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Everything's perfectly fine here. Did you try to run firefox after moving ~/.mozilla with a fresh profile? That's the first thing I do when programs cause problems.

cdspaco

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Registered: 2010-01-18

Posts: 6

Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Yeah, tried that... moved ~/.mozilla and it still crashes.

cdspaco

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Registered: 2010-01-18

Posts: 6

Re: Firefox crashes constantly after system update (firefox 5 beta)

Fixed my problem by reinstalling google-talkplugin from the AUR, hope this helps someone else.