233980 - firefox-0.8-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz crashes on flash enabled sites when plugin not installed

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Peter Yellman]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040207 Firefox/0.8

firefox-0.8-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz crashes on flash enabled sites when
plugin not installed

Summary describes problem.  Using xft-enabled build downloaded from mozilla.org.
 Problem does not occur in standard build (firefox-0.8-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz).


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Unpack firefox-0.8-i686-linux-gtk2+xft.tar.gz
2. Do NOT install flash plugin
3. Visit a flash enabled site, e.g., http://www.linuxjournal.com/

Actual Results:  
Browser exits all windows.

Expected Results:  
Continue on as if plugin not available.

(firefox-bin:1382): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 4101
(gtk_widget_get_style): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

Comment 1

[pontus enhager]

i have tried with both
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040207 Firefox/0.8
and
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7b) Gecko/20040310 Firefox/0.8.0+

but cannot reproduce it

i am using fedora core 1

Comment 2

[Peter Yellman]

Ok, let me follow up on this.  After your comment, I went back to using the xft
version for a couple of days (without the flash plugin).  Here's what I've found.

(1) The url I originally gave (http://www.linuxjournal.com) is not very useful,
there doesn't seem to be any flash there anymore.
(2) The problem does not expose itself on all flash-enabled sites.  An obvious
test site is www.macromedia.com, and there is not a problem with that site; I
get a message IN THE PAGE (that is, not a firefox notification) about lacking
flash, the browser does not crash.
(3) The problem can be triggered by visiting www.pctel.com.  This results in an
exit with: (firefox-bin:4608): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 4101
(gtk_widget_get_style): assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

I'll see if I can deliver more information about the problem.  Heck, I'll go
ahead and install Fedora and give it a try with that.

BTW, I'm using Debian testing.

Peter Yellman

Comment 3

[Peter Yellman]

Not a Firefox bug, I guess a Debian bug.

Tried it on Fedora, works as stated by pontus enhager.

Turns out that accessing any content requiring a plugin without the plugin
causes the crash.  More specifically, attempting to display the dialog
"This page contains information of a type (application/xyx) that can only be
viewed with the appropriate Plug-in. Click OK to download Plugin" causes Firefox
on Debian Testing to exit.  Must be something in the Debian GTK distibution.  Oh
well.

Peter Yellman