423157 - crash with old version of google gears [@ gears.dll@0xf00fb]

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[chris hofmann]

looks like google gears is consistently crashing on firefox 3 beta 4. 

http://crash-stats.mozilla.com/report/list?product=Firefox&query_search=signature&query_type=contains&range_unit=weeks&version=Firefox%3A3.0b4&signature=gears.dll%400xf00fb&range_value=1

It's only ranked #75, but if more people start using gears it could ramp fast.

incompatability problems with fx3?

not much to go on in any of the stack traces

Frame  	Signature  	Source
0 	gears.dll@0xf00fb 	

could be a case of users overriding compat checks as in bug 422018

Comment 1

[chris hofmann]

looks like Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 only

comments include:


i just simply treid to open google reader... i may need to diable google gears... whihc i may have enabled via a lifehacker tip on how to enable my extensions... will see in a second

I had tester tools running and disabled add-on compatibility checking. The add on causing the problem is Better Greader

Google Gears seems to crash FF always.

google gears

Comment 2

[timeless]

see bug 423156 aka bug 422939

Comment 5

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Pretty sure this was caused by an old extension and we no longer see these crashes in the top 100 for Firefox 3.0.1 now that they've updated the extension.