471888 - Firefox Hangs after Mac OSX 10.5.1 security update.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[jared.darr]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_6; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.27.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.2.1 Safari/525.27.1
Build Identifier: Firefox 3.0.5

When i open firefox it waits about 10 seconds or so and crashes, and i have to force quit. I tried starting firefox up in safe mode, disabled everything and still couldn't get it to work.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update MacOSX to 10.5.1
2.Start Firefox
3.Wait for it to freeze.
Actual Results:  
FIrefox just sits there until you force quit.

Expected Results:  
Fire fox would work and you could browse the internet

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

I understand that you are experiencing a crash. Could you please follow the steps found at http://quality.mozilla.org/bug-writing-guidelines, which will help us pinpoint the cause and nature of the crash. I have marked this bug as a crash so hopefully you should see some activity on it soon. You can create a new profile with the instructions above.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Sorry, meant to say hang above.

Comment 3

[jared.darr]

Attachment: Crash Report Sent to apple

Firefox keeps hanging, and so this is the only information about the hang that i can get.

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

Tyler, this is a dup of a Mac issue?

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.10 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.