Closed Bug 481963 Opened 15 years ago Closed 7 years ago

(firefox-bin:23224): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed errors with Beta3 build

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Plug-ins
Version:
1.9.1 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: murali, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: memory-leak) 

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3) Gecko/20090305 Firefox/3.1b3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1b3) Gecko/20090305 Firefox/3.1b3

During plugins testing on any website with video like cnn or abc or your pick, if the video is run, firefox is throwing a stream of 
(firefox-bin:23224): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Thanks
Murali

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start firefox on linux from commandline [ ./firefox ]
2.goto www.abc.com or nbc.com or cnn.com 
3.run any video
3.check for error
Actual Results:  
(firefox-bin:23224): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Expected Results:  
no such errors.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Version: unspecified → 3.1 Branch
Component: General → Plug-ins
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: general → plugins
Version: 3.5 Branch → 1.9.1 Branch
A break point in g_log, would facilitate some stack traces of these warnings.
Keywords: mlk
This problem is still around in Ubuntu 13.10, both for firefox and firefox-trunk.

Happens under Gnome and xcfe.
Resolving old bugs which are likely not relevant any more, since NPAPI plugins are deprecated.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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