533919 - FX crashed but there was no gdb indication of same(?)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[pleabargain]

User-Agent:       Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux i686; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.10
Build Identifier: [user@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa firefox firefox-3.5.5-1.fc12.i686 

browsing. multiple tabs opened. Fx stopped working.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open Fx 
2.open tabs/ browse
3.Fx froze ( don't recall doing anything other than browsing/ sidewiki entries/ reading wikipedia)
Actual Results:  
Fx froze

Comment 1

[pleabargain]

Attachment: screengrab of firefox freezing

I was watching gdb output and saw no indication of Fx about to barf.

Comment 2

[pleabargain]

Attachment: gdb output

Need the gdb command that will spit out the errors to a text file on the desktop.

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

Looks like you might be running Python under gdb rather than Firefox?  Make sure you run firefox-bin under gdb (or use "firefox -g -d gdb").  https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Debugging_Mozilla_on_Linux_FAQ

Or you could try installing the mozilla.com version of Firefox 3.5.5 and use the built-in crash reporter (which is absent in Fedora versions).  https://developer.mozilla.org/En/How_to_get_a_stacktrace_for_a_bug_report

Comment 4

[timeless]

jesse: no, it's a gecko, but the distro includes pyxpcom support

Comment 5

[Jesse Ruderman]

Did Firefox exit on its own (crash) or did it just hang?  If it hangs, I think you have to Ctrl+C it in gdb to get a stack trace.  You might also have to install debuginfo stuff (https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Debugging_Mozilla_on_Linux_FAQ explains how).

timeless adds: one could use xtree (?) to see if the xwindows exist or went somewhere "amusing"

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 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

You can also try to reproduce in Firefox 4 Beta 8 or later, there are many improvements in the new version, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Comment 7

[pleabargain]

The caveat about safe mode makes renders this a closed bug.