540198 - Firefox will crash if compiz-fusion crashes

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Skippy le Grand Gourou]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.9.0.16) Gecko/2009121610 Iceweasel/3.0.6 (Debian-3.0.6-3)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.9.0.16) Gecko/2009121610 Iceweasel/3.0.6 (Debian-3.0.6-3)

Sometimes on some computers compiz-fusion may crash.  The main effects are that opened windows have no decorations anymore and that you cannot focus on them anymore.  However, all windows are still there, and if you happen to find access to a terminal or have a launcher on the desktop you just have to launch metacity or compiz-fusion again (if your system is nicely configured, it may even fall back automatically to metacity after the crash of compiz-fusion).

Unfortunately, there is one and only one program that will disappear at the very time compiz-fusion will crash : Firefox.  It used to happen back when I was using Arch Linux with Firefox 3.5, and it still happens now that I'm using Debian Lenny with Firefox/Iceweasel 3.0.6.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox within a compiz-fusion gnome session.
2. Make compiz crash.
Actual Results:  
Firefox crashes.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should just loose its decorations, just as every other window.

Happens with Fx 3.0.6 as well as with 3.5 and on different and (mostly) unrelated distros.

Comment 1

[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 2

[Skippy le Grand Gourou]

I don't see this behaviour with Firefox 3.6.13, Fedora 14, Compiz 0.8.6 rev.6.fc14.  Hence I close as fixed.