550192 - Crash to desktop when attempting file upload

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jeff Katz]

User-Agent:       Midori/0.2.3 (X11; Linux i686; U; en-us) WebKit/531.2+
Build Identifier: Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2) Gecko/20100207 Namoroka/3.6

File uploads seem to be troubled in this build: Sometimes, they'll spin (take forever and never complete, socket closes, still in progress etc), and sometimes they'll cause a SIGSEGV and crash to desktop. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attempt to submit a form with a file input

Actual Results:  
Crash to desktop

Expected Results:  
File is uploaded.

Linux corneria 2.6.32-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 7 22:19:56 UTC 2010 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0xb55ffb70 (LWP 5647)]
0xb763f011 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
(gdb) bt
#0  0xb763f011 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
#1  0xa4fe6af0 in ?? ()
#2  0xb55fee9c in ?? ()
#3  0xb55fee28 in ?? ()
#4  0xb6e517e4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2/libxul.so
#5  0xa4fe6b18 in ?? ()
#6  0xa4f21000 in ?? ()
#7  0xa54ff9d4 in ?? ()
#8  0x00000000 in ?? ()

Comment 1

[Jeff Katz]

Would appreciate guidance in getting you guys a better backtrace.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/How_to_get_a_stacktrace_for_a_bug_report

Comment 3

[Renaud de Saint Moulin]

Same problem experienced. Firefox 3.6.8 crashing to Desktop when clicking on button in web page that should trigger File Browser to select file to import.  When re-starting Firefox, message "Well, this is embarrassing" and option to resume from crash (which would immediately result into new crash); 

System: Firefox 3.6.8 running on Ubuntu 8.04, Kernel Linux 2.6.24-19-generic, UI Gnome 2.22.3 running on Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.4GHz with 1.2Gb RAM. Available disk space 27Gb

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Jeff, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 4.0.1 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please let me know. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, please update to Firefox 5, create a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles, and then retest. Then please report your results. If you are still seeing the issue, then reopen this bug.