625759 - Fennec does not start for me any more (Galaxy S Vibrant)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

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I had updated to the nightly version which enabled hw acceleration for all Android devices, and Fennec would just get stuck in the "loading" screen and would not start up.  Ever since, I can't start Fennec on my device.  I have tried wiping it out completely and reinstalling the latest nightly, and it would just show the the loading screen, with the "installing libraries" text which would change to "loading" soon afterwards, and would get stuck on that screen.

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (GT-I9000M) which I have updated to Froyo recently.

Comment 1

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

We're respinning nighlies now for a different issue, can you please retest when they become available?

Comment 2

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Attachment: My logcat

I tested with the latest nightly, and the same thing happened again.  Here's my logcat, as requested by blassey on IRC.

Comment 3

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The latest update is that when I closed the Fring app's background process, Fennec started to show a window which did not get painted in the content area or the location bar, and did not respond to user events.  I closed all other background processes, but they didn't have any effects on Fennec loading.

Comment 4

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

Seems like ehsan is the only one seeing this and no one else can reproduce. Some people have seen similar behavior, but they've all been resolved by a reinstall. Pushing this out from beta 4.

Comment 5

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(In reply to comment #4)
> Seems like ehsan is the only one seeing this and no one else can reproduce.
> Some people have seen similar behavior, but they've all been resolved by a
> reinstall. Pushing this out from beta 4.

Maybe this is an indication that we're doing something bad, which needs to be addressed without resorting to reinstalling.  Have any of the fennec developers ever encountered this?  Because that would give them a good chance at debugging the issue.

Comment 6

[Michael Wu [:mwu]]

Regressed by bug 608042.

Comment 7

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

(In reply to comment #6)
> Regressed by bug 608042.

I don't think that's true. I just installed the latest nightly on Ehsan's device and its working fine. He'll reopen if he sees it again.

Comment 8

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I noticed this a lot of times today too.  Right now, it's reproducible on every start of Fennec.

I think Brad can take a look tomorrow at the office.

Comment 9

[Stuart Parmenter]

Can anyone reproduce this?  Builds run fine on my Vibrant (2.2)

Comment 10

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Note to myself:

Here's how you debug Fennec on Android: <https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Blassey/Notes/Android>

Comment 11

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

2.0-, since no one else can reproduce this