* Massimo Savino ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When attempting to visit a FS2 game mod site, I consistently crash the > browser without fail.
What's the url? > The site works in Konqueror, most of the time. > > Surprisingly, the site also works in Mozilla's browser. > > This problem first began on upgrading to the latest security-patched > Flash plugin, from about two or three weeks ago. As the problem has really > nothing to do with the Debian pkg of the flash plugin, I'm filing it > here. I don't know why you believe that to be true. Could you try editing the /etc/firefox/firefoxrc file and setting FIREFOX_DSP="none"? > Initial step was to clear the cache. Still crashed. > > I then followed the tips at > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_(Firefox) , to no effect. > > These were, in order: > - Starting in safe mode -> crash > - Reset toolbars and controls -> crash > - Removed all extensions -> crash > - Backup and removal of profile -> crash > - Removal of xul.mfasl -> crash > - Deletion of -> crash > - downloads.rdf > - history.dat > - mimetypes.rdf > - localstore.rdf > - pluginreg.dat > - Deletion of -> crash > - prefs.js > - user.js > - extensions folder > - chrome folder > - Deletion of profile folder -> still crashed > > Getting frustrated, Googled a bit and tried gdb: > > $ ulimit -c unlimited > $ mozilla-firefox > [load page, dead firefox] > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gdb /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin core.7684 > GNU gdb 6.4-debian > Copyright 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and > you are > welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain > conditions. > Type "show copying" to see the conditions. > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for > details. > This GDB was configured as > "i486-linux-gnu".../usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin: No such file > or directory. > > Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". > (no debugging symbols found) > Core was generated by `/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox > -safe-mode'. > Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. > #0 0xb7d43508 in ?? () > (gdb) where > #0 0xb7d43508 in ?? () > (gdb) > > > Obviously this can't be that helpful, so I tried strace, which generated > a 3mb logfile. I can submit this to you as a tarball if you would like. > > -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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