On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 09:04:54PM +1200, Tim Makarios wrote: > On 13/09/18 18:42, Mike Hommey wrote: > > Can you install the firefox-esr-dbgsym package from > > https://people.debian.org/~glandium/firefox-esr-dbgsym_60.2.0esr-1~deb9u2.1_i386.deb > > > > and run the following command: > > > > gdb firefox-esr > > > > At the gdb prompt, type the following commands: > > > > set pagination off > > run > > When I get to this point, it gives the output: > > Starting program: /usr/bin/firefox-esr [Thread debugging using > > libthread_db enabled] > > Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". > and then thrashes my hard drive for a very long time. I left it going for a > while (over half an hour, maybe closer to three quarters of an hour), and in > the end it seemed to have frozen the computer entirely. > > I only have about three quarters of a gigabyte of RAM, which may have > something to do with it...
Huh. Can you then try ulimit -c unlimited, and upload the resulting core file somewhere? Mike