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

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