Hi Chris,

If you have access to dbx, you can try "./firefox -g -d /path_to_dbx/ 
dbx"
Then type "stop in gdk_x_error", enter, "ignore POLL", enter, "run -- 
sync", enter.

When it breaks at gdk_x_error(), type "where".
Let me know the information.

Ginn

On Sep 4, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Christopher Morton wrote:

> I have gotten the following error messages, which result in Firefox  
> 3.0
> for Solaris to crash frequently and intermittently:
>
> The program 'Gecko' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadGC (invalid GC parameter)'.
>  (Details: serial 66792 error_code 13 request_code 60 minor_code 0)
>  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
>   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
>   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error()  
> function.)
> Segmentation Fault - core dumped
>
> The program 'Gecko' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadGC (invalid GC parameter)'.
>  (Details: serial 127071 error_code 13 request_code 60 minor_code 0)
>  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
>   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
>   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error()  
> function.)
> Segmentation Fault - core dumped
>
> I am using a Sun Ray thin client with a T5220 server being used at the
> thin client's backend.  I can provide both application core dumps  
> (they
> are each about 170 MB in size) if you can tell me where you would like
> for me to make them available for analysis and diagnosis.
>
>
> I have also listed below the following info in the hopes that it would
> help you troubleshoot what the root cause might be in Firefox 3.0
> frequently crashing intermittently on various web sites:
>
> About Firefox:  Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4v; en-US; rv:1.9)
> Gecko/2008063022 Firefox/3.0
>
> $ uname -a
> SunOS sr1-upla01-05 5.10 Generic_127111-07 sun4v sparc
> SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5220
>
> $ cat /etc/release
>                       Solaris 10 8/07 s10s_u4wos_12b SPARC
>           Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
>                        Use is subject to license terms.
>                            Assembled 16 August 2007
>
> $ pkginfo -l SUNWxorg-server
>   PKGINST:  SUNWxorg-server
>      NAME:  X.Org Foundation Xserver
>  CATEGORY:  system
>      ARCH:  sparc
>   VERSION:  6.6.2.7600,REV=0.2007.06.22
>   BASEDIR:  /usr
>    VENDOR:  Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>      DESC:  X Window System server based on X.Org Foundation open
> source release
>    PSTAMP:  x10s20070622163545
>  INSTDATE:  Nov 26 2007 20:44
>   HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
>    STATUS:  completely installed
>     FILES:      114 installed pathnames
>                   7 shared pathnames
>                  16 directories
>                  38 executables
>                   1 setuid/setgid executables
>               43320 blocks used (approx)
>
>
> Please let me know if you require any additional information that you
> may wish for me to gather to assist in diagnosing my problem with
> Firefox 3.0 on Solaris 10.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
>
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Ginn Chen
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