I can provoke the bug in the same way here on the precise-proposed version.
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Jens Berke <1025...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > I finally managed to reproduce the bug. The cause seems to be the drop > down list of the location bar in Firefox in combination with the Firebug > extension. > > My Ubuntu setup: Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit, all latest packages installed as > of now, plus all latest firefox packages from precise-proposed as of > now. > > Prerequisites: > 1. Have a few URLs in your browser history. We need the drop down box of > the location bar to be populated with some items. > 2. Have the Firebug extension for Firefox installed (I have the current > latest version 1.10.2) > > Steps to reproduce: > 1. Start Firefox. On my setup it starts with one tab showing a blank empty > page. No need to open any web page. > 2. Go into the location bar of Firefox and press ALT-DOWN. The drop down > box of the location bar opens. No need to select anything there. > 3. Press ALT to open the HUD and enter a search term which creates some > results in the HUD. > 4. Press ESC two times in the HUD to make it disappear, > 5. Go into the location bar of Firefox again and press ALT-DOWN again. The > drop down box of the location bar opens again. No need to select anything > there. > 6. Press ALT to open the HUD again and enter a search term which creates > some results in the HUD. > 7. Crash! > > This reproduces the bug more than 95% of the time. In some rare case I > need three or four rounds of openening the location bar and the HUD, and > sometimes additionally going up and down the items in the drop down box > of the location bar with the arrow keys to get the crash. > > If I disable Firebug everything works fine and I'm not able to reproduce > the bug then. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1026282). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025011 > > Title: > HUD search causes firefox to crash > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1025011/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025011 Title: HUD search causes firefox to crash Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in Unity global menubar extension for Firefox and Thunderbird: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “firefox” source package in Natty: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Oneiric: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: Searching for any text causes Firefox 13.0.1 to crash on Ubuntu 12.04 ( both 32 & 64 bit **1). Test case: 1. Hit ALT to bring up the HUD search box 2. Type one or more words into the textbox. Expected result: 1. HUD appears ready to search 2. Results appear depending on the search term. What actually happens: 1. HUD appears ready to search 2. Results appear, however firefox crashes shortly after. == Additional information == Running firefox in safe mode makes HUD ignore firefox. In this situation Firefox doesn't crash. **1: I can reproduce this bug on 64 bit Ubuntu. Peter Cawkell is experiencing this bug on 32 bit ( see coments ) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1025011/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
