Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed
-- 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/1002573 Title: FF defunct processes Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As of this morning, I have had to reboot a few times because the system was unable to acquire memory to even fork a process. This last time, after booting, I decided to try to figure out what it is. It appears that as long as Firefox is running (even if not doing anything) it keeps spawning defunct processes until the system has to be rebooted (if it happens when the screensaver is on - preventing FF from being killed). ps -ef | grep defunct | grep -v grep | wc -l shows an ever increasing number It was over 3000 before I last killed it off. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-19.33-generic 3.0.27 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx zfs zcommon znvpair zavl zunicode AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20120423122843 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Device_1'/'C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Audio Device at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.1.5, full speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB0d8c:0105' Controls : 9 Simple ctrls : 6 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Device'/'C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Multimedia Audio Device at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.1.3,' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB0d8c:0105' Controls : 9 Simple ctrls : 6 Card2.Amixer.info: Card hw:2 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd3e00000 irq 50' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269' Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10431373,00100004' Controls : 11 Simple ctrls : 7 Card3.Amixer.info: Card hw:3 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xd0040000 irq 51' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card3.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Channel: release Date: Mon May 21 16:12:44 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) IpRoute: default via 172.29.224.1 dev eth1 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000 172.29.224.0/21 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 172.29.228.58 metric 1 172.29.232.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 172.29.232.107 metric 2 Plugins: pluginreg.dat exists but isn't parseable = invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'CrossOver - :$' ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122843 (Running) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (221 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 07/27/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: G73Jh.211 dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567 dmi.board.name: G73Jh dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrG73Jh.211:bd07/27/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnG73Jh:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnG73Jh:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: G73Jh dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1002573/+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