The original "repeated refusal to start" crash reappeared today. The first run in the following trace worked normally, the subsequent ones failed to start (Firefox window did not appear). Text in {} is my comments.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ firefox -g GNU gdb 6.3-debian Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-linux"...(no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1". (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3549)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [New Thread 1097059248 (LWP 3552)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3553)] [New Thread 1118133168 (LWP 3554)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [New Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3555)] (no debugging symbols found) [New Thread 1135868848 (LWP 3556)] [Thread 1135868848 (LWP 3556) exited] (no debugging symbols found) [Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3555) exited] [Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3553) exited] [New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3557)] [New Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3558)] [Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3557) exited] [Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3558) exited] [New Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3559)] [New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3560)] [Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3559) exited] [Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3560) exited] [New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3561)] [New Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3562)] [Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3561) exited] [Thread 1097059248 (LWP 3552) exited] [Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3562) exited] [Thread 1118133168 (LWP 3554) exited] Program exited normally. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3563)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [New Thread 1097059248 (LWP 3564)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3565)] [New Thread 1118133168 (LWP 3566)] [Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3565) exited] {noticeable pause before this line} {nothing happened for a few minutes, until I pressed Ctrl-\} Program received signal SIGQUIT, Quit. [Switching to Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3563)] 0x40abc523 in poll () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (gdb) run The program being debugged has been started already. Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y Starting program: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3578)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3578)] 0x08ea41a7 in ?? () (gdb) kill Kill the program being debugged? (y or n) y (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3581)] (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3581)] 0x08ea41a7 in ?? () (gdb) quit The program is running. Exit anyway? (y or n) y [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps -A PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:00 init 2 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0 3 ? 00:00:00 events/0 4 ? 00:00:00 khelper 20 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0 42 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 43 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 45 ? 00:00:00 aio/0 44 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0 187 ? 00:00:00 kseriod 294 ? 00:00:00 kjournald 333 ? 00:00:00 udevd 1431 ? 00:00:00 khubd 2266 ? 00:00:00 dhclient 2756 ? 00:00:00 syslogd 2759 ? 00:00:00 klogd 2781 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon-1 2786 ? 00:00:01 hald 2791 ? 00:00:00 inetd 2796 ? 00:00:00 lpd 2859 ? 00:00:00 savd 2895 ? 00:00:06 savscand 2907 ? 00:00:04 savscand 2929 ? 00:00:00 python 2937 ? 00:00:00 xfs 3037 ? 00:00:00 S20xprint 3038 ? 00:00:00 S20xprint 3039 ? 00:00:00 Xprt 3041 ? 00:00:00 S20xprint 3056 ? 00:00:00 atd 3060 ? 00:00:00 cron 3113 ? 00:00:02 FAH502-Linux 3118 ? 00:00:00 gdm 3122 ? 00:00:00 gdm 3127 tty1 00:00:00 getty 3266 ? 00:01:12 XFree86 3363 ? 00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe 3371 ? 00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe 3372 ? 00:22:05 FahCore_78.exe 3373 ? 00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe 3374 ? 00:00:01 x-session-manag 3428 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent 3430 ? 00:00:03 gconfd-2 3453 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d 3455 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati 3457 ? 00:00:00 gnome-settings- 3467 ? 00:00:00 xscreensaver 3488 ? 00:00:00 gnome-smproxy 3490 ? 00:00:02 metacity 3501 ? 00:00:03 gnome-panel 3503 ? 00:00:03 nautilus 3505 ? 00:00:00 gnome-volume-ma 3514 ? 00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo 3522 ? 00:00:00 mapping-daemon 3528 ? 00:00:02 wnck-applet 3530 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2 3532 ? 00:00:07 clock-applet 3534 ? 00:00:00 notification-ar 3536 ? 00:00:13 gnome-terminal 3537 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe 3538 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 3568 ? 00:00:09 gedit 3599 pts/0 00:00:00 ps [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ firefox %u /usr/bin/firefox: line 349: 3689 Segmentation fault DISPLAY="${CMDLINE_DISPLAY}" ${MOZ_PROGRAM} -remote 'ping()' >/dev/null 2>&1 Segmentation fault [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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