Public bug reported: Firefox crashes when attempting to play particular video streams. 1) Example of video stream that does not cause crash: YouTube
2) Example of video stream that causes the crash: https://archive.org/details/dconf2014-day03-talk05 3) firefox -safe-mode -- crashes just the same 4) Console output: (process:5055): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed (firefox:5055): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised (firefox:5055): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised (firefox:5055): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised (firefox:5055): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised [5123] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /build/buildd/firefox-31.0+build1/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1531 [5123] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /build/buildd/firefox-31.0+build1/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1531 5) A thought ... It seems like on another machine running Ubuntu 14.04 as well, this does not happen. Does this cast a shadow on library issues ? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: firefox 31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20140715214327 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Sep 1 20:45:56 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-13 (840 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=Safe Mode/Safe Mode (Out of date) SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-27 (126 days ago) ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364109 Title: Firefox crashes when attempting to play video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1364109/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs