Firefox and other browsers segfault

[Lars Noodén]

The bug is with some other package but symptoms manifest with Firefox
Since a recent update, Firefox segfaults:

$ firefox

(process:25367): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

It happens each and every time firefox is run.

[Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131)]

"Please don't assume that everybody else will be able to reproduce your crash, just because you experience the issue. All crash reports must be submitted with a complete stacktrace and a description of the steps required to trigger the crash (if it is reproducible). Bug reports which tell us that the application crashes without any other technical information about the crash (ie, a complete stacktrace) are not very useful. "

Try running FIrefox in safe mode: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs#Try_running_in_safe_mode

If it's still crashing, then see procedure here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs#Crashes

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

I've added debugger info, collected according to the method described here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs#Run_Firefox_in_a_Debugger

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

Safe mode also segfaults:

$ firefox -safe-mode

(process:2916): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

here are the same symptoms with Thunderbird

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1284103

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

It segfaults even in the Live Session as of the 2014-03-07 image for amd64+mac

http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/308/builds/64177/testcases