firefox crashes when streaming audio

[Bob E]

Binary package hint: firefox

Open Firefox to opb.org
Click "Listen Live" button.
Audio plays for 15 to 30 minutes then Firefox crashes.
Looking at resource utilization with system monitor.
Started out at 25% RAM used and crashed at 93% RAM used with some swap disk used too.
Dell Inspiron 8200 with 1 GB RAM.
Using fresh install (10/20/07) of Gutsy Gibbon and default Firefox 2.0.0.6.
Installed recommended updates.
This memory leak or whatever it is happened in Feisty Fawn and Firefox 2.x.x.x too.
Reproduce-able every time for the last year.
Haven't modified Firefox except for adding adobe flash player plug-in.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 21 01:41:41 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: firefox 2.0.0.6+2nobinonly-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux qrynsyl 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

please attach the .crash file produced in /var/crash folder

Thanks,
 - Alexander

[Bob E (trurl9)]

Here's the crash file as requested.

On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 10:10 +0000, Alexander Sack wrote:
> please attach the .crash file produced in /var/crash folder
>
> Thanks,
> - Alexander
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Mozilla Bugs (mozilla-bugs)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Oleksij Rempel (olerem)]

please reattach this file online.

[Bob E (trurl9)]

Firefox crashes when I use Firefox's default capability to stream audio. When I use Totem or mplayer, memory usage is stable and Firefox does not crash. The question remains, why does Firefox crash when it streams audio for the specific site: opb.org? This obviously isn't a show stopping bug but it is a curiosity. I have not tested Firefox default streaming with other sites to see if those fail as well.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Hi,

please submit the crash report by (double) clicking on it (e.g. using gnome file manager). Otherwise, we won't be able to process it efficiently. The .crash files can be found in the /var/crash directory.

Thanks,
 - Alexander

[Bob E (trurl9)]

Uploaded crash file.

[Chetb (jeroen-bakker)]

Hello,
I have the same kind of problem, using Kubuntu (2.6.20-12). Please, find attached the crash report.
Thanks
Jeroen