firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall()

[Guillaume]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Firefox crashes when watching .flv video.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 15 09:42:42 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b3/firefox
NonfreeKernelModules: cdrom
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b3+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b3/firefox
ProcCwd: /home/guillaume
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
 ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9b3/libxul.so
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Title: firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall()
Uname: Linux guillaume-portable 2.6.24-7-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 7 01:29:58 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev scanner video

[Nicolas Valcarcel (nvalcarcel)]

Same problem here

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

please attach an example .flv file so we can try to reproduce.

[jevel (jevel)]

I'm sorry, but I reinstalled Xubuntu to get rid of the problem. In Ubuntu I
crashed so frequently Firefox was almost unusable.

-KJ

2008/3/25, Alexander Sack <email address hidden>:
>
> please attach an example .flv file so we can try to reproduce.
>
> ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> firefox crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall()
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192070
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>

[joehill (joseph-hill)]

Same problem here on multiple computers, from Gutsy to Hardy (both in Firefox 2 and 3). Firefox very often crashes on pages with Adobe flash movies (YouTube, etc.). It's common enough that I have made a "kill firefox" shortcut on my desktop, which I use constantly. I'm pretty sure the Adobe non-free flash player is somehow crashing firefox. I can try to find an .flv file to attach, but it may suffice to say that all .flv files seem capable of crashing firefox and do so unpredictably.

Joe

[Alfredo Matos (alfmatos)]

This also looks like a duplicate of bug 213948 . There seem to be a lot of them.

This also happens in epiphany, so it might be a xulrunner-1.9 bug ?

As steps to reproduce in other bugs, I just put a URL that crashes firefox/epiphany every time. http://www.bwin.com seems to crash every time, since it's all flash. Just a matter of clicking or minimizing the browser window.

[Alfredo Matos (alfmatos)]

bug 196248 also seems to be a duplicate. Maybe merge all of them together ?

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

most likely a flash/pulseaudio issue ... those are known and will hopefully be fixed soon.