Firefox Disappears For No Apparent Reason

[Jeremy LaCroix]

Binary package hint: firefox

On one of my machines (32-bit Hardy Install) Firefox will often disappear for no apparent reason. I don't know how to steadily reproduce this bug, sometimes it disappears, sometimes not, but never when I want it to.

I could be watching a video on Youtube, or writing a blog post on Myspace and it all of a sudden just completely disappears.

Steps to reproduce:

1.) Just browse normally.
2.) Firefox may or may not disappear while you're using it.

This bug used to be very frequent with Firefox2. I'm hoping that this gets fixed soon, it's a very annoying issue.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

firefox 2 won't receive any fixes in hardy anymore

[Guybrush88 (guybrush)]

i get this same problem with youtube videos only in firefox 3 beta 4. i think it is somehow related to flash elements

[Guybrush88 (guybrush)]

* i get this problem only with youtube videos

[Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount)]

I asked my wife to run Firefox from a terminal for a while, and when the problem happened most recently we captured input. Here is what we seen in the terminal window when it crashed. We think that it may be related to the fact she doesn't have sound in Firefox at all but does have sound with every other application:
---
TotemEmbedded-Message: Viewer state: PLAYING
TotemEmbedded-Message: Viewer state: STOPPED
** Message: totemPlugin dtor [0x9fc69a8]
** Message: NP_Shutdown
** Message: NP_Initialize
** Message: NP_Initialize succeeded
** Message: totemPlugin ctor [0x9fc09f8]
** Message: Init mimetype 'audio/wav' mode 1
** Message: Base URI is 'http://www.thepregnancytester.com/view_father.html'
** Message: Real mimetype for 'audio/wav' is 'audio/wav'
argv[0] src http://www.thepregnancytester.com/image/crowd-ohh.wav
argv[1] autostart true
argv[2] hidden true
argv[3] loop false
** Message: mSrc: http://www.thepregnancytester.com/image/crowd-ohh.wav
** Message: mCache: 0
** Message: mControllerHidden: 0
** Message: mShowStatusbar: 0
** Message: mHidden: 1
** Message: mAudioOnly: 1
** Message: mAutostart: 1, mRepeat: 0
** Message: Launching: /usr/lib/totem/gstreamer/totem-plugin-viewer --plugin-type basic --user-agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008031317 Firefox/3.0b4 --mimetype audio/wav --hidden --audio-only
** Message: Viewer spawned, PID 25410
** Message: GetValue variable 14 (e)
** Message: NewStream mimetype 'audio/x-wav' URL 'http://www.thepregnancytester.com/image/crowd-ohh.wav'
** Message: Viewer not ready, aborting stream
** Message: Viewer DBus interface name is 'org.gnome.totem.PluginViewer_25410'
TotemEmbedded-Message: Viewer state: STOPPED
** Message: NameOwnerChanged old-owner '' new-owner ':1.45'
** Message: Viewer now connected to the bus
** Message: ViewerSetup
** Message: ViewerReady
** Message: IsSchemeSupported scheme 'http': yes
TotemEmbedded-Message: totem_embedded_open_stream called: uri http://www.thepregnancytester.com/image/crowd-ohh.wav, base_uri: http://www.thepregnancytester.com/view_father.html
TotemEmbedded-Message: totem_embedded_open_internal 'fd://0' is-browser-stream 1 start-play 1
TotemEmbedded-Message: BEFORE _open
** Message: NameOwnerChanged old-owner '' new-owner ':1.45'
** Message: Already have owner, why are we notified again?
TotemEmbedded-Message: AFTER _open (ret: 1)
TotemEmbedded-Message: Viewer state: PLAYING
** Message: Error: Could not read from resource.
gstfdsrc.c(388): gst_fd_src_create (): /play/source:
select on file descriptor: Resource temporarily unavailable.

TotemEmbedded-Message: Viewer state: STOPPED
TotemEmbedded-Message: totem_embedded_set_error: 'Could not read from resource.'
TotemEmbedded-Message: totem_embedded_set_error_logo called by browser plugin
** Message: OpenStream reply
** Message: DoCommand 'Play'
TotemEmbedded-Message: Viewer state: PLAYING
** Message: StopStream signal received
** Message: NewStream mimetype 'audio/x-wav' URL 'http://www.thepregnancytester.com/image/crowd-ohh.wav'
** Message: Is unsupported mime-type 'audio/x-wav'
** Message: Is not playlist: totem_pl_parser_can_parse_from_data failed (len 8192)
** Message: StreamAsFile f...

[Tom (tom6)]

Still seems to be affesting me in Intrepid 8.10 with Firefox 3.0.4

[Tom (tom6)]

affecting not affesting lol

[Frazer (frazer)]

Has any one found how to stop this?

I run Ubuntu/8.04 Firefox/3.0.4

I can walk away from my computer,
and when I return, firefox has disappeared.

I'd love to stop it

[Tom (tom6)]

Nope, no fixes or work-arounds have appeared yet. Guess there's some head-scratching going on.

Does Firefox allow a 'Restore Previous Session' when this occurs?

[Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount)]

When I relaunch Firefox, I do get a restore previous session option.

Tom wrote:
> Nope, no fixes or work-arounds have appeared yet. Guess there's some
> head-scratching going on.
>
> Does Firefox allow a 'Restore Previous Session' when this occurs?
>

[Frazer (frazer)]

I can restore, and it all seems to work fine,
except I lose any things being downloaded.

I guess I have also lost some things I ave been writing.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Jeremy LaCroix <email address hidden>wrote:

> When I relaunch Firefox, I do get a restore previous session option.
>
> Tom wrote:
> > Nope, no fixes or work-arounds have appeared yet. Guess there's some
> > head-scratching going on.
> >
> > Does Firefox allow a 'Restore Previous Session' when this occurs?
> >
>
> --
> Firefox Disappears For No Apparent Reason
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203222
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
> Status in "firefox-3.0" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox
>
> On one of my machines (32-bit Hardy Install) Firefox will often disappear
> for no apparent reason. I don't know how to steadily reproduce this bug,
> sometimes it disappears, sometimes not, but never when I want it to.
>
> I could be watching a video on Youtube, or writing a blog post on Myspace
> and it all of a sudden just completely disappears.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1.) Just browse normally.
> 2.) Firefox may or may not disappear while you're using it.
>
> This bug used to be very frequent with Firefox2. I'm hoping that this gets
> fixed soon, it's a very annoying issue.
>

[Pipps (rhyspippard)]

I am also experiencing a serious problem with Firefox disappearing, for me, in Firefox 3.0.3. I think it's the same problem as is afflicting everyone else. Allow me to clarify the nature of the problem.

When viewing a video in Youtube, either whilst I am watching the video, or whilst the video is playing music whilst I'm working elsewhere in the room, or when a loaded video is simply paused and ready to play, the Youtube screen portal will for no apparent reason simply vanish.

There is no warning, no other activity on or off the screen, and no apparent explanation. Firefox remains open, and remains at the page which had previously been displaying the content which I had been viewing. However, the video section of the Youtube webpage simply vanishes and turns to the same shade of white as the rest of the background of the Youtube webpage. The problem is mystifying!

And yes, this only happens with Youtube in Firefox. It has never happened with any other website or application. And just to clarify, my sound works perfectly in Firefox.

Does anyone know what is causing this problem, which appears to be so widespread, and what can be done to fix it?

Also, are all the people who are experiencing this problem, also experiencing it in a Ubuntu Linux environment?

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Pipps we are at 3.0.8 can you please update from our repos and test with it. You may need to enable security repos in sources.list file

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Can anyone confirm that this happens right after updates?

[Frazer (frazer)]

It is happening very rarely now,

and no, I never noticed it happening soon after an update.

Pips complaint about video in youtube is not related to this bug

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:05 PM, John Vivirito <email address hidden> wrote:

> Can anyone confirm that this happens right after updates?
>
> --
> Firefox Disappears For No Apparent Reason
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203222
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “firefox” source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
> Status in “firefox-3.0” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox
>
> On one of my machines (32-bit Hardy Install) Firefox will often disappear
> for no apparent reason. I don't know how to steadily reproduce this bug,
> sometimes it disappears, sometimes not, but never when I want it to.
>
> I could be watching a video on Youtube, or writing a blog post on Myspace
> and it all of a sudden just completely disappears.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1.) Just browse normally.
> 2.) Firefox may or may not disappear while you're using it.
>
> This bug used to be very frequent with Firefox2. I'm hoping that this gets
> fixed soon, it's a very annoying issue.
>

[Pipps (rhyspippard)]

Should I start a new thread for my specific Youtube flash bug within Firefox?

I can confirm that it is still happening, even after updating to Firefox 3.0.8.

Please advise.

[Frazer (frazer)]

Yes,

because this thread is about firefox crashing.

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Pipps <email address hidden> wrote:

> Should I start a new thread for my specific Youtube flash bug within
> Firefox?
>
> I can confirm that it is still happening, even after updating to Firefox
> 3.0.8.
>
> Please advise.
>
> --
> Firefox Disappears For No Apparent Reason
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203222
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “firefox” source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
> Status in “firefox-3.0” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox
>
> On one of my machines (32-bit Hardy Install) Firefox will often disappear
> for no apparent reason. I don't know how to steadily reproduce this bug,
> sometimes it disappears, sometimes not, but never when I want it to.
>
> I could be watching a video on Youtube, or writing a blog post on Myspace
> and it all of a sudden just completely disappears.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1.) Just browse normally.
> 2.) Firefox may or may not disappear while you're using it.
>
> This bug used to be very frequent with Firefox2. I'm hoping that this gets
> fixed soon, it's a very annoying issue.
>

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Closing this bug because firefox-3.0 is EOL.