From the icon firefox will not start. From command like after 15 minutes I get errors

[raiman3]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

After upgrading using Adept from Kubuntu 7.10 to Kubuntu 8.04 firefox would not start.
Clicking on the icon would cause an item in the pannel that would go away after a couple of minutes. ps -ef |grep firefox listed firefox as running but not so.
I removed .mozilla/firefox and tried again. No joy.
I uninstalled firefox and reinstalled firefox 3 Beta 5, no joy.

From the command line, after about 10 minutes, firefox will start but if anything is clicked it freezes.
raiman@titan:~$ firefox
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetMIMEDescription
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetMIMEDescription return
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue: returning plugin name.
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue return
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue: returning plugin description.
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue return
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetMIMEDescription
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetMIMEDescription return
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue: returning plugin name.
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue return
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue: returning plugin description.
GCJ PLUGIN: thread 0x805e118: NP_GetValue return

raiman@titan:~$ gdb /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b5/firefox
GNU gdb 6.8-debian
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...
(no debugging symbols found)
(gdb)

raiman@titan:~$ gdb -p /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b5/firefox
GNU gdb 6.8-debian
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu".
Illegal process-id: /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b5/firefox.

raiman@titan:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

[Katherine Koba (kokoba)]

I also have this problem. The Error Console in FF also provides this (after it finally loads):

"Failed to load XPCOM component: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/components/pyabout.pyo"

[David Sharnoff (launchpad-trust)]

I also have this problem. Or pretty close. It never starts.
I'm running ubuntu 8.04 but with an older kernel (2.6.15-27) that's compatible with VMware workstation 5.
I've removed my .mozilla folder and un-installed everything firefox related.

Running under strace, it stops with:

setsockopt(49, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
connect(49, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.esd-1000/socket"}, 23

I'm guessing there is something sound-related that's killing it.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest firefox version? Thanks in advance.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[David Sharnoff (launchpad-trust)]

This bug is still present in firefox 3.0.7 on ubuntu 8.04.

It is a problem with sound. If sound is disabled, working properly, or not esd then firefox works. If sound is broken and esd, then it hangs.

[tristan8276 (tristan8276)]

Do we have any more information on this one? Specifically how it relates to sound or esd?

[tristan8276 (tristan8276)]

Marking this incomplete until we get more information.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for nspluginwrapper (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]