Firefox3.0 received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault

[linuxatico88]

Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox

I noticed that on my notebook HP dv2570el with Ubuntu 8.04, firefox3.0 rcX (because also before the last Release Candidate i had these kind of problems and with the Alpha) crashed lot of times....more than this i don't know what "3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1" means cause i don't know what version it means, but i'm afraid of having only the RC1 (my system does everyday "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade"). Anyway the crash happens specifically when are opened flash videos, (but not only)... now i report this crash, with the most i knew about the way of reporting bugs, if someone can tell me what to do of more, i would be very happy of giving my very little hands to you, thank you for all and sorry if I reported a bug already fixed\known.

linuxatico@linuxatico-laptop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
linuxatico@linuxatico-laptop:~$

linuxatico@linuxatico-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installato: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Candidato: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Tabella versione:
 *** 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
     3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

[linuxatico88 (simo88-47)]

sorry, i saw only now that i haven't installed yet the debugging symbols for firefox :( , now i reproduced all and lot of things came to light...
it's all in the attachment

[Rui Boon (ruiboon)]

Thank you for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. In order for us to help you, can you tell us the following?
1) Is the crash reproducible? If so, can you tell us how do you crash it? (is it any specific websites? or some/all flash sites)
2) Which flash package and version do you have installed? ('apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree')

Your 2 backtraces seems to be different. Did it crash under different contexts?
gdb-firefox2.txt suggests that it is a flashplugin-nonfree bug, while gdb-firefox.txt points to xulrunner-1.9

Thanks in advance.

[linuxatico88 (simo88-47)]

1)
the crash is not simply reproducible, i mean, there is not a page that i can mark as "crasher" but a series of examples...the most of them are youtube or google video's pages, but also when a lot of tabs were opened (x > 15), sometimes happened that with some tabs opened it crashed and restoring them it crashed in a little piece of time, until i began a new blank session.
Now i tried again to reproduce the crash under gdb but this is what happens: nothing, after the loading of firefox it seems that for gdb the program exited normally, while instead it remains opened and i can surf on the web, apperantly without any crash

2)
linuxatico@linuxatico-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installato: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
  Candidato: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
  Tabella versione:
 *** 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
linuxatico@linuxatico-laptop:~$

i will look there for any update, see you Rui Boon

[Iain Buclaw (iainb)]

Hi, may I add my findings to this? I think I have the same problem (firefox crashing when switching between flash videos).

Here is my gdb output.
__________________________________________________________________________
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0xb7cbe6c0 (LWP 12757)]
0xae24b350 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
(gdb) backtrace
#0 0xae24b350 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#1 0xae4f1690 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#2 0xae24bee2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#3 0xae4f1e71 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#4 0xae4f20c7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#5 0xae5ebc79 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#6 0xae5ebf65 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#7 0xae5f8587 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#8 0xae5cb711 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#9 0xae5aa391 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#10 0xae21df0b in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#11 0xae1410fe in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
#12 0xb6b95336 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#13 0xb6b94bf8 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#14 0xb6b97e5e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#15 0xb6b983ac in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
#16 0xb780401c in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
#17 0xb7818dc4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
#18 0xb781920f in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
#19 0xb78c843a in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
#20 0xb7897a83 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
#21 0xb7818efe in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
#22 0xb76a8946 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
#23 0xb70fd688 in XRE_main () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
#24 0x08049033 in ?? ()
#25 0xb7cd6450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#26 0x08048cc1 in ?? ()
(gdb) quit
__________________________________________________________________________
Here is my dpkg -S and apt-policy findings. I'm on hardy-proposed version of FF, but it's been happening to all versions with flash enabled.
__________________________________________________________________________
iain@fredbuntu:~/$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Candidate: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
        900 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        800 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

iain@fredbuntu:~/$ dpkg -S libflashplayer.so
dpkg: *libflashplayer.so* not found.
iain@fredbuntu:~/$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-nonfree:
  Installed: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 0
        800 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com h...

[linuxatico88 (simo88-47)]

i have some news, bad news i think.... today i saw that my firefox's output on the terminal was saying:

(gedit:18306): atk-bridge-WARNING **: failure: no device event controller found.

I think this is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/238647
but with the difference that it does not crash....

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Iain Buc?aw wrote:
> Hi, may I add my findings to this? I think I have the same problem
> (firefox crashing when switching between flash videos).
>
> Here is my gdb output.
> __________________________________________________________________________
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> [Switching to Thread 0xb7cbe6c0 (LWP 12757)]
> 0xae24b350 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> (gdb) backtrace
> #0 0xae24b350 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #1 0xae4f1690 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #2 0xae24bee2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #3 0xae4f1e71 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #4 0xae4f20c7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #5 0xae5ebc79 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #6 0xae5ebf65 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #7 0xae5f8587 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #8 0xae5cb711 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #9 0xae5aa391 in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #10 0xae21df0b in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #11 0xae1410fe in ?? () from /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
> #12 0xb6b95336 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
> #13 0xb6b94bf8 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
> #14 0xb6b97e5e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
> #15 0xb6b983ac in g_main_context_iteration () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
> #16 0xb780401c in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
> #17 0xb7818dc4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
> #18 0xb781920f in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
> #19 0xb78c843a in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
> #20 0xb7897a83 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
> #21 0xb7818efe in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
> #22 0xb76a8946 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
> #23 0xb70fd688 in XRE_main () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/libxul.so
> #24 0x08049033 in ?? ()
> #25 0xb7cd6450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
> #26 0x08048cc1 in ?? ()
> (gdb) quit
> __________________________________________________________________________
> Here is my dpkg -S and apt-policy findings. I'm on hardy-proposed version of FF, but it's been happening to all versions with flash enabled.
> __________________________________________________________________________
> iain@fredbuntu:~/$ apt-cache policy firefox
> firefox:
> Installed: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
> Candidate: 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
> Version table:
> *** 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 0
> 900 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
> 800 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
>
> iain@fredbuntu:~/$ dpkg -S libflashplayer.so
> dpkg: *libflashplayer.so* not found.
> iain@fredbuntu:~/$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
> flashplugin-nonfree:
> Installed: 9...

[linuxatico88 (simo88-47)]

i had another crash, without any flash page opened... let's take a look at the backtrace O.O

[linuxatico88 (simo88-47)]

now again restoring the same session, with 2 tabs:
1) http://mail.google.com/mail/?fs=1&tf=1&source=ig&view=cv&search=all&th=11aa15460c16dab1
2) http://www.google.it/ig?hl=it

i did it for at least 2 times and everytime crashed in the same way.....

[linuxatico88 (simo88-47)]

I still have the same problems, epiphany crash in the same way..so we ignore this bug cause i'm the only one noticing this problem or what?
this very sucks, i can't surf on the web without restarting firefox\epiphany at least 5 times!

[linuxatico88 (simo88-47)]

what the hell it's happening? why nobody is taking care of this bug? why nobody answer me or does nothing (apparently) ? this is still happening not only to flash pages, and very very sucks...i'm going to try make gnash work, if not, i would try to notify all the situation in the ubuntu\firefox\ephifany\adobe forums, and if not, i would be forced to change browser and distro

[Patricio (patricio-stwing)]

Thanks to everybody that makes Ubuntu and Firefox for free.
I got a segmentation fault like this:
1) igoogle.com
2) add the YouTube Videos to one of the tabs
3) Play first video OK
4) Crash when I click the little red arrow on the bottom right
Linuxatico88, can you try Opera as an temporary solution?

[Ian Phillips (ianfp)]

Hi all,

I'm getting this bug, too: Ubuntu 8.10, Firefox 3.0.4. Attached is my gdb output from the crash and a subsequent backtrace. Let me know if there is anything else I can add.

[lasiek (lpawlinski)]

Same here. Random pages causes segfault. Firefox 3.0.5 and java 10 on Ubu 8.10

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Is this still an issue with latest 3.0 release in your repos?

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Closing task because its firefox 3.0 not 2.X

[Åskar (olskar)]

Still an issue with 3.0.10 in Jaunty
Attaching backtrace

[Monkey (monkey-libre)]

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!