firefox 3 crashes with segmentation fault

[useResa]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I have searched and read the various reported bugs on this issue, but all seem not to be describing the issue I am experiencing with FF 3. I am running Ubuntu 8.04, please find below the outcome of uname -a:
Linux dell-ubuntu 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Please find also below the (partial) outcome of aptitude show firefox-3.0:
Package: firefox-3.0
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
Priority: optional
Section: web
Maintainer: Alexander Sack <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 3645k
Depends: debianutils (>= 1.16), fontconfig, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libc6 (>=
         2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-21), libglib2.0-0 (>=
         2.12.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libnspr4-0d (>= 1.8.0.10),
         libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21), psmisc,
         xulrunner-1.9 (>= 1.9.0.1)
Recommends: ubufox
Suggests: firefox-3.0-gnome-support (= 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3),
          latex-xft-fonts, libthai0
Conflicts: firefox (< 3), firefox-granparadiso (< 3.0~alpha8-0),
           firefox-libthai, firefox-trunk (< 3.0~a8~cvs20070914t1713-0)
Replaces: firefox (< 3), firefox-granparadiso, firefox-libthai, firefox-trunk
Provides: firefox-libthai, www-browser
Since about a week I have been experiencing sudden crashing of FF3 which -- AFAIK -- is not related to flash or any other plugin, see also my thread on this issue: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=887668
If I run FF from a browser the only error message I am receiving is:
rdrijsen@dell-ubuntu:~$ firefox
Segmentation fault
Which unfortunately is very little to go on.
I have tried removing and (re)installing FF, removing the .mozilla directory and starting over.
Both did not provide a solution.

Please find attached the result of running strace on FF. When I ran strace, I went to UF, opened my User CP, went to the first subscribed thread, scrolled down ... crash. The command I used for strace is:
strace -to <filename>.txt firefox

The extensions (add-ons) I have installed are:
Adblock Plus, Adblock Filterset.G Updater, Answers, Ctrl-Tab, StumbleUpon, Ubuntu Firefox Modifications, Zimbra DnD

If more information is required, please let me know.

[useResa (rdrijsen)]

See also: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5714124&postcount=12

Today I once more moved my ~/.mozilla directory using the command
Code:
mv ./.mozilla ./mozilla_old

Re-installed Firefox
Code:
sudo aptitude reinstall firefox-3.0

Next I recovered my bookmarks from the earlier created mozilla_old directory.
The AdBlock Plus and StumbleUpon add-on were still installed.
Added a few extra (Answers, Filterset.g and Fast Dial).
Did not any additional Themes or Languages.

Currently running over an hour without a Segmentation Fault.
Which is an amazing record since I first started getting the issue.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, your crash report is either missing or challenging to deal with as a ".crash" file. Please follow these instuctions to have apport report a new bug about your crash that can be dealt with by the automatic retracer.

If you are using Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop environment - launch nautilus and navigate to your /var/crash directory and double click on the crash report you wish to submit.

I'm closing this bug report since the process outlined above will automatically open a new bug report which can then dealt with more efficiently. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

[useResa (rdrijsen)]

Thanks for informing me of the closure of this bug.
I can indicate that I have not have had any of these issues anymore (currently on FF 3.0.5).