firefox crashed after closing a tab with flash video

[SkullFire]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Firefox v3.0.3 crashed when I closed one of the two tabs I had open. One of the tabs was a regular web page (google.com) and the other had a flash video. I closed the second tab and firefox grayed forcing me to close it and restart it.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 15 12:26:08 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[mmomjian (matthew-momjian)]

Thank you for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you give us some more information about this bug? How long did you leave it at not responding before you closed it?

[SkullFire (skullfireswords)]

about 2 minutes, everything but firefox was responsive

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:41 PM, -Zeus- <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
> Could you give us some more information about this bug? How long did
> you leave it at not responding before you closed it?
>
> ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> firefox crashed after closing a tab with flash video
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283884
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> of the bug.
>

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[Alexander Sack (asac)]

flash issue then. consider to try gnash or swfdec-mozilla which are probably less reliable but more stable.

[Karlp (dragonath)]

I have the same problem, however switching to gnash did not fix it.
Running firefox from the terminal gave me this (times 6):
(firefox:12314): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

I have an ATI Radeon HD3650 with 8.10 Catalyst drivers.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

could you please post a simple step by step instruction how to reproduce this? Also, where did you get your ati driver from? is that a manual install?

[Karlp (dragonath)]

I installed the Catalyst driver using the howto located here: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Hardy_Installation_Guide (more specifically the section titled Method 2: Manual Install Method).
Reproducing the bug is simple. All I have to do is go to youtube.com, load a video, play it and then close the tab while the video is still playing. I experienced several of those crashes today, all had the same characteristic. Closing the tab after the video has finished playing usually did not result in a crash. I use Firefox v 3.0.3.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

what graphics driver are you using? try to use the free alternative if you are using proprietary stuff (e.g. nvidia => nv, fglrx => ati or radeonhd).

[Karlp (dragonath)]

I am using proprietary drivers - binary linux drivers from ATI. My graphics card is Radeon HD 3650, the open source drivers can't even render 2d properly (simple scrolling in a web browser produces screen tearing).

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Karlp wrote:
> I am using proprietary drivers - binary linux drivers from ATI. My
> graphics card is Radeon HD 3650, the open source drivers can't even
> render 2d properly (simple scrolling in a web browser produces screen
> tearing).
>
>

have you tried ati drivers? anyway its not a firefox issue

 affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0
 status invalid

[Paul Weiss (interweiss)]

I also have this problem with Firefox 3.05 and this site:

http://www.wimp.com/funidea/

When ever I close the tab with the above video, Firefox crashes.

I am using Ubuntu 8.10 AMD64 with Flash 64.

[Paul Weiss (interweiss)]

Well now this bug doesn't appear any more...

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

can this be closed, then?

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

can't reproduce

without further information there is nothing we can do. Closing, but feel free to reopen with the requested details.