Firefox 3.0.9 hang when trying to load a page with a lot of image or flash

[Hassan El Jacifi]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I have a crash several time per day when I'm surfing with firefox. I can't close firefox after it hangs, I can only kill the process and restart it again.

I collect some information, I don't know if it will help or not:

/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.9% ./run-mozilla.sh -g firefox -d gdb
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=.
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:./plugins:.
DISPLAY=:0.0
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:.
     LIBRARY_PATH=.:./components:.
       SHLIB_PATH=.:.
          LIBPATH=.:.
       ADDON_PATH=.
      MOZ_PROGRAM=firefox
      MOZ_TOOLKIT=
        moz_debug=1
     moz_debugger=
/usr/bin/gdb firefox -x /tmp/mozargs.wkZkxx
GNU gdb 6.8-debian
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This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu"...
(no debugging symbols found)
Function "main" not defined.
Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) n
Starting program: /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.9/firefox '-d' 'gdb'
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
[New Thread 0x7fc734bdc700 (LWP 8656)]
(no debugging symbols found)
[New Thread 0x7fc7318fb950 (LWP 8657)]
[New Thread 0x7fc730ef0950 (LWP 8658)]
[New Thread 0x7fc730371950 (LWP 8659)]
[Thread 0x7fc730371950 (LWP 8659) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fc730371950 (LWP 8660)]
[New Thread 0x7fc72f90a950 (LWP 8661)]
[New Thread 0x7fc72f109950 (LWP 8662)]
[Thread 0x7fc72f90a950 (LWP 8661) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fc72f90a950 (LWP 8663)]
[Thread 0x7fc72f109950 (LWP 8662) exited]
[Thread 0x7fc72f90a950 (LWP 8663) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fc72f90a950 (LWP 8664)]
[New Thread 0x7fc72f109950 (LWP 8665)]
[New Thread 0x7fc72cdf1950 (LWP 8666)]
[Thread 0x7fc730371950 (LWP 8660) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fc730371950 (LWP 8667)]
[New Thread 0x7fc7277df950 (LWP 8668)]
Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fc734bdc700 (LWP 8656)]
0x000000341260da94 in __lll_lock_wait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
(gdb) backtrace
#0 0x000000341260da94 in __lll_lock_wait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#1 0x00000034126091fc in _L_lock_1078 () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#2 0x00000034126090d0 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/libpthread.so.0
#3 0x0000003421c251e9 in PR_Lock (lock=<value optimized out>) at ptsynch.c:206
#4 0x00007fc733a63fc4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libxul.so
#5 0x00007fc7341784f4 in NS_InvokeByIndex_P () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libxul.so
#6 0x00007fc733a12e91 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libxul.so
#7 0x00007fc733a1ac21 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libxul.so
#8 0x00007fc734976074 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libmozjs.so
#9 0x00007fc734968e17 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libmozjs.so
#10 0x00007fc7349760bb in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libmozjs.so
#11 0x00007fc733a103f3 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libxul.so
#12 0x00007fc7341790e1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libxul.so
#13 0x00007fc73417858f in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libxul.so
#14 0x00007fc7293a5f10 in ?? ()
#15 0x00007fc73432e29f in ?? () from /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.9/libxul.so
#16 0x00007fc72942b5d0 in ?? ()
#17 0x00007fff3cbf33ac in ?? ()
#18 0x00000000f8c08c4b in ?? ()
#19 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()

% uname -a
Linux Terra 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

% lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty

% dpkg -l \*firefox\* | grep ^ii
ii firefox 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ii firefox-3.0 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ii firefox-3.0-branding 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ii firefox-3.0-gnome-support 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ii firefox-gnome-support 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ii firefox-launchpad-plugin 0.4

% dpkg -l \*xulrunner\* | grep ^ii
ii xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ii xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support 1.9.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1

[eugenez (eugene-zvyagintsev)]

Firefox 3.09 not unloaded from memory when close and can not start again until "killall firefox" (Kubuntu 9.04 32 bit / KDE 4.2.2). Create a new clean profile and disabling all the addons & plugins do not solve the problem.

$ uname -a
Linux linux 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Packets are:
firefox-3.0_3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1_i386.deb
firefox-3.0-branding-3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1_i386.deb
xulrunner-1.9_1.9.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1_i386.deb

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

can you still reproduce when disabling flash and your extensions?

[eugenez (eugene-zvyagintsev)]

If the question to me, I'll try to answer in more detail

1. When using a default working profile
a) with enabled flash plugin: firefox remains in memory after closing
b) with disabled flash plugin: firefox remains in memory after closing
c) and flash plugin was removed (apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree): firefox remains in memory after closing

2. When using a new "clean" profile without any user addons
a) with enabled or disabled flash plugin: firefox remains in memory after closing

PS: In Kubuntu 8.10 / KDE 4.2.2 the same version of Mozilla Firefox (3.0.9 Gran Paradiso) is working OK.

[eugenez (eugene-zvyagintsev)]

I solved my problem with Firefox. After removal of a gtk-qt-engine package Firefox behaves as expected. Sorry to trouble you...