firefox-3.5 crashed with SIGSEGV in _gdk_window_process_updates_recurse()

[Atanas Atanasov]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

Firefox 3.5 (from ppa) crashed while browsing gmail.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Fri Jul 24 19:36:42 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.1/firefox-3.5
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.1/firefox-3.5
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-4.22-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f8016114e7b <raise+43>: cmp $0xfffffffffffff000,%rax
 PC (0x7f8016114e7b) ok
 source "$0xfffffffffffff000" ok
 destination "%rax" ok
 Reason could not be automatically determined.
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
StacktraceTop:
 _gdk_window_process_updates_recurse (window=0x7f7ffbbf8cd0,
 _gdk_window_process_updates_recurse (
 gdk_window_process_updates_internal (
 IA__gdk_window_process_all_updates ()
 gdk_window_update_idle (data=0x1)
Title: firefox-3.5 crashed with SIGSEGV in _gdk_window_process_updates_recurse()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-4-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy libvirtd lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:_gdk_window_process_updates_recurse (window=0x7f7ffbbf8cd0,
_gdk_window_process_updates_recurse (
gdk_window_process_updates_internal (
IA__gdk_window_process_all_updates ()
gdk_window_update_idle (data=0x1)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The bug has been fixed in the upstream git now

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gtk+2.0 - 2.17.7-0ubuntu3

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gtk+2.0 (2.17.7-0ubuntu3) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/090_git_change_fix_gdk_crash.patch:
    - git change to fix a lot of gdk crashes in firefox and gedit for example
      (lp: #404423, #401934)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:52:00 +0200

[Atanas Atanasov (thenasko)]

Firefox is still crashing for the same sites I mentioned, despite the fix has been released. Apport does not seem to catch it. How can I report the bug?

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

@Atanas Atanasov

Have you upgraded gtk+2.0 to 2.17.7-0ubuntu3?

[Atanas Atanasov (thenasko)]

Yes, I already did that:

ii libgtk2.0-0 2.17.7-0ubuntu3 The GTK+ graphical user interface library

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

@Atanas Atanasov

Please file a new bug in the appropriate Firefox package (firefox-3.0 or firefox-3.5). This issue was resolved.