segfault on startup

[Paul Gear]

Binary package hint: epiphany-browser

After a recent Firefox update, epiphany started crashing on startup. When it is started from the command line it asks the question about restoring the browser state (shown in the attached dialog), and regardless of the answer, it segfaults. Epiphany worked fine the last time i used it (about a week ago). I use it exclusively for my Internet banking, so i am reasonably confident that there is no corruption due to malware.

[Paul Gear (paulgear)]

lsb_release -rd output:

Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

uname -a output:

Linux shelah 2.6.28-15-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 18 19:25:34 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Output from 'apt-cache policy epiphany-browser epiphany-gecko epiphany-webkit' and 'apt-cache show epiphany-browser epiphany-gecko epiphany-webkit' attached.

[Paul Gear (paulgear)]

I would have submitted this bug via apport, but it doesn't seem to be working at the moment - not sure why.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could you give details on what you updated before getting the issue?

[Paul Gear (paulgear)]

I don't know what was updated prior to this issue - i have my security updates set to apply automatically, and i'm not sure which logs record the progress. However, Firefox was also affected after i closed and tried to reopen it, so i suspect something in libc or the mozilla libraries was updated.

I've been unable to reproduce this after a system reboot, so i don't think there's any more point in pursuing it.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Is this reproducible with Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala? Please test and provide us of feedback about it, Thanks in advance..

[Paul Gear (paulgear)]

I was never able to duplicate this bug. It has not yet occurred for me under Karmic and may be closed.

[Vish (vish)]

Thanks for following up. This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this not being a problem anymore.