Firefox segfaults every time it is launched

[Andy Bovett]

Firefox used to work on this machine but now segfaults every time I launch it. Not sure exactly when the problem started happening as this is not my day-to-day machine. This appears to differ from the previous firefox bugs reported as this happens as soon as I launch firefox - it never gets as far as creating the GUI window.

I'm Running Ubuntu 6.06LTS with all packages up to date (apt-get dist-upgrade) as of 23rd August 2006, on a Compaq Armada 1750 laptop. Firefox package version is 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.5-0ubuntu6.06.1.

I have tried:

- Rebooting
- Removing ~/.mozilla
- Logging in as a different user
- Reinstalling firefox via apt
- Removing (with --purge) and then reinstalling firefox

Nothing makes any difference.

I have followed the instructions on the wiki for producing a backtrace with gdb and a memcheck report with valgrind, and will attach the logs to this post.

[David Farning (dfarning)]

Andy,

Are you still able to reproduce this issue? If so, when it crashes does it generate a crash report? Would you attach the crash report to this bug?

Thanks
David

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Thank you for the bug report. However I haven't heard back from you in 30 days. We are now going to close this report - please reopen if necessary when you have more information at hand.

[Andy Bovett (abovett)]

Sorry about the lack of response. This e-mail address now gets so much spam I missed your previous message.

I haven't had access to that PC for a while so can't confirm that the problem still exists. I agree that you should close the bug - I'll re-open or re-submit if necessary. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll try to switch to a different e-mail address so I don't miss messages again.

Andy