Firefox Crashes X

[Jamie Kitson]

Binary package hint: xorg

X has started crashing relatively regularly on me. I cannot reproduce it but I have been using firefox each time it has crashed, but I assume that this is coincidence. I get the following backtrace on screen:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/5185324675_255cc623bd_o.jpg

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1920x1080 1600x1200 1680x1050 1280x1024 1440x900 1280x960 1280x720 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400
 edid-base64: AP///////wAi8GcoAQEBAQkUAQOAMBt47u6Vo1RMmSYPUFShCACBwIFAgYCVAKlAswABAQEBAjqAGHE4LUBYLEUA2wsRAAAeAAAA/QAyTBheEQAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABIUCBaUjIydwogICAgAAAA/wBDTjQwMDkwMDExCiAgADQ=
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1366x768 1280x720 1152x768 1024x768 800x600 848x480 720x480 640x480
 edid-base64: AP///////wAGr1wwAAAAAAATAQSQGg54ApmFlVVWkigiUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBWBtWaFAAGTAwIDYAAJAQAAAaWBtWaFAAGTAwIDYAAJAQAAAaAAAA/gAyVkQyS4BCMTE2WFczAAAAAAAAQQqWAREAAAIBCiAgALY=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Sat Nov 20 00:08:36 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1120
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=d6d81c10-652a-44cd-b9d3-6524b52b2daa ro
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 07/26/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.asset.tag: 1234567890
dmi.board.name: 090DNY
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A03
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A03
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd07/26/2010:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1120:pvrA03:rvnDellInc.:rn090DNY:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA03:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1120
dmi.product.version: A03
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[Jamie Kitson (jamie-kitson)]

I am beginning to think that the crash is caused by firefox as it often happens while I am typing in the firefox address bar. Also gconf cannot be contacted after the crash. Bug 557514 mentions this but is fixed in Maverick so should not be present.

[Jamie Kitson (jamie-kitson)]

Sorry, bug 551754.

[Jamie Kitson (jamie-kitson)]

I wonder if it's anything to do with either of these:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597016
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/539772?comments=all

That second one should be fixed. I'll test the first one when I get home.

[Jamie Kitson (jamie-kitson)]

I can't recreate the crash using sm. But it has now happened while I was using xcalc.

[Rudi Pleckham (nato)]

Same problem here, can reproduce the problem here:

Config:
Maverick, Firefox 3.6.13, Intel CPU graphics (Optimus graphics).

How to reproduce:
Open Firefox, enter www.rapidshare.com in the address bar and press enter.

On my Laptop, this always drops me back to the login screen immediately. Can't see anything in the Xorg log.

[Rudi Pleckham (nato)]

I think rapidshare changed their page, it doesn't crash X any more. To reproduce the problem I created an archive "kill_X.tar.gz" which crashes firefox each time. It contains a downloaded ebay HTML page. Just open the HTML-File from the archive an scroll down. In Opera I can see that it is obviously scrolling text which causes this behaviour.

[Rudi Pleckham (nato)]

I think this is a bug in xserver-xorg-video-intel since I saw this on 2 machines using the Intel i3-Clarkdale-CPU-integrated graphics. I upgraded the driver package from xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.12.0-1ubuntu5.1 to xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2. This solves the problem for me.

The new package comes from the natty repostitory and can be found here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/amd64/xserver-xorg-video-intel/2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2

[Jamie Kitson (jamie-kitson)]

Unfortunately I wasn't using intel graphics, I am on ATI.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jamie Kitson, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xorg-server REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given you already have done this in a prior release, performing this on a release prior to Trusty would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Jamie Kitson (jamie-kitson)]

I no longer use Ubuntu or that machine so I can't help.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jamie Kitson, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/677694/comments/11 regarding you no longer have the original hardware. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.