new instantbird 1.03~a1 crashes on ubuntu natty / does not start up no error message

[Christian Niemeyer]

Binary package hint: instantbird

I just got the update version from instantbird which uses xulrunner 2.0. Both came with the regular updates on ubuntu natty. I use a 64bit-system (AMD64). However I cannot start instantbird anymore since this update from today Feb 23 2011. Wheter I use the default /usr/bin/instantbird, neither /usr/lib/instantbird, neither /usr/lib/instantbird-bin. From the commandline it doesn't crash, but nothing happens.

Here's an strace: It's just hangs with this gettimeofday(), this repeats when the program doesn't show up. And before there are some lines, which only display this gettimeofday.
$ LC_ALL=C LANG=C strace /usr/bin/instantbird

(...)
read(3, 0x7fa86ce91074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}], 7, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
gettimeofday({1298500374, 504919}, NULL) = 0
read(3, 0x7fa86ce91074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}], 7, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
gettimeofday({1298500374, 505107}, NULL) = 0
read(3, 0x7fa86ce91074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}], 7, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\\\0\314\2\1\0\0\1\24\0\240\0\1\0\0\0\301\3443\2\301\3443\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x7fa86ce91074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1298500380, 426584}, NULL) = 0
read(3, 0x7fa86ce91074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}], 7, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\\\0\314\2\1\0\0\1\0\0\0\0\1\0\0\0a\3473\2a\3473\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x7fa86ce91074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1298500381, 98381}, NULL) = 0
read(3, 0x7fa86ce91074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
poll([{fd=4, events=POLLIN}, {fd=3, events=POLLIN}, {fd=24, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=26, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=27, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=28, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}], 7, -1) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN}])
read(3, "\\\0\314\2\1\0\0\1\24\0\240\0\1\0\0\0\262\3753\2\261\3753\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096) = 32
read(3, 0x7fa86ce91074, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
gettimeofday({1298500386, 810614}, NULL) = 0
(...)

Sorry, I'm not to technical for this. But I just wanted to open this report.

[Christian Niemeyer (christian-niemeyer)]

$ uname -a
Linux natty 2.6.38-5-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 16:10:15 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 39
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 1024 KB
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow up rep_good nopl pni lahf_lm
bogomips : 2009.61
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package instantbird - 1:0.3~a1-0ubuntu3

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instantbird (1:0.3~a1-0ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low

  * Fix LP: #723987 - make sure we install the top-level chrome.manifest
    - update debian/instantbird.install
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:28:18 +0000

[Christian Niemeyer (christian-niemeyer)]

Sorry, still does not work, actually this is the version which crashes silently or furthermore just hangs on startup.

$ dpkg -l instantbird

||/ Name Version Description
ii instantbird 1:0.3~a1-0ubuntu2 Instant messaging client based on XULrunner and libpurple

[Christian Niemeyer (christian-niemeyer)]

Whoops, mixed it up. Waiting for the update. But I now see the new version is ubuntu3

Thanks. :)