Firefox fails to start when pcscd is running and a security token is present.

[slestak]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

If PC/SC Lite is automatically started on boot, Firefox will not start. If /etc/init.d/pcscd stop (PC/SC Lite's RC) is issued, Firefox will then start and /etc/init.d/pcscd start can be issued without a problem. In addition to this workaround, if the line "hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4" in /etc/nsswitch.conf is commented out, Firefox will start with pcscd already running. The real problem seems to be related to current NSS functionality embedded within Firefox-3.5.5 (and older). This problem, although workable, causes the use of hardware security tokens and Firefox-3.5.5 to be more confusing, time consuming, and may cause users to further abandon the use of security tokens in Firefox.

Ubuntu 9.10.1
pcscd-1.5.3-1ubuntu1
Firefox-3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 7 11:50:10 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2429): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2429): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:2533): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2582): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:2529): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_x11_colormap_foreign_new: assertion `GDK_IS_VISUAL (visual)' failed