Firefox always claims to have finished unexpectedly, but it didn't!

[TheTrevor]

Binary package hint: firefox

I visit a few sites, I open a couple of tabs, I want to quit, and I shut the computer down. Sometimes I close each tab individually, sometimes I close the lot in one go. Sometimes I just shut down the computer. Doesn't seem to make a difference, next time I go online, firefox tells me it didn't shut down properly, would I like to resume the previous session ? I have a dual-boot system, Windows XP Pro, same thing happens in XP or Ubuntu. rrr

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 22 18:50:12 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
Package: firefox 2.0.0.3+1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux trevor-desktop 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Kyle Brooks (kyle-brooks)]

Thanks for filing this bug. You are immensely helping us learn about how logging out works.

Basically, when you log out of GNOME, it sends a "log out" message to all running GUI applications, and terminates them (except when a program pops up a dialog that the user MUST respond to). Some applications can handle this "log out" message, others cannot. Unfortunately, Firefox doesn't.

The same thing happens on Windows.

Here is how to reproduce:

1. Open up a terminal in your favorite DE.
2. Type kill -TERM `pidof firefox-bin` in the terminal.
3. Reopen Firefox.
4. It should tell you that it did not shut down properly.

[Scott Zawalski (cowbud)]

Same issue here with Feisty.

Version: 2.0.0.3+1-0ubuntu2

reproduced using the steps provided by Kyle Brooks.

[Kevin Brosnan (kbrosnan)]

Same as Mozilla bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=365749

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 11:36:32PM -0000, Kevin Brosnan wrote:
> Same as Mozilla bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=365749
>

You have to close firefox before shutting down your system. Its a
known bug that firefox crashes when you shutdown.

 - Alexander