firefox when on a Vine.com webpage, crashes MATE session.

[Solo.Dev]

Ubuntu MATE 15.04 x64

It seems that I have found an interesting bug in Firefox (64 bit) ver 36 for Linux (ubuntu packaging). I can watch Vine videos, as long as they are NOT on vine's website.

If I DO go to a vine page, i get kicked out of my XWindows session and a few seconds later i go back in to the session, but i cant control anything. Not start the Wifi, can not use mounted drives, i can't even log out or even sudo reboot. I have to physically turn off my machine.

I have sent an error report by Apport to Ubuntu, but I dont know if it is firefox that is causing the issue, or the session manager, or what. I am using MATE and the fglrx-updates (amdcccle) graphics driver, but i doubt that has anything to do with it. All of this is the current 15.04 software from the Ubuntu repo, not extra ppa's.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: firefox 38.0+build3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-18.18-generic 3.19.6
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: brad 1583 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: brad 1583 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20150511103303
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Sun Jun 7 19:48:45 2015
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-29 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.254 dev wlan0 proto static metric 1024
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.68
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
MostRecentCrashID: bp-db8c60e9-8766-4825-b946-1bd7a2150607
Plugins:
 Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
 Java(TM) Plug-in 11.45.2 - /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so
PrefSources: prefs.js
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=38.0/20150511103303 (In use)
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-db8c60e9-8766-4825-b946-1bd7a2150607
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 217
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: K55N
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr217:bd09/07/2012:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnK55N:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnK55N:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: K55N
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

[Solo.Dev (solo-dev)]

Sorry, Firefox is version 38 from the repo, i don't know why I thought it was 36.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version.

When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:

apport-collect 1462836

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for firefox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]