Comment 5 for bug 756692

Hello,
   I had some difficulty following the instructions from step five. It
seems that if I do "firefox -g" firefox isn't actually attempting to
run at that point.

However following the install of the firefox-dbg package the symptoms
have changed. Instead of a straight segfault I get a gtk box saying
"Firefox is already running but is not responding, To open a new
window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart
your system".

However during this time I find no evidence with a ps -aux that shows
another firefox-bin.

I was able to get the back trace information from gdb with this
message displayed.

Text file attached.

Regards
Peter

On 11 April 2011 13:14, Chris Coulson <email address hidden> wrote:
> Please install firefox-dbg, then run "firefox -g" and follow the steps
> from step 5 of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace when it crashes
>
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Invalid => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/756692
>
> Title:
>  Firefox fails to start with "Segmentation Fault"
>
> Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: firefox
>
>  Firefox fails to start with "Segmentation Fault". Debug shows the
>  following.
>
>  Starting program: /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.16/firefox-bin
>
>  Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>  0x00007ffff7ddb4d1 in ?? () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
>
>  Release: Ubuntu 10.10
>  Installed: 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
>  Package: firefox 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
>  Architecture: amd64
>  Date: Sun Apr 10 17:53:32 2011
>  ExtensionSummary:
>  FirefoxPackages:
>   firefox 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
>   firefox-gnome-support N/A
>   firefox-branding 3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
>   abroswer N/A
>   abrowser-branding N/A
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   PATH=(custom, user)
>   LANG=en_GB.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: firefox
>
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Peter Joseph