Firefox Crash [@gtk_style_realize]

[Rich Maurice]

Binary package hint: firefox

I just installed edgy and I am running firefox 2.0.0.1. I'm taking online classes from UMUC using a system called Web Tycho. I can view pages fine but when I attempt to submit data in a java script, it causes Firefox to shut down. I duplicate this problem 100% of the time. Web Tycho says they do not support Firefox but this application works fine in Firefox on a Windows XP (sorry, I had to say it)machine.

Here is the technical info from Web Tycho:

Graduate School Requirements

1. Browsers

    * Netscape Communicator 7.0 (for PC)
    * Internet Explorer 6.0 (for PC)
      Please note that we are in the process of verifying the compatibility of Internet Explorer 7.0 with WebTycho. While we do not officially support IE7 at this time, we will do our best to help should you contact us for assistance. If we are unable to resolve problems we will recommend using version 6.0 until testing is complete.
    * AOL 8.0 (for PC)
    * Netscape 7.1 (for Macintosh)

2. Computer

    * Windows 2000
    * Windows XP

3. JavaScript 1.5

4. Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

5. An E-mail Account

6. Configure Various Settings
Once you have established access to a computer, various settings must be applied. Follow the Setting Up Checklist for guidance.

7. Unacceptable
Any other browser or operating system is not acceptable. This includes Macintosh computers and AOL, Opera, Firefox and older versions of Netscape and IE and beta versions. You may find limited success using alternative technology with WebTycho, but success is not assured.

[Cristian Aravena Romero (caravena)]

Thanks for your bug report. Please try to obtain a backtrace <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash> and attach the file to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Cristian Aravena Romero (caravena)]

Please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs

[Rich Maurice (rich-mauricefamily)]

I would love to, however when I get to step 2 of the backtrace I cannot
get the format correct for the following line: gdb <program> 2>&1 | tee
gdb-<program>.txt

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 18:14 +0000, Cristian Aravena Romero wrote:
> Thanks for your bug report. Please try to obtain a backtrace
> <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash> and attach the file to
> the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.
>

[Rich Maurice (rich-mauricefamily)]

I am also having problems using the procedures for when the process is
already running. I am trying to get the PID:

rmaurice@ubuntu:~$ pidof firefox
rmaurice@ubuntu:~$ pidof firefox
rmaurice@ubuntu:~$ pidof firefox %u
rmaurice@ubuntu:~$ pidof

I would assume the <program> would be firefox or firefox %u
or /usr/bin/firefox

?????

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 18:14 +0000, Cristian Aravena Romero wrote:
> Thanks for your bug report. Please try to obtain a backtrace
> <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash> and attach the file to
> the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.
>

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

program would be firefox. Please look in /var/crash for a firefox crash report to save yourself from having to run gdb.
Please follow the instructions from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs instead since the way the page cristian gave you doesnt work with firefox.

Cristian please read: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs/Triage
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingFirefoxDevels among the other mozilla links found in wiki.ubuntu.com to continue triaging mozilla bugs. we have a certain process and the links you are giving people are adding to our heavy payload as it is.
Mozilla products dont use gdb the same as otehr packages do.

[Rich Maurice (rich-mauricefamily)]

Attached is /var/crash/firefox

[Rich Maurice (rich-mauricefamily)]

GNU gdb 6.4.90-debian
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GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) ... # some output
Undefined command: "". Try "help".
(gdb) some output
Undefined command: "some". Try "help".
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1220708688 (LWP 6105)]
[New Thread -1223914592 (LWP 6117)]
[New Thread -1233978464 (LWP 6120)]
[New Thread -1257301088 (LWP 6134)]
[New Thread -1267168352 (LWP 6142)]
[New Thread -1277314144 (LWP 6146)]
[New Thread -1285706848 (LWP 6147)]
[New Thread -1294623840 (LWP 6149)]
[New Thread -1303016544 (LWP 6151)]
[New Thread -1313436768 (LWP 6154)]
[New Thread -1321829472 (LWP 6155)]
[Thread -1321829472 (LWP 6155) exited]
[New Thread -1330222176 (LWP 6156)]
[Thread -1330222176 (LWP 6156) exited]
[New Thread -1330222176 (LWP 6164)]
[New Thread -1321829472 (LWP 6165)]
[New Thread -1379587168 (LWP 6174)]
[Thread -1379587168 (zombie) exited]
[New Thread -1379587168 (LWP 6213)]
[New Thread -1341834336 (LWP 6214)]
INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Did not understand spontaneous code 20

System error?:: Success
Java process: caught exception from sun.plugin.navig.motif.Plugin.start
Exception in thread "main" [Thread -1330222176 (LWP 6164) exited]
[Thread -1267168352 (LWP 6142) exited]
[Thread -1257301088 (LWP 6134) exited]
[Thread -1303016544 (LWP 6151) exited]
[Thread -1294623840 (LWP 6149) exited]
[New Thread -1294623840 (LWP 6485)]
[New Thread -1303016544 (LWP 6489)]

Program exited with code 0377.
(gdb) bt full
No stack.
(gdb)

[Rich Maurice (rich-mauricefamily)]

John and Christian,

I submitted the /var/crash to the bug report website. I also ran firefox
as described and obtained the gdb-firefox.log after replicating the
crash. It didn't say much, just "Program exited with code 0377".

Thanks for your help.

Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of John
Vivirito
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:49 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 87345] Re: Firefox Crashes Running Java Script

program would be firefox. Please look in /var/crash for a firefox crash
report to save yourself from having to run gdb.
Please follow the instructions from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs
instead since the way the page cristian gave you doesnt work with firefox.

Cristian please read: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs/Triage
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingFirefoxDevels among the other mozilla links
found in wiki.ubuntu.com to continue triaging mozilla bugs. we have a
certain process and the links you are giving people are adding to our heavy
payload as it is.
Mozilla products dont use gdb the same as otehr packages do.

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Mozilla Team
       Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info

--
Firefox Crashes Running Java Script
https://launchpad.net/bugs/87345

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Taking for retrace.

Thank you Rich.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Finished retrace.

[Kees Cook (kees)]

This looks like the same gtk_style_realize crash as in bug 81978, which was duped as part of bug 45008, but in this case, the crash was not as a result of being called after nsFilePicker::Show.

[Rich Maurice (rich-mauricefamily)]

Hmm. I'm not a developer or code writer so I can't speak to the similarities between this and the other bugs from a code perspective. There are a few differences from a user perspective:
1. I can duplicate this problem 100% of the time. It crashes every time.
2. I am not downloading or saving a file to a hard drive. I am working in java-sdript based text box similar to this one, where I submit comments and homework assignments. The text box is a bit more complex as it has spell checking and several features built in. The crash happens only at the time I hit the "submit" button. In every case. my comments submit successfully, I just have to restart the browser. I've attached a screenshot. the website is at: https://tychousa2.umuc.edu/sys/login.html?http://tychousa2.umuc.edu/WebTycho.nsf&0

It's a secure site unfortunately.

[Mike (bild85)]

Hi. A fellow UMUC student here. That screenshot is not of a 'javascript-based text box', it is a Java applet. You can tell because when it loads, it has that big Java clock loading: <http://weblogs.java.net/blog/campbell/archive/images/graybox.png>