Comment 35 for bug 1266004
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(Get the code!)
(In reply to comment #32)
> Created attachment 232362 [details]
> patch to disable icons database (apply post-4.3)
>
> Determining the root cause of this has proven to be quite difficult. Even
> compiling WebKitGTK from source with instrumentation did not help because
> its characteristics did not match the WebKitGTK that's shipped with Ubuntu.
I think you should be able to get the matching source with:
apt-get source libwebkitgtk-1.0-0
> Anyways, one thing I was able to determine from the instrumented WebKitGTK
> is that the path that crashes is never run if WebKit's icons database is
> disabled (disabling this is not uncommon). So the current proposed fix is
> to disable the icons database since the Browser does not use it in any way.
> Hopefully this will prove to be adequate.
>
> The patch for this is attached. It will be put into the 4.4 stream as soon
> as it is open, and if it proves to work well over the summer then it will be
> back-ported to the 4.3.1 stream as well.
It's open now, I believe.