Re: [gentoo-amd64] firefox-bin crashing a few times every day

["Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On 10/29/07, Beso <givemesugarr@gmail.com> wrote:
> try setting off java, clear everything from cache to cookies of passwords,
> disable addons and the restart it and see if it crashes. if it doesn't for
> some time enable one add-on per time and try it out for some time. if it
> doesn't crashes then add another addon.
> the last thing is to see if you have the x86 emuls installed if you are on
> 64bit arch (java,sound,base,xorg) then see if you have the plugins compiled
> for 32 bit (you should have it that way since they are available on 32bit
> except mplayer). another thing is to have the last stable version of gtk+.
> that should fix the issues.
> if that doesn't work either try also compiling the mozilla-firefox package
> (and start it via firefox and not firefox-bin). if that's stable with the
> same .mozilla directory then there's something wrong in the firefox-bin
> package.
> i'd suggest you install ccache before compiling if you don't yet use it and
> to add the option --buildpkg to emerge, so that you can have the firefox
> package built for your particular system. this is useful also for long time
> compiling packages as gtk+,qt or kdelibs and kdebase. if you'd later need to
> reinstall them (for example the expat-2 update) you can install them in a
> matter of little time. just be aware that the packaging requires additional
> disk space to package the files once they're compiled.
> i didn't experience crashes in the last 6 months.

Beso,
   I'll spend some time finding Gentoo manuals to see if I can figure
out what you're talking about. It sounds like great stuff but probably
way above my skill set. It may take some time.

Thanks,
Mark


>
> 2007/10/29, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>:
> >
> > (Watch out for top posting! I've rearranged the text here.)
> >
> > On 10/29/07, Javi Moreno <vierito5@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On 10/29/07, Mark Knecht < markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >    I'm wondering if anyone else is suffering the problems I am with
> > > > firefox-bin crashing a few times every day. It seems to be more or
> > > > less repeatable. After logging into Gnome for the first time if I have
> > > > two tabs and attempt to drag one tab to a different location then it
> > > > crashes. Not every time, but often. When I start firefox-bin a second
> > > > time it recognizes that it crashed, restarts the previous session, and
> > > > at this point it doesn't crash if I drag tabs around.
> > > >
> > > >    I have also had this happen multiple times hitting an Attach File
> > > > button in GMail.
> > > >
> > > >    I will say that this seems to have started roughly after the last
> > > > time I wrote to the list asking about Java & Flash support. I changed
> > > > a number of things at that time & I can go back and look them up if
> > > > folks think it's really involved. However this seems a strange thing
> > > > to blame on Java or Flash. That work is still in .bash_history so I
> > > > can at least get a rough idea of what I was doing if it seems
> > > > important.
> > > >
> > > >    There is little to configure for firefox-bin itself. I've attached
> > > > the emerge command for reference.
> > > >
> > > >    I've tried running firefox-bin in a terminal but I don't get any
> > > > info. I should probably learn how to use something like gdb but I'm
> > > > resistant.
> > > >
> > > >    Anyway, I'm mainly looking for ideas about what to consider looking
> > > > at to fix this. It's getting frustrating. It crashed 4 times
> > > > yesterday.
> > > >
> > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > It also happens to me many times, only with the 32bit versión in my
> 64bit
> > > machine.
> > >
> > > In my case, it's random, when entering diferents websites, at diferent
> > > times, with diferent actions, some days 10 ten times, some weeks never
> and
> > > so on.
> > >
> >
> > Yes, sounds very much like my problems. Mostly it's pretty random.
> > Clicking on some random link on random web sites can set it off. All
> > sort of little things make it happen. The only semi-consistent thing
> > I've found that's sort of repeatable from day to day is the
> > rearranging of tabs. That will almost always make it happen after
> > logging in the first time of the day.
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback.
> >
> > - Mark
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> >
> >
>
>
>
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> dott. ing. beso
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