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

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

On Oct 29, 2007 10:45 AM, 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.


Hi all,
   I wrote to the list a couple of weeks ago about Firefox continually
crashing and got this detailed list of things I might try to see if I
could find a fix. As I'm not a sys admin or a programmer the list
scared me off a bit. However  I've had a very bad week of Firefox
crashing many times every day so I really need to try and find a
solution. This is the best set of ideas I've seen so far so I'm going
to try to do some of it today.

   Again, for review, Firefox started crashing multiple times a day
sometime after I tried to make sure I had Java and Flash working.

   I'd like to ask some questions about the ideas that were given.
Please keep in mind that primarily I am using firefox-bin.

1) How do I turn java and/or java-script off for firefox-bin? Is it
just the setting in the Preferences panel?

2) With respect to using Java in 64-bit Gentoo I am unsure of how to
configure my machine. If the OS is 64 bit but Firefox is 32-bit then
what is the correct setting?

lightning ~ # eselect java-vm list
Available Java Virtual Machines:
  [1]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.6
  [2]   sun-jdk-1.5
  [3]   sun-jdk-1.6  system-vm
  [4]   sun-jre-bin-1.6

lightning ~ # eselect java-vm show
Current system-vm
  sun-jdk-1.6
Current user-vm
  (unset)
lightning ~ #

It seems that my system has a VM but my account does not? I assume
that my account then uses the system VM? Is this appropriate? Also, do
I want to be using the sun-jdk? Or do I want either jre-bin or the
emulation vm?

With respect to the browser plugins I see this:

lightning ~ # eselect java-nsplugin list
Available 32-bit Java browser plugins
  [1]   emul-linux-x86-java-1.6  current
Available 64-bit Java browser plugins

lightning ~ # eselect java-nsplugin show
Current Java browser plugin
  (unset)

These setting just seem strange to me.

More info follows about what is installed. Let me know whatever info
you need to better judge why my browsers crash all the time now.

As for the ccache idea I really like the idea of keeping packages
around but not sure how I would use them correctly. For now I'll just
keep building stuff and see if I Can figure that out in parallel.

Thanks in advance,
Mark

lightning ~ # eix -Ic java
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java (1.6.0.03(1.6)@10/19/2007):
32bit version Sun's J2SE Development Kit
[I] dev-java/java-config (1.3.7@06/02/2007 2.0.33-r1(2)@07/09/2007):
Java environment configuration tool
[I] dev-java/java-config-wrapper (0.13@06/01/2007): Wrapper for java-config
Found 3 matches.


lightning ~ # eix -Ic emul-linux
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs (10.2@06/01/2007): Provides
precompiled 32bit libraries
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-compat (1.0-r3@06/01/2007):
emul-linux-x86 version of lib-compat, with the addition of a 32bit
libgcc_s and the libstdc++ versions provided by gcc 3.3 and 3.4 for
non-multilib systems.
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-gtklibs (10.0-r1@06/01/2007):
Provides precompiled 32bit libraries
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java (1.6.0.03(1.6)@10/19/2007):
32bit version Sun's J2SE Development Kit
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-medialibs (10.2@06/13/2007): Provides
precompiled 32bit libraries
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-qtlibs (10.0@06/01/2007): Provides
precompiled 32bit libraries
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-sdl (10.1@06/13/2007): Provides
precompiled 32bit libraries
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-soundlibs (10.0-r1@06/01/2007):
Provides precompiled 32bit libraries
[I] app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-xlibs (10.0@06/01/2007): Provides
precompiled 32bit libraries
Found 9 matches.
lightning ~ #

lightning ~ # cat /etc/make.conf
# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that
automatically built this stage
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
USE="dri radeon mmx mmxext sse sse2 3dnow 3dnowext gnome kde -esd
-arts ladspa nptl nptlonly audiofile gimp gimpprint ppds usb alsa cdr
dvd dvdr dvdread jack jack-tmpfs fluidsynth tcltk sndfile v4l v4l2
mysql flac xscreensaver -samba i8x0 mythtv apache2 -lirc mjpeg xvid
real cjk unicode vorbis ogg truetype java -eds dts a52"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.tucdemonic.org/gentoo/
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://mirror.gentoo.gr.jp
http://www.zentek-international.com/mirrors/gentoo/"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
ALSA_CARDS="hdsp9652 hdsp"
VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa"
LINGUAS="en"
PORTAGE_NICENESS=19
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="${PORTDIR_OVERLAY} /usr/local/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="${PORTDIR_OVERLAY} /usr/portage/local/layman/pro-audio"
#source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
lightning ~ #


lightning ~ # uname -a
Linux lightning 2.6.23-rt1 #4 PREEMPT RT Mon Oct 15 16:47:24 PDT 2007
x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
lightning ~ #


lightning ~ # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.3.18 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.2,
glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.23-rt1 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.23-rt1 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:09 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p17
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python:     2.4.4-r6
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.24
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.22-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config
/usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf
/etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict
unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.tucdemonic.org/gentoo/
ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo http://mirror.gentoo.gr.jp
http://www.zentek-international.com/mirrors/gentoo/"
LC_ALL="en_US"
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times
--compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats
--timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local
--exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/pro-audio
/usr/local/portage /usr/portage/local/layman/pro-audio"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 alsa amd64 apache2 audiofile berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr
cjk cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss
encode fam firefox flac fluidsynth fortran gdbm gif gimp gimpprint
gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal i8x0 iconv ipv6 isdnlog jack
jack-tmpfs java jpeg kde ladspa ldap mad midi mikmod mjpeg mp3 mpeg
mudflap mysql mythtv ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp oss
pam pcre perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt4 quicktime radeon readline
reflection sdl session sndfile spell spl ssl tcltk tcpd truetype
truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l v4l2 vorbis xml xorg
xscreensaver xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hdsp9652 hdsp"
ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty
extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw
multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux"
LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb
ncurses text" LINGUAS="en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vesa"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG,
LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS,
PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

lightning ~ #
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