Hardy Firefox crash

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:36:43PM -0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> You have been subscribed to a public bug:
>
> Firefox is almost unusable. It crashes when using gmail, when trying to
> report a bug using launchpad.
>
> I tried to obtain a crash report (as requested in various bugs) but I can't even do that because sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0-dbgsym \
> xulrunner-1.9-dbgsym \
> libgtk2.0-0-dbg \
> libnss3-0d-dbgsym \
> libnspr4-0d-dbg \
> libpango1.0-0-dbg \
> libcairo2-dbg \
> libc6-dbg
> gives firefox-3.0-dbgsym
> after updating /etc/apt/sources.list with
> deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com hardy main universe
> deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com hardy-updates main universe
> #deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed main universe #Hardy doesnt have this Repo yet.
> deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com hardy-security main universe
>
> as specified in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs#head-
> c576e78d92cb3c959c271158b6ace98be835de83
>
> What a catch22!

Yeah, you cannot get -dbgsym packages for hardy-proposed.

Please attach the output of

 strace -f -eopen firefox &> /tmp/ffox.log.txt

to this bug.

 status incomplete

 - Alexander

Alexander,

Attachment as requested.

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 04:07:19PM -0000, John Rose wrote:
> Alexander,
>
> Attachment as requested.
>
> ** Attachment added: "ffox.log.txt"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14908845/ffox.log.txt
>

if you have /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b5/components/compreg.dat.tmp or
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0b5/components/compreg.dat, remove those files

do the same if the same files exist in

 /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9b5/components or
 /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9/components or
 /usr/lib/firefox-3.0/components/

 - Alexander

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 04:07:19PM -0000, John Rose wrote:
> Alexander,
>
> Attachment as requested.
>
> ** Attachment added: "ffox.log.txt"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14908845/ffox.log.txt
>

if my previous mail was wrong, please reopen this bug. otherwise its
most likely because you ran ffox as root once - which you should never
do that.

 status invalid

 - Alexander

Alexander,

None of those files was present. I have never used Firefox as root. I always use if from the Applications menu or equivalent icon I've copied to the launch panel. I run it either as an Administrative user or as a Desktop user. It doesn't make any difference to the crashes. I have clean installed Hardy (rather than upgrading from Gutsy). I'm reopening this bug.

John

Or I would reopen it if I knew how. Can you reopen it please?