Firefox4 dies unexpectedly

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rexpretor

Hi all,

I have noticed that FF4 dies quite frequently if you try to close a tab or something similar.
First it freezes and then it dies and no automatic restart. Does anyone know how to solve this.

Thanks

Tommy
 
Ok Well I am running 8.2 AMD64 and I use as a result of this Opera instead.

Thanks for the input Killasmurf86

Tommy
 
Same OS, no problem. I suggest you run Firefox 4 from a console (start it from the command line in e.g. xterm) and watch what's on the screen when it dies.
 
There seems a great chance that your Firefox extension contributing to this issue, so try to disable them all and debug to see who's the ringleader. :)
 
Opened about 6 tabs with different webpages and decided to add an add-on. Pressed the add-on button under tools and bang freeze and shutdown.

Pasted the Xterm output below in its entirety. Not much of an output!

Code: 
$ firefox
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
$
If any one can figure out what's wrong that would be super!

Thanks all,
Tommy.
 
My make.conf is

Code: 
OVERRIDE_LINUX_BASE_PORT=f10
OVERRIDE_LINUX_NONBASE_PORTS=f10
# added by use.perl 2011-04-01 08:27:37
PERL_VERSION=5.10.1

I have a "mykernel". What should I post about it?

Thanks,
Tommy.
 
eh.... post entire thing.....
check that you have
Code: 
options         P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES     # POSIX-style semaphores
in kernel
 
I have just remembered something about using semafores. So I edited my loader.conf with
Code: 
sem_load="YES"[/code and rebooted. Now I am running FF4 started from terminal and we shall see if there is a change. Should have remembered this earlier maybe I'm getting senile.

Thanks,
Tommy.
 
I have the
Code: 
options         P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES     # POSIX-style semaphores
in my kernel.

Thanks for the tip killasmurf86

Tommy
 
Ok here it comes

Code: 
#
options 	SCHED_ULE		# ULE scheduler
options 	PREEMPTION		# Enable kernel thread preemption
options 	INET			# InterNETworking
options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
options 	SCTP			# Stream Control Transmission Protocol
options 	FFS			# Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options 	SOFTUPDATES		# Enable FFS soft updates support
options 	UFS_ACL			# Support for access control lists
options 	UFS_DIRHASH		# Improve performance on big directories
options 	UFS_GJOURNAL		# Enable gjournal-based UFS journaling
options 	MD_ROOT			# MD is a potential root device
options 	NFSCLIENT		# Network Filesystem Client
options 	NFSSERVER		# Network Filesystem Server
options 	NFSLOCKD		# Network Lock Manager
options 	NFS_ROOT		# NFS usable as /, requires NFSCLIENT
options 	MSDOSFS			# MSDOS Filesystem
options 	CD9660			# ISO 9660 Filesystem
options 	PROCFS			# Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
options 	PSEUDOFS		# Pseudo-filesystem framework
options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD32	# Compatible with i386 binaries
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		# Compatible with FreeBSD6
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD7		# Compatible with FreeBSD7
options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support
options 	STACK			# stack(9) support
options 	SYSVSHM			# SYSV-style shared memory
options 	SYSVMSG			# SYSV-style message queues
options 	SYSVSEM			# SYSV-style semaphores
options 	P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES	# POSIX-style semaphores
options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
options 	PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128	# Prevent printf output being interspersed.
options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
options 	HWPMC_HOOKS		# Necessary kernel hooks for hwpmc(4)
options 	AUDIT			# Security event auditing
options 	MAC			# TrustedBSD MAC Framework
options 	FLOWTABLE		# per-cpu routing cache
#options 	KDTRACE_FRAME		# Ensure frames are compiled in
#options 	KDTRACE_HOOKS		# Kernel DTrace hooks
options 	INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE     # Include this file in kernel

options 	KDB			# Kernel debugger related code
options 	KDB_TRACE		# Print a stack trace for a panic

# Make an SMP-capable kernel by default
options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel

# CPU frequency control
device		cpufreq

# Bus support.
device		acpi
device		pci

# Floppy drives
device		fdc

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device		ata
device		atadisk		# ATA disk drives
device		ataraid		# ATA RAID drives
device		atapicd		# ATAPI CDROM drives
device		atapifd		# ATAPI floppy drives
device		atapist		# ATAPI tape drives
options 	ATA_STATIC_ID	# Static device numbering

# SCSI Controllers
device		ahc		# AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
options 	AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~128k to driver.
device		ahd		# AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
options 	AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~215k to driver.
device		amd		# AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
device		hptiop		# Highpoint RocketRaid 3xxx series
device		isp		# Qlogic family
#device		ispfw		# Firmware for QLogic HBAs- normally a module
device		mpt		# LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
#device		ncr		# NCR/Symbios Logic
device		sym		# NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
device		trm		# Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters

device		adv		# Advansys SCSI adapters
device		adw		# Advansys wide SCSI adapters
device		aic		# Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
device		bt		# Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters

# SCSI peripherals
device		scbus		# SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
device		ch		# SCSI media changers
device		da		# Direct Access (disks)
device		sa		# Sequential Access (tape etc)
device		cd		# CD
device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
device		ses		# SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)

# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
device		amr		# AMI MegaRAID
device		arcmsr		# Areca SATA II RAID
#XXX it is not 64-bit clean, -scottl
#device		asr		# DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID
device		ciss		# Compaq Smart RAID 5*
device		dpt		# DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
device		hptmv		# Highpoint RocketRAID 182x
device		hptrr		# Highpoint RocketRAID 17xx, 22xx, 23xx, 25xx
device		iir		# Intel Integrated RAID
device		ips		# IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
device		mly		# Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
device		twa		# 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID

# RAID controllers
device		aac		# Adaptec FSA RAID
device		aacp		# SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
device		ida		# Compaq Smart RAID
device		mfi		# LSI MegaRAID SAS
device		mlx		# Mylex DAC960 family
#XXX pointer/int warnings
#device		pst		# Promise Supertrak SX6000
device		twe		# 3ware ATA RAID

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device		atkbdc		# AT keyboard controller
device		atkbd		# AT keyboard
device		psm		# PS/2 mouse

device		kbdmux		# keyboard multiplexer

device		vga		# VGA video card driver

device		splash		# Splash screen and screen saver support

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device		sc

device		agp		# support several AGP chipsets

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
# PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support
device		cbb		# cardbus (yenta) bridge
device		pccard		# PC Card (16-bit) bus
device		cardbus		# CardBus (32-bit) bus

# Serial (COM) ports
device		uart		# Generic UART driver

# Parallel port
device		ppc
device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
device		lpt		# Printer
device		plip		# TCP/IP over parallel
device		ppi		# Parallel port interface device
#device		vpo		# Requires scbus and da


# PCI Ethernet NICs.
device		de		# DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
device		em		# Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Family
device		igb		# Intel PRO/1000 PCIE Server Gigabit Family
device		ixgbe		# Intel PRO/10GbE PCIE Ethernet Family
device		le		# AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx PCnet
device		ti		# Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
device		txp		# 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
device		vx		# 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
device		miibus		# MII bus support
device		ae		# Attansic/Atheros L2 FastEthernet
device		age		# Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet
device		alc		# Atheros AR8131/AR8132 Ethernet
device		ale		# Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet
device		bce		# Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
device		bfe		# Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
device		bge		# Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
device		dc		# DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
device		et		# Agere ET1310 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
device		fxp		# Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
device		jme		# JMicron JMC250 Gigabit/JMC260 Fast Ethernet
device		lge		# Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit Ethernet
device		msk		# Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet
device		nfe		# nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet
device		nge		# NatSemi DP83820 gigabit Ethernet
#device		nve		# nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet Networking
device		pcn		# AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'le')
device		re		# RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
device		rl		# RealTek 8129/8139
device		sf		# Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
device		sge		# Silicon Integrated Systems SiS190/191
device		sis		# Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
device		sk		# SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
device		ste		# Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
device		stge		# Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 gigabit Ethernet
device		tl		# Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
device		tx		# SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
device		vge		# VIA VT612x gigabit Ethernet
device		vr		# VIA Rhine, Rhine II
device		wb		# Winbond W89C840F
device		xl		# 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')

# ISA Ethernet NICs.  pccard NICs included.
device		cs		# Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0 NIC
# 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
device		ed		# NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards
device		ex		# Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+
device		ep		# Etherlink III based cards
device		fe		# Fujitsu MB8696x based cards
device		sn		# SMC's 9000 series of Ethernet chips
device		xe		# Xircom pccard Ethernet

# Wireless NIC cards
device		wlan		# 802.11 support
options 	IEEE80211_DEBUG	# enable debug msgs
options 	IEEE80211_AMPDU_AGE # age frames in AMPDU reorder q's
options 	IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH	# enable 802.11s draft support
device		wlan_wep	# 802.11 WEP support
device		wlan_ccmp	# 802.11 CCMP support
device		wlan_tkip	# 802.11 TKIP support
device		wlan_amrr	# AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
device		an		# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
device		ath		# Atheros pci/cardbus NIC's
device		ath_hal		# pci/cardbus chip support
options 	AH_SUPPORT_AR5416	# enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
device		ath_rate_sample	# SampleRate tx rate control for ath
device		ral		# Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs.
device		wi		# WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.

# Pseudo devices.
device		loop		# Network loopback
device		random		# Entropy device
device		ether		# Ethernet support
device		vlan		# 802.1Q VLAN support
device		tun		# Packet tunnel.
device		pty		# BSD-style compatibility pseudo ttys
device		md		# Memory "disks"
device		gif		# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
device		faith		# IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)
device		firmware	# firmware assist module

Hope that I have posted the correct thing.

I also have a Lint-file

All the best

Tommy
 
I removed those sections to be able to post it. It was too long to be accepted. I have never posted those scrollable things and I am not sure how to do that correctly.

Thanks for your input killasmurf86

Tommy
 
To rule out miscompilation can you try firefox the package from ftp.freebsd.org? If it doesn't help try running from vanilla freebsd installation, with all packages from ftp.freebsd.org. IOW, you need to start from working environment and keep adding things/customizing until it breaks.

Another way to locate the issue is through gdb(1). You need to compile the port and sometimes its dependencies with symbols, e.g. via WITH_DEBUG implicit facility from bsd.port.mk. For example, this crash is likely not firefox-specific but either a bug/regression in rtld(1) that may be fixed already (no one cares about old -CURRENT builds anyway) or misconfiguration/miscompilation.
 
Thanks all for your tips. I have done what DRAAD suggested and reinstalled libcanberra without Pulse support and I reinstalled FF4 with only Dbus support. When I tried to do a pkg_add -r firefox it was FF36 that got installed, so I did a cd /usr/ports/www/firefox/ && make install clean instead.

Voila it works like a charm. :)

Again thanks all for your support.

Tommy - Now a happy dude
 
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