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JavaScript Causes Firefox 2.0 to Crash in Ubuntu (edgy)

Bug #69687 reported by warrendt
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Mozilla Team

Bug Description

Whenever I access a site that uses javascript, Firefox crashes.
I disable javascript (which renders most sites unusable) the browser does not crash.
I have a collegue that uses the same version and same release of ubuntu and it works fine.
I upgraded from Dapper (LTS) and I have tried reinstalling firefox and all its dependancies.
I use a browser like opera or epiphany and javascript works fine.
I have reinstalled java as well.

GMail.com after logging on crashes the browser everytime.

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warrendt (warrendt) wrote :

Problem solved.

Dont know how the two were related but it was flash causing the browser to crash.
Even when not a flash website. Looking in the plugins directory caused it to crash.
There is a fix on the ubuntu forums page. Search for "flash crash" and there is a line to put in the flashrc file.

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David Farning (dfarning) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. Could you please install firefox-dbg and try to obtain a backtrace (or crash report) by following the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingFirefox This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem.

Which flash package do you have installed?
Which Java package do you have installed?
Which firefox extensions do you have installed?

Thanks
David

Changed in firefox:
assignee: nobody → dfarning
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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warrendt (warrendt) wrote : Re: [Bug 69687] Re: JavaScript Causes Firefox 2.0 to Crash in Ubuntu (edgy)

Hi david

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20060601
Firefox/2.0 (Ubuntu-edgy) is the version of Firefox.
java-common - 0.25 ubuntu1
flash 7 from macromedia's site.

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David Farning wrote:
> Thanks for your bug report. Could you please install firefox-dbg and try
> to obtain a backtrace (or crash report) by following the instructions on
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingFirefox This will greatly aid us in
> tracking down your problem.
>
> Which flash package do you have installed?
> Which Java package do you have installed?
> Which firefox extensions do you have installed?
>
> Thanks
> David
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => David Farning
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>

David Farning (dfarning)
Changed in firefox:
assignee: dfarning → mozillateam
David Farning (dfarning)
Changed in firefox:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Needs Info → Rejected
status: Rejected → Needs Info
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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

Thank you for the bug report however this report lacks information we need to investigate it further and we have not heard from you in over 30 days. For these reasons, we are now going to close the bug - please feel free to reopen when you have more information at hand.

Further information can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs

Changed in firefox:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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