Firefox crashes when loading java applets

Can you please attach the full crash log in /var/crash to this bug report, so we can determine what the cause was.

Sorry I thought I had done that.

Freaktech, thanks for submitting this crash report. If possible answer these questions
Which flash package do you have installed?
Which Java package do you have installed?
Which firefox extensions do you have installed?

Retrace done, but lacks many info, however looks like a flashplugin issue.

Please, Freaktech, since you have installed non-official ubuntu packages (as shown in your crash report) will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem that you do an apport-retrace -d to your crash report and then upload the resulted file.

If you have any doubts please follow the hints on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs

I did what I thought you meant by your comment but I think I did something wrong. This was the outcome

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/apport-retrace", line 189, in ?
    debug_dir = prepare_debugdir(report, options.cache_dir)
  File "/usr/bin/apport-retrace", line 147, in prepare_debugdir
    needed_deps.add((pkg, dependency_versions[pkg]))
KeyError

I am new to linux so I really don't know what this means.

Thanks again for your help

Yes, there seems to be an issue with apport-retrace in edgy (See bug #65914 ). This attached patch should override it. We'll need to update that wiki page :)

To apply the patch if you don't know yet, you need to do, as root:

patch -p0 < apport-retrace.patch

If you still have problems with apportr-retrace, I think we will be able to sort it out if you answer the questions about packages and extensions and its versions.

I have not installed any extensions that I know of. I think the only package is the flash player. Is there a way for me to look them up and see for sure?

In the location bar type as URL:

about:plugins

 rhe only plugin installed is Shockwave Flash 9.0 r31