liferea crashes with embedded html viewer

Fixed in 1.2.10b

Still seems to be broken with the new version.

For example, try subscribing to http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/newsblog/index.xml

and checking "Auto-load item link in internal browser..."

Fred, I've tested it and have no problem.

Can you try again, with a clean profile?

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> Fred, I've tested it and have no problem.
>
> Can you try again, with a clean profile?
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I deleted the .liferea_1.2 dir, then re-imported my feeds. Same thing
happens. Maybe this has something to do with it: when I choose "about"
from the Help menu, it says it's version 1.2.10, not 1.2.10b, but 'dpkg
-l liferea' returns 1.2.10b-0ubuntu1 as the version number.

Thanks, Fred

No, that's not the problem. You have 1.2.10b.

Does this happen always with the same feed, or with every one?
Can you please report a full crash?

Thanks

This happens with any feed that I set to display the whole page in the liferea window.

I hope I am attaching the right file...

Thanks, Fred

I've added a patch by Lars (the liferea developer) to fix this.
Please, test the liferea_1.2.10b-0ubuntu2.deb and liferea-mozilla_1.2.10b-0ubuntu2.deb from http://emilio.pozuelo.org/deb/
And report if solves the issue

Unfortunately not. I tested it with a number of different feed URLs but they all produce the same behavior (as far as I can see).

Thanks for testing it.

Can you please run liferea under valgrind? The problem can be a memory corruption, so we need it to detect it.

To do it, install valgrind from the repositories, and run:
valgrind liferea | liferea-valgrind.log
And then attach the file liferea-valgrind.log

Note that running liferea under valgrind will take a few to start.

Thanks again.
Emilio

Hmm, sorry, the command should look like this:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/firefox/ valgrind liferea-bin > liferea-valgrind.log

Thanks for your testing.
Emilio

That command runs fine, but doesn't log the output to liferea-valgrind.log

This works fine:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/firefox/ valgrind --log-file=liferea-valgrind.log liferea-bin

Then, attach liferea-valgrind.log

Thanks in advance.
Emilio

Here's the result, hope it helps.

I don't know how to interpret it, but could you please tell me if it indicates some hardware problem for me. I hope not, I can't afford to fix it!

Hi Fred!

The reason for a Valgrind log is because liferea can have memory corruptions, but that's not your problem. It should be fixed (if there are such corruptions) in liferea.

Thanks for the log
Emilio

Hello Fred!

Please, install the liferea and liferea-mozilla packages from http://emilio.pozuelo.org/deb/ and run liferea with the following command:
liferea --debug-net --debug-verbose > liferea-net.log

Then crash liferea and attach the resulting file liferea-net.log

Thanks again for your testing!
Emilio

Hi Fred

Please, reinstall liferea and liferea-mozilla again with the packages in http://emilio.pozuelo.org/deb/ and test. I think they fix your issue! It seems that a change in mozilla/mozembed.c caused this.

And let me know if they fixes your issue :)

Yes, the new version seems to work. Thanks very much!

Hello again!

Can you please test again the liferea and liferea-mozilla from http://emilio.pozuelo.org/deb/
The actual fix breaks the auto-load-link in external browser feature, so we are working in fix your crash without breaking it.

Thanks
Emilio

The latest version crashes again when attempting to view items with the embedded viewer. I attached the log generated by "liferea --debug-net --debug-verbose", although I get an error message that says "Liferea encountered an unknown argument: --debug-net".

Thanks again, Fred

This is fixed with the new 1.2.10c-0ubuntu1