linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.29-rc1 Firefox crashing on page load

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Date:	Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:10:54 -0800
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Justin Madru <jdm64@...ab.com>
CC:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.29-rc1 Firefox crashing on page load

Justin Madru wrote:
> Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>> I'm not seeing this with firefox over here.
>> The setup I have is the latest beta,
>> located in /usr/lib/firefox/ with a soft link to /usr/bin/
>> I don't have gnome2 vfs installed though.
>> just a bare firefox with 2 plugins(flash,null)
>> located in /.mozilla/plugins/
>> for restorecon.
>>
>> not sure what distro you have, but with ubuntu
>> I noticed a quit a bit of other links created.
>> that is installing through apt-get, rather
>> just downloading the source and putting it wherever.
>>
>> regards;
>>
>> Justin P. Mattock
>>
> I'm running ubuntu 8.10, with 2 custom kernels 2.6.28 and 2.6.29-rc2.
>
> I've done a little bit more testing. This time with 4 version of 
> firefox (3.0.5-ubuntu, 3.0.4, 3.1.b2, 3.2.a1) straight from 
> mozilla.org, except the ubuntu one.
> What I found is that all versions crash when loading iGoogle, sofar 
> the only site that makes it crash, except 3.2a1.
> Since iGoogle is my hompage, they all crash once loading is done 
> (except 3.2a1), unless I'm fast enough and load a different page.
> But, _every_ version crashes if I go to Preferences->Main or 
> Preferences->Applications.
>
> None of this crashing happens if I'm booted into a .28 kernel, only on 
> a .29-rc kernel.
> Henceforth, I still think it's a kernel regression, but one that's 
> going to be almost impossible to debug!
> I've hit the most narrow minded bug on the planet! Very sad....
> Seems like I always hit the undebugable regressions that nobody else 
> sees ;-(
>
> Justin Madru
>
what happens when you download the source?
then once unpacked issue ./firefox
just to see what happens without any plugins/apps.

over here I have the beta no apps
basically as light as possible just flash
(since all web sites use that.)

I did have a crash though,
but was due to me not allowing
an allow rule for SELinux(too lazy at the moment);
but besides any allow rules I'm not having any issues.
(knock on wood).

you can also try renaming gnome2 gconf  and
.mozilla just to see

regards;

Justin P. Mattock
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