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

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Message-ID: <49727BDE.9070509@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:46:22 -0800
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Justin Madru <jdm64@...ab.com>
CC:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>,
	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:
>> Justin Madru wrote:
>>> Ok, more preliminary testing has returned that at least in the case 
>>> of the iGoogle page crashing, it's related to google talk.
>>> Because right after it connects to the google talk server the crash 
>>> happens.
>>> And why it doesn't crash on firefox 3.2 is because for some reason 
>>> the talk feature doesn't load on that version of firefox.
>>> I still get the crashes when going to Preferences->Main or 
>>> Preferences->Applications.
>>>
>>> I tried the suggested moving of .gconf* .gnome* .mozilla*
>>> The only thing that did was make firefox crash when going to 
>>> Preference.
>>> I did not try compiling firefox from source, but I did test with the 
>>> binaries straight from mozilla.
>>> I also tried disabling any plugin/extention (I only have flash and 
>>> AdBlockerPlus), but no change.
>>>
>> What I should of said, is to maybe uninstall/disable any of those 
>> apps or plugins
>> that are automatically triggered when loading firefox.
>> (although renaming some of  the  .* files is good, freshens it up);
>> So when you don't go to google talk you can surf?
>
> So far only a connection to talkgadget.google.com or the 2 tabs in 
> preferences make firefox crash.
> Other than that I've yet to run into another site that makes it crash, 
> and can browse just fine.
> Actually, other than this bug .29-rc2 is running rather nicely ;-)
>
> Ok, this time I maded sure I uninstalled/disabled everything I could.
> Sill.... same results. So, I decided to try something different. Test 
> with Epiphany.
> I tried both with the geko and webkit backends.
> Same results, a crash when going to my iGoogle page that has google 
> talk applet.
>
> But, this time epiphany left an error to the console that gives a clue 
> to the cause:
>
> $ epiphany-webkit                                                ** 
> (epiphany-webkit:9016): WARNING **: Cannot extract frame (0,0) from 
> the grid
> ** (epiphany-webkit:9016): WARNING **: Cannot extract frame (36,0) 
> from the grid
> ** (epiphany-webkit:9016): WARNING **: Cannot extract frame (72,0) 
> from the grid
> ** (epiphany-webkit:9016): WARNING **: Cannot extract frame (108, 0) 
> from the grid
> ** (epiphany-webkit:9016): WARNING **: Cannot extract frame (144, 0) 
> from the grid
> ** (epiphany-webkit:9016): WARNING **: Cannot extract frame (180, 0) 
> from the grid
> ** (epiphany-webkit:9016): WARNING **: Cannot extract frame (216, 0) 
> from the grid
> ** (epiphany-webkit:9016): WARNING **: Cannot extract frame (252, 0) 
> from the grid
> console message:  @1: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL
> http://1.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?view=home&url=http://www.google.com/ig/modules/youtube_igoogle/v2/youtube.xml&nocache=0&up_title=YouTube&up_username=&up_prefs_version=0&up_search_channels=0&up_search_channel_name0=&up_search_channel_url0=&up_search_channel_name1=&up_search_channel_url1=&up_search_channel_name2=&up_search_channel_url2=&up_current_channel_id=0&up_rawQuery=&up_channel_url_to_preload=http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/standardfeeds/US/recently_featured%3Falt%3Djson&lang=en&country=us&.lang=en&.country=us&synd=ig&mid=1&ifpctok=-8098139156870189641&parent=http://www.google.com&extern_js=/extern_js/f/CgJlbhICdXMrMBU4ACw/BrDZK7EjJT4.js 
>
> from frame with URL
> http://www.google.com/ig/ifpc_relay#%22remote_iframe_1%22&0&1&0&%22%2522remote_iframe_1%2522%26%2522resize_iframe%2522%26%2522%2522%26%2522%2522%26%2522remote_iframe_1%2522%26369%26%25221%2522%22&true. 
>
> Domains, protocols and ports must match.
> console message:  @1: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame
> with URL http://www.google.com/ig from frame with URL
> http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/mole?id=gth-hover-card&hl=en#id=gth-hover-card. 
>
> Domains, protocols and ports must match.
> console message:  @1: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame
> with URL http://www.google.com/ig from frame with URL
> http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/blank. Domains,
> protocols and ports must match.
> Segmentation fault
>
> So, it's complaining about matching domains, protocols and ports.
> Henceforth, I would surmise that the bug is related to the network code?
>
> Justin Madru
>
Well positive side is you can at least  grab youre news and info.
bad side is you can't access igoogle(or whatever it's called).

Domains, protocols and ports must match.
probably the culprit(if you found the correct location
that's causing this);

regards;

Justin P. Mattock
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