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Firefox fails to quit on OS X 10.10

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Hello

I'm having an issue with Firefox 33.1 on Mac OSX 10.10 - basically Firefox fails to quit. If I issue a quit command the UI will shut down but the process stays active for ever.

1. This 100% reproducible 2. Tried "rest Firefox" to no avail 3. Tried to re-install Firefox (fresh download) 4. I have tried to run without extensions:

AGTMBP13:~ alex$ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -safe-mode LOGIN CALLBACK in libCVP11LCB: CK_RV CB_Initialize(CK_CONTEXT*, CK_C_INITIALIZE_ARGS*, CK_ULONG*) [22564] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /builds/slave/rel-m-rel-osx64_bld-0000000000/build/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1547 [22564] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /builds/slave/rel-m-rel-osx64_bld-0000000000/build/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1547 Terminated: 15 AGTMBP13:~ alex$

(the abort above is when killing the process).

All in all it simply does not work :(

Any suggestion most welcome

Hello I'm having an issue with Firefox 33.1 on Mac OSX 10.10 - basically Firefox fails to quit. If I issue a quit command the UI will shut down but the process stays active for ever. 1. This 100% reproducible 2. Tried "rest Firefox" to no avail 3. Tried to re-install Firefox (fresh download) 4. I have tried to run without extensions: AGTMBP13:~ alex$ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -safe-mode LOGIN CALLBACK in libCVP11LCB: CK_RV CB_Initialize(CK_CONTEXT*, CK_C_INITIALIZE_ARGS*, CK_ULONG*) [22564] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /builds/slave/rel-m-rel-osx64_bld-0000000000/build/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1547 [22564] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /builds/slave/rel-m-rel-osx64_bld-0000000000/build/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 1547 Terminated: 15 AGTMBP13:~ alex$ (the abort above is when killing the process). All in all it simply does not work :( Any suggestion most welcome

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Hello,

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Hello

Thanks for you answer - here we go with the troubleshooting infos --- Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 33.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


All Crash Reports

Extensions


Name: BetterPrivacy Version: 1.68 Enabled: true ID: {d40f5e7b-d2cf-4856-b441-cc613eeffbe3}

Name: Dictionnaire français «Classique» Version: 4.3 Enabled: true ID: fr-classique@dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org

Name: Ghostery Version: 5.4.1 Enabled: true ID: firefox@ghostery.com

Name: LastPass Version: 3.1.54 Enabled: true ID: support@lastpass.com

Name: NoScript Version: 2.6.9.3rc3 Enabled: true ID: {73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}

Name: npIpcam Version: 2.0.1.7 Enabled: true ID: npapi@n.com

Name: Perspectives Version: 4.5.2 Enabled: true ID: perspectives@cmu.edu

Name: Readability Version: 2.4 Enabled: true ID: readability@readability.com

Name: SPDY indicator Version: 2.1 Enabled: true ID: spdyindicator@chengsun.github.com

Name: Troubleshooter Version: 1.1a Enabled: true ID: troubleshooter@mozilla.org

Name: User Agent Switcher Version: 0.7.3 Enabled: true ID: {e968fc70-8f95-4ab9-9e79-304de2a71ee1}

Name: Xmarks Version: 4.3.5 Enabled: true ID: foxmarks@kei.com

Name: Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF Version: 1.1 Enabled: false ID: web2pdfextension@web2pdf.adobedotcom

Graphics


Device ID: 0x 126 GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 OpenGL (OMTC) Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Intel Inc. -- Intel HD Graphics 3000 OpenGL Engine windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: quartz AzureContentBackend: quartz AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

Important Modified Preferences


accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 102400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 640000 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 1 browser.fixup.alternate.enabled: false browser.history_expire_days_min: 10 browser.history_expire_days.mirror: 180 browser.newtab.url: about:blank browser.places.importBookmarksHTML: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 7 browser.privatebrowsing.dont_prompt_on_enter: true browser.search.suggest.enabled: false browser.search.useDBForOrder: true browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20141030112145 browser.startup.homepage: https://www.google.com/ncr browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20141030112145 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 33.1 browser.tabs.warnOnClose: false dom.mozApps.used: true dom.w3c_touch_events.expose: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 33.1 font.internaluseonly.changed: true font.name.serif.x-western: Verdana media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate: 1415357552 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.version: 1.1 media.gmp-manager.lastCheck: 1415913133 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.protocol-handler.external.mailto: false network.security.ports.banned: 8118,8123,9050,9051 places.database.lastMaintenance: 1416012207 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 places.history.expiration.transient_optimal_database_size: 167772160 places.last_vacuum: 1296166981 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/x-bittorrent,application/pdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.doubletwistwebplugin: 0 plugin.state.folx3plugin: 0 plugin.state.folxnetscapeplugin: 0 plugin.state.officelivebrowserplugin: 0 plugin.state.sharepointbrowserplugin: 0 print.print_bgcolor: true print.print_bgimages: true print.print_colorspace: print.print_command: print.print_downloadfonts: false print.print_duplex: 0 print.print_evenpages: true print.print_footerleft: print.print_footerright: print.print_headerleft: print.print_headerright: print.print_in_color: true print.print_margin_bottom: 0.5 print.print_margin_left: 0.5 print.print_margin_right: 0.5 print.print_margin_top: 0.5 print.print_oddpages: true print.print_orientation: 0 print.print_page_delay: 50 print.print_pagedelay: 500 print.print_paper_data: 0 print.print_paper_height: 11.00 print.print_paper_name: print.print_paper_size_type: 1 print.print_paper_size_unit: 0 print.print_paper_width: 8.50 print.print_plex_name: print.print_printer: print.print_resolution: 0 print.print_resolution_name: print.print_reversed: false print.print_scaling: 1.00 print.print_shrink_to_fit: true print.print_to_file: false print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom: 17 print.print_unwriteable_margin_left: 17 print.print_unwriteable_margin_right: 17 print.print_unwriteable_margin_top: 17 privacy.cpd.offlineApps: true privacy.cpd.siteSettings: true privacy.donottrackheader.enabled: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true privacy.sanitize.timeSpan: 0 security.warn_viewing_mixed: false security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once: false storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1413937753

Important Locked Preferences


JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.7 Version in use: 4.10.7

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.17.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.17.2 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.17.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.17.2 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.17.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.17.2 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.17.2 Version in use: 3.17.2

Experimental Features


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Anyone ? This is really annoying :(