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Firefox crash X_GLXDesktopPixmap

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Hi,

I got a crash in safe mode, CentOs 6

###!!! ABORT: X_GLXDestroyPixmap: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error); 5 requests ago: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-24.7.0/mozilla-esr24/toolkit/xre/nsX11ErrorHandler.cpp, line 157
###!!! ABORT: X_GLXDestroyPixmap: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error); 5 requests ago: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-24.7.0/mozilla-esr24/toolkit/xre/nsX11ErrorHandler.cpp, line 157
Hi, I got a crash in safe mode, CentOs 6 <pre><nowiki> ###!!! ABORT: X_GLXDestroyPixmap: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error); 5 requests ago: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-24.7.0/mozilla-esr24/toolkit/xre/nsX11ErrorHandler.cpp, line 157 ###!!! ABORT: X_GLXDestroyPixmap: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error); 5 requests ago: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-24.7.0/mozilla-esr24/toolkit/xre/nsX11ErrorHandler.cpp, line 157</nowiki></pre>

Modified by cor-el

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Please update your firefox to latest version of firefox 31


We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.

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According to that log the OP is using a possibly still supported Firefox esr24 version (latest:24.7.0)