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firefox on linux crashes repeatedly

ExcessPhase
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about:crashes is consistently empty. But there is always a dialogbox asking me to quit or restart and if I want to tell mozilla about the crash. Once it crashed with this stacktrace:

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. [Switching to Thread 0x7fb0fcdff700 (LWP 3024)] 0x00000035564328a5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) where 

   0 0x00000035564328a5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6
   1 0x0000003556434085 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6
   2 0x000000355642ba1e in __assert_fail_base () from /lib64/libc.so.6
   3 0x000000355642bae0 in __assert_fail () from /lib64/libc.so.6
   4 0x000000355944d24c in _XAllocID () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
   5 0x000000355b804f61 in XRenderCreatePicture () from /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1
   6 0x00007fb10ff0ccfc in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   7 0x00007fb10ff0d284 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   8 0x00007fb10ff1f732 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   9 0x00007fb10ff20c53 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   10 0x00007fb10ff211e8 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   11 0x00007fb10ff21496 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   12 0x00007fb10ff151fb in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   13 0x00007fb10ff22a0d in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   14 0x00007fb1105dadad in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   15 0x00007fb1105dbd19 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   16 0x00007fb10fdfa8b6 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   17 0x00007fb110623846 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   18 0x00007fb11066c6f8 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   19 0x00007fb11066cdff in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   20 0x00007fb11066cea3 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   21 0x00007fb110673af7 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   22 0x00007fb110673cdb in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   23 0x00007fb10fdbd562 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   24 0x00007fb10fdbd6f2 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   25 0x00007fb1102c9522 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   26 0x00007fb1102cfbfd in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   27 0x00007fb1102cfc7a in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
   28 0x0000003556c07851 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
   29 0x00000035564e767d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6

(gdb) quit


Another time it just exited with exit code 6. But it happens repeatedly. I was first thinking that it got killed by OOM killer, since there was a big virtual machine running with 8GB associated with it, while the machine got 16GB. I'm already starting firefox by deleting LD_LIBRARY_PATH before...


Here is another stacktrace:


(gdb) where

  1. 0 0x00000035564328a5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6
  2. 1 0x0000003556434085 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6
  3. 2 0x000000355642ba1e in __assert_fail_base () from /lib64/libc.so.6
  4. 3 0x000000355642bae0 in __assert_fail () from /lib64/libc.so.6
  5. 4 0x00000035594463d2 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
  6. 5 0x000000355942a52d in XGetWindowProperty () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6
  7. 6 0x000000355e46ab64 in gdk_property_get () from /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
  8. 7 0x00007ff556d3b7d9 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  9. 8 0x00007ff556d3b84f in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  10. 9 0x00007ff556d14505 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  11. 10 0x00007ff556d1624d in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  12. 11 0x00007ff555a8c9c7 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  13. 12 0x00007ff556e42c6f in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  14. 13 0x00007ff556e42d70 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  15. 14 0x00007ff556e42dbf in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  16. 15 0x00007ff55599fd96 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  17. 16 0x00007ff5559a8109 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  18. 17 0x00007ff5559bed6b in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  19. 18 0x00007ff555ec9522 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  20. 19 0x00007ff556d242b5 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  21. 20 0x00007ff5572245d3 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  22. 21 0x00007ff557258365 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  23. 22 0x00007ff55725a9eb in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  24. 23 0x00007ff55725ac86 in XRE_main () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so
  25. 24 0x00000000004086ab in _start ()

(gdb) q

about:crashes is consistently empty. But there is always a dialogbox asking me to quit or restart and if I want to tell mozilla about the crash. Once it crashed with this stacktrace: Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. [Switching to Thread 0x7fb0fcdff700 (LWP 3024)] 0x00000035564328a5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) where 0 0x00000035564328a5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 1 0x0000003556434085 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 2 0x000000355642ba1e in __assert_fail_base () from /lib64/libc.so.6 3 0x000000355642bae0 in __assert_fail () from /lib64/libc.so.6 4 0x000000355944d24c in _XAllocID () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 5 0x000000355b804f61 in XRenderCreatePicture () from /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1 6 0x00007fb10ff0ccfc in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 7 0x00007fb10ff0d284 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 8 0x00007fb10ff1f732 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 9 0x00007fb10ff20c53 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 10 0x00007fb10ff211e8 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 11 0x00007fb10ff21496 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 12 0x00007fb10ff151fb in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 13 0x00007fb10ff22a0d in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 14 0x00007fb1105dadad in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 15 0x00007fb1105dbd19 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 16 0x00007fb10fdfa8b6 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 17 0x00007fb110623846 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 18 0x00007fb11066c6f8 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 19 0x00007fb11066cdff in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 20 0x00007fb11066cea3 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 21 0x00007fb110673af7 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 22 0x00007fb110673cdb in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 23 0x00007fb10fdbd562 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 24 0x00007fb10fdbd6f2 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 25 0x00007fb1102c9522 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 26 0x00007fb1102cfbfd in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 27 0x00007fb1102cfc7a in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so 28 0x0000003556c07851 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 29 0x00000035564e767d in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) quit Another time it just exited with exit code 6. But it happens repeatedly. I was first thinking that it got killed by OOM killer, since there was a big virtual machine running with 8GB associated with it, while the machine got 16GB. I'm already starting firefox by deleting LD_LIBRARY_PATH before... Here is another stacktrace: (gdb) where #0 0x00000035564328a5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x0000003556434085 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x000000355642ba1e in __assert_fail_base () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #3 0x000000355642bae0 in __assert_fail () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #4 0x00000035594463d2 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 #5 0x000000355942a52d in XGetWindowProperty () from /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 #6 0x000000355e46ab64 in gdk_property_get () from /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 #7 0x00007ff556d3b7d9 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #8 0x00007ff556d3b84f in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #9 0x00007ff556d14505 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #10 0x00007ff556d1624d in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #11 0x00007ff555a8c9c7 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #12 0x00007ff556e42c6f in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #13 0x00007ff556e42d70 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #14 0x00007ff556e42dbf in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #15 0x00007ff55599fd96 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #16 0x00007ff5559a8109 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #17 0x00007ff5559bed6b in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #18 0x00007ff555ec9522 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #19 0x00007ff556d242b5 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #20 0x00007ff5572245d3 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #21 0x00007ff557258365 in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #22 0x00007ff55725a9eb in ?? () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #23 0x00007ff55725ac86 in XRE_main () from /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so #24 0x00000000004086ab in _start () (gdb) q

Chosen solution

it stopped as suddenly as it started. I assume that it was caused by our sysadmin installing OS updates remotely while I was using the machine. Or potentially by some NFS disk being full and many machines coming to a complete stop despite my home directory was not on the NFS disk in question. Sorry about all this noise!

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ExcessPhase
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It also crashes in safe mode. It also crashes when the virtual machine is not running on the host.

FredMcD
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I've called the big guys to help you. Good luck.

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Chosen Solution

it stopped as suddenly as it started. I assume that it was caused by our sysadmin installing OS updates remotely while I was using the machine. Or potentially by some NFS disk being full and many machines coming to a complete stop despite my home directory was not on the NFS disk in question. Sorry about all this noise!