On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 01:21:04PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > Mike Hommey wrote: > >On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:27:26PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > >>Mike Hommey wrote: > >>>On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:49:11AM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > >>>>Mike Hommey wrote: > >>>>>On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 09:50:13AM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > >>>>>>Mike Hommey wrote: > >>>>>>>On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 05:55:32PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > >>>>>>>>Package: iceweasel > >>>>>>>>Version: 3.5.6-1 > >>>>>>>>Severity: important > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>After Iceweasel crashes it refuses to restart - even in safe-mode - > >>>>>>>>until I reboot the computer. Simply logging out and back in again > >>>>>>>>doesn't clear the problem. > >>>>>>>Does it say something when it refuses to restart ? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Isn't there a firefox-bin process still running ? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>Mike > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>No. It just doesn't restart. There is no firefox-bin process > >>>>>>running. However syslog shows: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>2010-01-29 09:49:16 transponder kernel [151666.119720] > >>>>>>firefox-bin[17244]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00007fff546d4348 > >>>>>>error 14 in xulrunner-stub[400000+15000] > >>>>>Is there a ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/lock file ? What happens if you remove > >>>>>it ? > >>>>> > >>>>>Mike > >>>>> > >>>>Removing it doesn't help. That was the first thing I tried. > >>>Can you send the output for strace -f -o /some/file iceweasel ? > >>>(located, obviously, in /some/file, and, still obviously, when it fails, > >>>only) > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>> > >>>Mike > >>> > >>See attached: > >>19206 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- > >>19206 +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ > > > > > >Oh, segmentation fault. > >Can you follow the instructions in /usr/share/bug/iceweasel/presubj to > >get a backtrace ? > > > >Thanks > > > >Mike > > > Interesting. It doesn't crash when I run it with the -g option. > However, even after a normal shutdown from the -g mode, it still > won't restart.
Then can you try the following: $ ulimit -c unlimited $ iceweasel That should give you a core file that you can give to gdb: $ gdb /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin core Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
