I can reproduce this; loading planet.mozilla.org produces a SIGABRT with a very similar backtrace (full dump attached). I started experiencing frequent SIGABRT crashes after upgrading from Hardy to Intrepid.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-cache policy firefox-3.0 firefox-3.0: Installed: 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux maikendev 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Nov 4 19:33:20 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282287 against the "firefox" package. #1 0xb7d6b880 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0xb7d6d248 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #3 0xb3a935dd in talloc_free () from /usr/lib/libtalloc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #4 0xb0b05289 in ?? () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #5 0xb3a93621 in talloc_free () from /usr/lib/libtalloc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #6 0xb0b30758 in alloc_sub_basic () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #7 0xb0b30d3f in talloc_sub_basic () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #8 0xb0a70281 in ?? () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #9 0xb0a713f2 in lp_lockdir () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #10 0xb0b2aa75 in lock_path () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #11 0xb0ac9767 in receive_unexpected () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #12 0xb0acc375 in receive_nmb_packet () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #13 0xb0acee4d in name_query () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #14 0xb0a6c555 in _nss_wins_gethostbyname_r () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #15 0xb0a6c853 in _nss_wins_gethostbyname2_r () from /lib/libnss_wins.so.2 No symbol table info available. #16 0xb7e05666 in gaih_inet () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #17 0xb7e07039 in getaddrinfo () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #18 0xb7c7d6b9 in PR_GetAddrInfoByName ( hostname=0x86b3664 "stats.wordpress.com", af=0, flags=32800) at prnetdb.c:2042 res = <value optimized out> hints = {ai_flags = 0, ai_family = 0, ai_socktype = 1, ai_protocol = 0, ai_addrlen = 0, ai_addr = 0x0, ai_canonname = 0x0, ai_next = 0x0} rv = <value optimized out> #19 0xb725f454 in nsHostResolver::ThreadFunc (arg=0x836a600) at nsHostResolver.cpp:697 flags = 32800 status = <value optimized out> rec = (nsHostRecord *) 0x86b3630 ai = (PRAddrInfo *) 0x1 #20 0xb7c8b1e1 in _pt_root (arg=0xa1fe8b0) at ptthread.c:221 detached = 1 #21 0xb7fcd50f in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 No symbol table info available. #22 0xb7e217ee in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. ** Attachment added: "firefox-mozilla-death.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19629896/firefox-mozilla-death.txt -- Firefox 3.0.3: Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294344 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs