I think the reason for the crash was that Ubuntu wasn't using the swap partition. after I'd created a new swap partition - firefox worked well again.
----- Original Message ---- From: Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:40:57 PM Subject: [Bug 116229] Report Needed Thank you Roniku for submitting this report. Could you please try to obtain a backtrace by following the instructions on [1], or upload the crash report that probably was generated during the crash and that should be located at /var/crash/ to [2]. Please indicate which extensions/plugins do you have enabled; and if this crash is reproducible describe the steps that lead to it (it is very important for us to have a test case for each crash). This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem. Thanks in advance. H. Montoliu [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/116229/+addcomment ** Summary changed: - [apport] firefox-bin crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall() + firefox crashed ** Description changed: Binary package hint: firefox + + ... [apport] firefox-bin crashed with SIGSEGV in __kernel_vsyscall() + it happens while trying to surf through netvibes.con site. ProblemType: Crash Architecture: i386 Date: Tue May 22 18:01:22 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin Package: firefox 2.0.0.3+1-0ubuntu2 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin file:///media/cdrom/doc/install/manual/en/ch01s05.html -a firefox ProcCwd: /home/ron ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/home/ron/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games LANG=he_IL.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=he_IL:he:en_GB:en Signal: 11 SourcePackage: firefox StacktraceTop: __kernel_vsyscall () raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 ?? () ?? () ?? () Uname: Linux Trinix 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux UserGroups: adm admin audio backup cdrom clamav dialout dip floppy lpadmin mythtv plugdev scanner video ** Tags added: mt-needreport ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- firefox crashed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116229 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- firefox crashed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116229 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
