FS#5228 - mozilla segfaults on load

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by dax smith (newpers) - Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 05:27 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.2 Gimmick
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

I just installed yesterday.

Out of the blue, Mozilla Firefox decided to segfault on me. This is a known issue that has been reported since June 2006 on the forums.

/opt/mozilla/lib/firefox-1.5.06/run-mozilla.sh: line 131: 4117 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"}
Error: No running window found

Running firefox with local files works great. When I go to a remote website, the browser crashes before any content can be rendered -- when it says transferring data in the status bar. I can't really tell, but it actually seems like it crashes whenever the hostname gets resolved.

There were no tickets out, so I decided to create on. Firefox is probably one of the most used programs, thus I am giving it a medium severity.

p.s. I have no firefox extensions installed.
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 19:26 GMT
Reason for closing:  Works for me
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 06:13 GMT
Do you have the wins module listed for hosts in /etc/nsswitch.conf?
Comment by dax smith (newpers) - Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 23:30 GMT
I actually fixed this problem late last night by removing some of the microsoft ttf font's i had manually installed by hand (off of my wnidows mount). Using the packaged version seemed to work just fine and FF no longer crashes.

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