This is a problem because the errors also spew to the terminal -- corrupting whatever the user is doing now in the terminal.
Firefox is started with a terminal if the user runs (possibly indirectly through a script) something which uses xdg-open, for example, on a file when firefox is the handler for it. ###!!! [Child][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x3A0146,name=PContent::Msg_ScriptError) Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1881423 Title: error channel closing too late to send/recv Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I saw the following in my logs on a fresh install of 18.04.4: May 30 12:57:05 cerberus org.gnome.Shell.desktop[2995]: ###!!! [Parent][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost May 30 12:57:05 cerberus org.gnome.Shell.desktop[2995]: ###!!! [Parent][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost May 30 12:57:05 cerberus org.gnome.Shell.desktop[2995]: ###!!! [Parent][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-53.47~18.04.1-generic 5.3.18 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-53-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat May 30 12:57:41 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-29 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1881423/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
