** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Triaged = Won't Fix
** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Triaged = Won't Fix
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This can probably be closed, since Firefox 3.6 is now long gone.
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[Firefox 3.6.23] Impossible to open firefox because firefox-bin
This bug affects Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick Meerkat. Maverick has reached
end-of-life and is no longer supported, so I am closing the bugtask for
Maverick. Please upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu.
More information here:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-April/000158.html
So, I've done a bit of research today, and this seems to be a
combination of flash, firefox, and the nvidia binary driver.
- All versions of flash 10 work properly
- flash 11 with firefox 8 from the team PPA works properly
flash 11.1.102.55 with ff 3.6.3 - works
flash 11.1.102.55 with ff 3.6.6 -
I seem to have tripped over a possible workaround... IF I open an
instance of Firefox, then don't use it, but instead open other instances
when I actually want to browse, when I shut down all the instances (I
usually have 3 or 4 running) I don't have this problem seemingly
regardless of the
Is there a way to ensure the script watch for a frozen process in order
to kill it ?
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j@dt:~$ file $(which firefox)
/usr/bin/firefox: symbolic link to `../lib/firefox-3.6.24/firefox.sh'
j@dt:~$ ls -l $
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Why firefox couldn't keep in mind the processes it launched itself and
then just kill them after a timeout while firefox shutdown ?
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When this problem first manifested itself, I made some comments in the
'bug' thread I started regarding my need to switch back to MS Vista that
were somewhat aggravated. I would just like to take this moment to
apologise to all Ubuntu developers for what I said. The problem is that
the Flash
The problem you have is that a key bit of the Adobe spec... That of SWF
verification... Is NOT publicly specified. It's also used he/ily by the
BBC and Channel 4 in iPlayer and 4OD. Rather critical needs...
- Original message -
When this problem first manifested itself, I made some
Well, then we can always go the other way, Alex. Let's write a player
that uses a format that is more efficient than Flash, only one that only
Linux users can use. Where there is a will, there is a way. :)
Besides, such a project would also let the entire world know just how
important a player
Did some searching about Open Flash and came across these:
http://blog.dreamcss.com/flash/free-flash-editors/
http://www.ehow.com/list_6940344_open-source-flash-players.html
http://www.red5server.org/
http://f4l.sourceforge.net/
http://f4l.sourceforge.net/
A much easier work-around for most cases is the attached script that
runs 'pkill firefox'.
Save it to your desktop, check its contents are not malicious (you
always do that, right?) and change permissions to be executable.
Then if you get the warning about not being able to re-start firefox,
I don't want to regress my system either. That's why when someone tells me to
go lower I don't. My company used to use an older java. So when I tried to do
something at home I wasn't able to get to some of their sites. Kept wanting me
to downgrad my java. Wasn't any way in hell I was going to
While this is not a fix, it is a workaround for those who can't afford
to have their machine down for any length of time. Simply dump the
recent Flash upgrade, and go back one step and the problem is
eradicated. I did this by loading SuperOS, Version Maverick 10.10 which
has the older Flash
May I suggest therefore that someone package up Flash 10.3 to give us
something to easily roll back to? needs pkg pbug is already filed.
means other stuff CAN be updated.
- Original message -
While this is not a fix, it is a workaround for those who can't afford
to have their machine
Some of us are already using a lower version of Ubuntu. I use Lucid
10.04. Don't want to mess with that.
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[Firefox 3.6.23] Impossible to
i'm on lucid as well. Was referring to Flash. flash 10.0.x ios too old for
most sites with video. Fallback from Flash 11 needs to be gtr than Flash 10.1
and it isn't.
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Some of us are already using a lower version of Ubuntu. I use Lucid
10.04. Don't want to
Same problem here, Ubuntu 10.04 with all updates, Firefox 3.6.24, Nvidia
gt210 video card.
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[Firefox 3.6.23] Impossible to open firefox
Same problem here, Firefox 3.6.24, Ubuntu 10.04
Have the problems for a while, for sure they where there 3.6.23
Now and then, cannot trigger exactly when, have to kill the firefox bin in the
system monitor to let firefox start up again.
and pc will not turn off without a forced shutdown.
A big
I'm using 3.6.24 also. So, it's not the flash updates causing problem then? I
just updated my flash this morning. Figured what the hell, already got problems
with the FF, updating flash wouldn't make much more difference. ;)
Last night happened again, checked the monitor before close down and
updated to 3.6.24, still nothing!
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Title:
[Firefox 3.6.23] Impossible to open firefox because firefox-bin
process is still running
To manage
I have the update to 3.6.24 and still have the problem...
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[Firefox 3.6.23] Impossible to open firefox because firefox-bin
process is
So, it seems that no matter the version we still are having the problem
with the FIreFox Bin not shutting down and falsely showing Fire Fox
still running. As of now I have my system monitor on my pnl and always
am having to double check that its not running before shutting down the
computer.
Right.
In fact the behaviour is not exactly the same as before.
Yesterday before ugrading to 3.6.24, I killed the firefox-bin process.
And I did not seen the problem. In fact, I just tested several time
opening and closing firefox and I did not noticed the issue.
But this morning at the first
I was testing the changes made to BBC iPlayer today - they're making
more use of Stage Video stuff - which messes around with Flash and
NVIDIA... Adobe's code...
And lo and behold, I had to kill firefox-bin manually.
Looks like there is a lot of interaction with bugs in Flash...
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I also see it on my PC (32-bit 10.04, nvidea graphics) but it is not
always showing the plugin module running. One time this morning after it
happened I got this:
paul@paul-ubuntu:~$ ps -Af | grep firefox
paul 29536 1 1 19:39 ?00:01:13
/usr/lib/firefox-3.6.23/firefox-bin
paul
** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Lucid)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Maverick)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Invalid
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: New
This could be a flashplugin or firefox regression, and only affects
people on 3.6. The first report of this was 3 days after the last flash
update
** Also affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu)
Status:
Would somebody be able to attach gdb to a hung firefox-bin process and
get a trace? Instructions for that can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace explains how to attach gdb to an
already running process
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pstree:
firefox-bin─┬─plugin-containe───{plugin-contain}
└─2*[{firefox-bin}]
backtraces for firefox-bin (3 threads):
#0 0x00463422 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0x00830b5d in pthread_join () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2 0x01666f32 in PlatformThread::Join
Do you get a crash dialog appear?
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Title:
[Firefox 3.6.23] Impossible to open firefox because firefox-bin
process is still running
To manage
No, nothing. From the user's point of view it looks like Firefox has
exited normally.
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[Firefox 3.6.23] Impossible to open firefox
I concur. What I would also expect to see is Firefox maxing out both
cores for approx 2-5 seconds as it unloads firefox-bin and plugin-
container - this CPU peak does NOT happen if the user has been viewing
Flash 11 content off Youtube... from their standard player. If I use
iPlayer or 4OD - it
I wasn't able to reproduce the problem with plugin-container disabled
(dom.ipc.* set to false).
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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problem occurs when you shut down the computer with Firefox still
running. Simple solution is to delete the lock and .parantlock files
from: //personal folder/.mozilla/firefox/(insert).default and firefox
will run just fine again.
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Hello,
Thanks for your answer.
But this does not works.
Maybe it's because there's no lock file within the directory?
However the .parentlock file is present.
This file is generated each time I close (properly) Firefox.
It seems this file prevent from opening again Firefox: When I delete it,
it's
I've got 10.10.10 over here and also since I upgraded to 3.6.23 I got exactly
the same issue. When I tried to shut down, a message box prompted me that
firefox-bin wasn't shut down proparly and I had to kill the process or force a
shut down.
Also when I closed Firefox and I tried to start it
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