Looking at the backtrace a little more closely I noticed /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so
at #1, so I tried sudo apt-get install --reinstall --install-recommends flashplugin-installer and BOOM! Problem solved. This command also removed adobe-flashplugin. Earlier in the process I ran across similar posts elsewhere that suggested xulrunner or libc6 could have been to blame, so I also did this: sudo apt-get install --reinstall xulrunner sudo apt-get install --reinstall libc6 which may have fixed something, but didn't fix my problem completely. I had seen a post somewhere earlier about adobe-flashplugin and flashplugin-installer have trouble living together, and I figured that wouldn't apply to my situation since I was installing from scratch, not upgrading. My install of Ubuntu Netbook Remix was a nice experience, especially compared to my previous forays into linux, but I did run into a few issues. The first stumbling block was enabling the drivers for my wireless card. I'm on a netbook and the drivers are proprietary, so given the nature of the ubuntu project this is something that will be difficult to make easy enough for new users to understand and keep in line with the core ubuntu values. It's worth thinking about though. My second stumbling block was of my own design: I tried to add mp3 support so I could play my music collection. This would have worked fine had I installed packages in the correct order. I'd elaborate, but I found a workaround fast enough that I didn't take the time to try to figure out how I got there in the first place. The workaround involved the apt-get search functionality: sudo apt-get install apt-file sudo apt-file search libmad.so.0 libmad0: /usr/lib/libmad.so.0 libmad0: /usr/lib/libmad.so.0.2.1 So the file libmad.so.0 belongs to the package libmad0. The naming convention is understandable once you get it, but as a newbie I was lost! I found the apt-file package very useful in this instance. My most recent (hopefully final!) stumbling block was this flash player bus error whosawhatsit. Once I paid some attention to the backtrace (a trick I picked up here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs) what to do was clear, that is: And with that my problem was fixed. sudo apt-get install --reinstall --install-recommends flashplugin-installer All the ubuntu developers deserve a hug for making the install such a painless process! Using apt-get is really really really easy to understand for those with a little technical background, and the wiki and other forms of support are very valuable. Now I'll shut up and close the bug. =) ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Fix Released -- Browsers (Firefox, Galeon, Chrome) produce Bus error (SIGBUS) on many pages. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
