Just to add to this: I tried running firefox --debug and there are no errors within GDB and it gets this far:
m...@matt-desktop:~$ firefox --debug /usr/bin/gdb /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.6/firefox -x /tmp/mozargs.okUqHw GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0-ubuntu Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.6/firefox...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/lib/firefox-3.5.6/firefox [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] In system monitor it says that the waiting channel is "futex_wait_queue_me" -- FireFox 3.5.6 fails to start after update through update manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498855 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
