Public bug reported: I believe this crashing has started since last update.
Steps to reproduce: $ firefox Segmentation fault (core dumped) For some reason, apport does not run for this crash. I also tried $ firefox -g GNU gdb (Ubuntu/Linaro 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2.1) 7.4-2012.04 Copyright (C) 2012 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://bugs.launchpad.net/gdb-linaro/>... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/firefox/firefox...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff3b5747f in std::_Rb_tree_iterator<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> > std::_Rb_tree<std::string, std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*>, std::_Select1st<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> >, std::less<std::string>, std::allocator<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> > >::_M_insert_<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> >(std::_Rb_tree_node_base const*, std::_Rb_tree_node_base const*, std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*>&&) () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so (gdb) bt #0 0x00007ffff3b5747f in std::_Rb_tree_iterator<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> > std::_Rb_tree<std::string, std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*>, std::_Select1st<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> >, std::less<std::string>, std::allocator<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> > >::_M_insert_<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> >(std::_Rb_tree_node_base const*, std::_Rb_tree_node_base const*, std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*>&&) () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so #1 0x00007ffff3b5765e in std::_Rb_tree_iterator<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> > std::_Rb_tree<std::string, std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*>, std::_Select1st<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> >, std::less<std::string>, std::allocator<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> > >::_M_insert_unique_<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> >(std::_Rb_tree_const_iterator<std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*> >, std::pair<std::string const, base::Histogram*>&&) () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so #2 0x00007ffff3b57758 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so #3 0x00007ffff3b57f60 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so #4 0x00007ffff3758794 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so #5 0x00007ffff3758923 in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so #6 0x00007ffff375a46e in ?? () from /usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so #7 0x0000555555556782 in ?? () #8 0x00007ffff701f76d in __libc_start_main () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #9 0x00005555555567dd in _start () So the code seems to crash building some tree structure (parsing history perhaps?) $ apt-cache policy firefox firefox: Installed: 22.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Candidate: 22.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Version table: *** 22.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 11.0+build1-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:cxx-3.0-amd64:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-amd64:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-amd64:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-amd64:cxx-4.0-noarch:desktop-3.1-amd64:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-amd64:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-amd64:desktop-4.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-amd64:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-3.2-amd64:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch:qt4-3.1-amd64:qt4-3.1-noarch Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise The system was originally installed from 9.10 install media and later updraded to 10.04 LTS and then upgraded to 12.04 LTS about a month ago. I have had to fix other issues by hand after the latest upgrade so this *may* be upgrade related issue. ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1196638 Title: Crash at startup (recent regression) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1196638/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
