Mine didn't crash, but it did generate SIGSEGV errors that saved in my home directory. I am attaching one that I think was generated when looking at http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
Anyway, a local build managed by APT and dpkg fixed it for me: sudo apt-get build-dep icedtea-java7-plugin sudo apt-get -b source icedtea-java7-plugin icedtea-java7-bin icedtea-java7-jre icedtea-java7-jdk sudo dpkg -i icedtea-java7-*deb --Matthew ** Attachment added: "hs_err_pid14257.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10049218/hs_err_pid14257.log -- icedtea-java7-plugin always crashes firefox https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/152362 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs