[lug] Firefox crashes

[Davide Del Vento]

I had similar problems in the past, but don't anymore. Main difference
is that I run firefox in a 32bit.
However, there clearly are memory leaks, if I leave firefox open for a
day (even if unused or barely used) it double or triples its memory
usage from the start-up to the end of the day (it easily reach 2 or 3
hundreds of MB!). And note that I use it with NoScript and 99% of the
sites I visit are without javascript or flash!

The solution (for me) is to periodically restart it. I guess the same
will be true for you, so my recommendations:

- use noscript and stop all javascript and flash crap
- if you have a javascript or flash intense site, open it in another
browser (e.g. Google Chrome) instead of allowing it with noscript
- restart the browser periodically, or at least mid-day e.g. at lunch

HTH
Davide

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 19:13, Steven A Hart <shart at colorado.edu> wrote:
> I've got an annoying problem and I can't seem to find a solution online.
>
> Here's my setup:
> RHEL 5 64 bit
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.20) Gecko/20110804 Red
> Hat/3.6-2.el5 Firefox/3.6.20
> File: libflashplayer.so   Version: Shockwave Flash 11.0 d1
> kernel = 2.6.18-274.el5
>
> I was using the the latest stable libflashplayer and had this same problem
> and hoped that the newer beta would help but it did not.
>
> So the main problem:
>
> I usually keep Firefox running all day.  At least once a day (usually 2-3
> times a day), It will randomly just disappear.  Sometimes it happens while
> I'm surfing, other times I'll only have gmail open and idle and come back to
> find the browser gone.  Usually it happens while a flash site is being
> viewed.
>
> dmesg shows:
> plugin-containe[24641]: segfault at 0000003e4de80300 rip 0000003e4de80300
> rsp 000000004227b0d8 error 14
> plugin-containe[26236]: segfault at 0000003e4de80300 rip 0000003e4de80300
> rsp 0000000041dd10d8 error 14
> plugin-containe[26341]: segfault at 0000003e4de80300 rip 0000003e4de80300
> rsp 0000000041be90d8 error 14
> plugin-containe[27676]: segfault at 0000003e4de80300 rip 0000003e4de80300
> rsp 00000000428d80d8 error 14
>
>
> /var/log/messages shows:
> kernel: plugin-containe[27676]: segfault at 0000003e4de80300 rip
> 0000003e4de80300 rsp 00000000428d80d8 error 14
>
> I've found similar problems listed but no real solutions that seem to fit.
> I was just curious if anyone had any ideas. I know flash and Linux still
> don't play nice but this crashing is getting old and I'd like to be rid of
> it if possible.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
> --
> Steve Hart
> Systems Administrator
> Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
> University of Colorado Boulder
> Steven.Hart at colorado.edu
> (303)492-8109
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