Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox 3.0.10 crashes
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 03:19:58
Message-Id: 20090520231955.6ddb407b@osage.osagesoftware.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox 3.0.10 crashes by Dale
1 On Wed, 20 May 2009 18:18:48 -0500
2 Dale wrote:
3
4 > dhk wrote:
5 > > Ever since I upgraded firefox to version 3 it crashes when certain
6 > > pages are opened. Currently I have version 3.0.10 and amd64. I've
7 > > been hoping the problem would get fixed, but it hasn't been yet.
8 > > For example I can not even go to ebay ( http://www.ebay.com ), the
9 > > page flashes and then firefox crashes. Does anyone know what's
10 > > causing this and how it can be fixed?
11 > >
12 > > Thanks,
13 > >
14 > > dave
15 > >
16 > >
17 >
18 > In addition to what others have said, try a fresh profile. Just close
19 > Firefox, rename the directory with .old on the end, then restart
20 > firefox and see if that helps. If it still crashes, you may want to
21 > try opening it in a console to see if that helps any. You may get a
22 > error of some kind to check into.
23
24 I've encountered this as well. In fact, since I upgraded firefox from.
25 This has been happening at both work (Windoze) and home (Gentoo).
26
27 Regards,
28
29 David