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From: Matthias Langer <mlangc@×××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mozilla-firefox-1.0.8 \w xorg-x11-6.8.2-r7 problem
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 14:19:37
Message-Id: 1148825542.9774.5.camel@sputnik886.ruz-net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] mozilla-firefox-1.0.8 \w xorg-x11-6.8.2-r7 problem by Alexander Kirillov
1 On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 15:03 +0400, Alexander Kirillov wrote:
2 > >>>>>>>>>recently my sister descovered a strange and serious bug with
3 > >>>>>>>>>mozilla-firefox-1.0.8 in combination with xorg-x11-6.8.2-r7. After
4 > >>>>>>>>>visiting
5 > >>>>>>>>>http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=36939781
6 > >>>>>>>>>xorg shuts down immediatly direct access to the box via the terminal
7 > >>>>>>>>>is
8 > >>>>>>>>>impossible. logging in remotley via ssh still works ...
9 > >>>>>>>>>
10 > >>>>>>>>>can anyone with the above combination verify this ?
11 > >>>>>>>>
12 > >>>>>>>>Yep. Killed my X too. I have these same versions of xorg and firefox.
13 > >>>>>>>>Fortunately I got a kdm login prompt again. The only relevant messages
14 > >>>>>>>>I could find in the logs:
15 > >>>>>>>>
16 > >>>>>>>># cat /var/log/messages
17 > >>>>>>>>...
18 > >>>>>>>>May 26 01:10:39 baikal kdm[11220]: X server for display :0 terminated
19 > >>>>>>>>unexpectedly
20 > >>>>>>>>...
21 > >>>>>>>>
22 > >>>>>>>># cat /var/log/kdm.log
23 > >>>>>>>>...
24 > >>>>>>>>*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x096128c0
25 > >>>>>>>>***
26 > >>>>>>>>...
27 > >>>>>>>>
28 > >>>>>>>>You probably should file a bug.
29 > >>>>>>>>Please post to the list if you have any new info on the subject.
30 > >>>>>>>
31 > >>>>>>>
32 > > Alexander, as you are the only one so far that can verify this bug, can
33 > > you post "about:plugins" to
34 > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134373 ?
35 >
36 > Hi Matthias,
37 > I posted my system config as you requested.
38 > But I can't reproduce this bug with the cached page.
39 > MP3 Flash player seems to be working except I can't load/play
40 > some songs from the list.
41 > I don't have any popups I had with the real page either.
42 > So it probably was one of the ads?
43 > Sasha
44
45 Well, too bad - possible that the page was removed for a good
46 reason :-). Maybe you want to add yourself to 'CC' for bug 134373 (just
47 select 'Add to CC list' below 'Additional Comments:' and hit <enter>).
48 There's a message from spyderous that is most likely targeted at you ...
49
50 Thanks for your efforts,
51 Matthias
52
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