Bug 756263

This is most likely problem with mixing system ldap library and Thunderbird's own library. It would be nice to have a backtrace of crash. To get one please install debuginfo package for Thunderbird by:
debuginfo-install thunderbird
Then run 'thunderbird -g -d gdb' and start thunderbird by 'run' command.
After crash occurs use 't a a bt' to get backtrace of all threads. Please attach this output to this bug. Thanks.

Created attachment 535803 [details]
GDB thunderbird crash backtrace

The GDB backtrace output requested

Hello jan,

Before is entire gdb output you asked. gdb.txt is also attached. Methinks, it contains little information - have I done something wrong?

$ thunderbird -g -d gdb
/usr/lib64/thunderbird/run-mozilla.sh -g -d gdb /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib64/thunderbird
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/thunderbird:/usr/lib64/thunderbird/plugins:/usr/lib64/thunderbird
DISPLAY=:0
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64/thunderbird:/usr/lib64/thunderbird
     LIBRARY_PATH=
       SHLIB_PATH=/usr/lib64/thunderbird:/usr/lib64/thunderbird
          LIBPATH=/usr/lib64/thunderbird:/usr/lib64/thunderbird
       ADDON_PATH=
      MOZ_PROGRAM=/usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin
      MOZ_TOOLKIT=
        moz_debug=1
     moz_debugger=gdb
moz_debugger_args=
/usr/bin/gdb  --args /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin
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Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin.debug...done.
done.
(gdb) set logging on
Copying output to gdb.txt.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib64/thunderbird/thunderbird-bin 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
Detaching after fork from child process 2746.
[New Thread 0x7fffecbfb700 (LWP 2747)]
[New Thread 0x7fffebe3f700 (LWP 2748)]
[New Thread 0x7fffeb63e700 (LWP 2749)]
[New Thread 0x7fffeabff700 (LWP 2750)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe9bff700 (LWP 2751)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe93fe700 (LWP 2752)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe7cc1700 (LWP 2753)]
enigmail.js: Registered components
[New Thread 0x7fffe71ff700 (LWP 2754)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe67ff700 (LWP 2755)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe5ffe700 (LWP 2756)]
[Thread 0x7fffe7cc1700 (LWP 2753) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffe55ff700 (LWP 2757)]
[Thread 0x7fffe5ffe700 (LWP 2756) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe67ff700 (LWP 2755) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffe7cc1700 (LWP 2758)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe67ff700 (LWP 2759)]
[Thread 0x7fffe55ff700 (LWP 2757) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffe55ff700 (LWP 2760)]
[Thread 0x7fffe55ff700 (LWP 2760) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffe55ff700 (LWP 2761)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe5ffe700 (LWP 2762)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdcdff700 (LWP 2763)]
[Thread 0x7fffdcdff700 (LWP 2763) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffdcdff700 (LWP 2764)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdaf72700 (LWP 2765)]
[New Thread 0x7fffda771700 (LWP 2766)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd9f70700 (LWP 2767)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd92ff700 (LWP 2768)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd8afe700 (LWP 2769)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd82fd700 (LWP 2770)]
[Thread 0x7fffe67ff700 (LWP 2759) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffe67ff700 (LWP 2771)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd2aff700 (LWP 2772)]
[Thread 0x7fffd9f70700 (LWP 2767) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffd22fe700 (LWP 2773)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd9f70700 (LWP 2774)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd16ff700 (LWP 2775)]
[Thread 0x7fffd16ff700 (LWP 2775) exited]
Missing separate debuginfo for /home/mbo/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so
Try: yum --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='*-debuginfo' install /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/47/c42393aabb5845d0873806484c05b059a50714.debug
Missing separate debuginfo for /home/mbo/.mozilla/plugins/libnpgoogletalk64.so
Try: yum --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='*-debuginfo' install /usr/lib/debug/.build-id/2f/c0650d6bb2e1507e1ee653f293661ec3777284.debug
Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 603: _dl_open: Assertion `_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed!
[Thread 0x7fffd22fe700 (LWP 2773) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd82fd700 (LWP 2770) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffda771700 (LWP 2766) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd9f70700 (LWP 2774) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd92ff700 (LWP 2768) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffdaf72700 (LWP 2765) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd2aff700 (LWP 2772) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe67ff700 (LWP 2771) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd8afe700 (LWP 2769) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffdcdff700 (LWP 2764) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe5ffe700 (LWP 2762) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe7cc1700 (LWP 2758) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe71ff700 (LWP 2754) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe93fe700 (LWP 2752) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe9bff700 (LWP 2751) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffeabff700 (LWP 2750) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffeb63e700 (LWP 2749) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffebe3f700 (LWP 2748) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffecbfb700 (LWP 2747) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe55ff700 (LWP 2761) exited]
[Inferior 1 (process 2743) exited with code 0177]
(gdb) t a a bt
(gdb) set logging off
Done logging to gdb.txt.
(gdb) quit

Is something else expected from me at this moment?

For me this bug happens after 5-10 mins of uptime of thunderbird. I can manually trigger it by going to Add-on manager but it happens by itself after 5-10 mins as well.

This is a blocker because it kills thunderbird. Anybody has any ideas about a possible workaround?

Uninstalling google talk plugin makes the crash go away for me. I can't reproduce the crash by doing either of the things I mentioned above.

Can the original reporter mention if he is using the google talk plugin as well?

2devsk: no, I am not using Google Talk plugin.

The only solution that worked for me was to install manually 16-bit version of Thunderbird, which isn't plagued by this bug.

(In reply to comment #7)
> 2devsk: no, I am not using Google Talk plugin.

According to backtrace it seems you have it installed, see:
/home/mbo/.mozilla/plugins/libnpgoogletalk64.so
What kind of plugin is it? Where can I get it?

> The only solution that worked for me was to install manually 16-bit version of
> Thunderbird, which isn't plagued by this bug.

You probably mean 32-bit version of thunderbird, in that case 64 bit plugin (libnpgoogletalk64.so) can't be loaded, so that's why no crash occurs.

Try to remove Google Talk plugin for workaround.

Jan,

You can get it at: http://www.google.com/talk/

I think its important for most users that this plugin works with thunderbird because its part of the standard install and not in user's hands i.e. its in /usr/lib somewhere and I as a user can't unload it because I can't write to /usr/lib.

Moreover, firefox seems to be ok with it. Thunderbird should be ok with it too.

2Jan Horak : I haven't installed the plugin explicitly. All I have done was installing g Thunderbird from Fedora's repository.

As told in the original bug desciption, Thunderbird fails even when run with empty profile, where no plugins could ever be specified.

Plugins are dlopen'ed whether they are used or not. So, a standard install with google talk plugin WILL make thunderbird fail.

Sorry, I can't reproduce with:
rpm -q thunderbird google-talkplugin
thunderbird-8.0-2.fc16.x86_64
google-talkplugin-2.5.6.0-1.x86_64

Unfortunately Konstantin's backtrace is not much usable. It actually miss any backtrace (it seems that Thunderbird just finished the executin, I see no crash here, you need to do the 't a a bt' after crash occurs).

Also notice that thunderbird profiles stays in .thunderbird, while google talk is loaded from .mozilla/plugins. Please try to check this directory.

Confirming that Seamonkey 64-bit fails in exactly the same way.

Once more: what data do you need from me to help you to find the bug? The problem is reproduced on every computer in our intranet where LDAP authentication is used.

I have removed the Google talk plugin from ~/.mozilla/plugins

Nothing changed, Thunderbird fails in the same manner.

(In reply to comment #13)
> Confirming that Seamonkey 64-bit fails in exactly the same way.
> 
> Once more: what data do you need from me to help you to find the bug? The
> problem is reproduced on every computer in our intranet where LDAP
> authentication is used.

Same instructions as described on my first comment.

Please check if thunderbird debuginfo is installed(rpm -q thunderbird-debuginfo).

> Nothing changed, Thunderbird fails in the same manner.
In your case there's maybe more reasons. Without correct backtrace we're unable to resolve this issue (something like https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=317776 ).

2Jan Horak:

Thunderbird 10 x86_64 bit crashes in exactly the same manner.
I updated the thunderbird-debuginfo and tried to generate the debug information as in the previous case. However, after

thunderbird -g -d gdb
gdb> run
gdb> t a a bt
gdb> set logging off

nothing ahs been generated. Could you provide me *exact* command to generate data you require?

Thanks.

(In reply to comment #16)
> 2Jan Horak:
> 
> Thunderbird 10 x86_64 bit crashes in exactly the same manner.
> I updated the thunderbird-debuginfo and tried to generate the debug information
> as in the previous case. However, after
> 
> thunderbird -g -d gdb
> gdb> run
> gdb> t a a bt
> gdb> set logging off
> 
> nothing ahs been generated. Could you provide me *exact* command to generate
> data you require?
> 
> Thanks.

I usually don't use logging. What does 'bt' command show after crash?
For exact instructions look here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StackTraces#gdb

We've written some debugging guidelines. How to install debuginfo package see:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Debugging_guidelines_for_Mozilla_products#Installing_debug_info_packages

and continue in 'Running application in debugger' and 'Obtain crash stack
trace' sections. Thanks.

Hm, the LDAPS crashes. Reported, do you still see it, in the new Thunderbird 12?

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