Description of problem: Accessing for example pages created with trac or the comment editor for <http://www.lwn.net> or <http://groklaw.net>, or the list administration pages created by Mailman makes firefox hang completely. This bugzilla is also a good way to hang it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firefox-3.0-0.65.cvs20080416.fc10.i386 How reproducible: Very often Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go to http://bugzilla.redhat.com, "My Front Page" 2. Select some bug from there 3. Actual results: Half the page for the bug shows up, firefox hangs. Minimizing and restoring the firefox window shows no contents, just the border. Clicking on 'x' (close window) shows an error message saying it is hung, telling it to "Wait" goes nowhere, need to "Kill now". Expected results: Additional info:
Thanks for the bug report. We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue. Please install firefox-debuginfo (debuginfo-install is from yum-utils package). debuginfo-install firefox Then run firefox with a parameter -g. That will start firefox running inside of gdb debugger. Then use command run and do whatever you did to make firefox freeze. When it happens, press Ctrl-C in gdb window to get prompt back and run (gdb) thread apply all backtrace This produces usually many screens of the text. Copy all of them into a text editor and attach the file to the bug as an uncompressed attachment. We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information. Thanks in advance.
Created attachment 309428 [details] Output as directed As directed, went: firefox -g http://bugzilla.redhat.com, --> "My Front Page" --> This bug; DDD opens. Hang; wait a while, no output, ctrl-C. Output attached (neither galeon nor epiphany allowed me to enter a file; had to use links)
Sorry, had to gzip the above output as the original file wouldn't go through.
Created attachment 309429 [details] Direct output from firefox, outside of gdb
Created attachment 309445 [details] gunzipped attachment 309428 [details] Err, I see what's the problem.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 447444 ***