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Created attachment 503145 [details] backtrace Description of problem: Firefox crashed and won't restart. I get a segfault everytime I try to start it. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firefox-4.0.1-2.fc15.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. firefox 2. firefox --debug 3. Actual results: The crash dialog box comes up. Clicking restart brings up another crash dialog, etc. Expected results: Firefox should start up. Additional info: Partial backtrace (see full backtrace in attachment) Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. __pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x0) at pthread_mutex_lock.c:51 51 unsigned int type = PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPE (mutex); Thread 1 (Thread 0x7ffff7fd2740 (LWP 15133)): #0 __pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x0) at pthread_mutex_lock.c:51 #1 0x0000003a16c22df9 in PR_Lock (lock=0x0) at ../../../mozilla/nsprpub/pr/src/pthreads/ptsynch.c:206 #2 0x0000003a130b6eb8 in AutoLockGC (rt=0x8dd660, this=<synthetic pointer>) at jscntxt.h:2601 #3 js::GCHelperThread::finish (this=0x8dd8d8, rt=<optimized out>) at jsgc.cpp:2048 #4 0x0000003a130b7044 in js_FinishGC (rt=0x8dd660) at jsgc.cpp:869 #5 0x0000003a13049ec1 in JSRuntime::~JSRuntime (this=0x8dd660, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at jsapi.cpp:707 #6 0x0000003a13049fc9 in JS_Finish (rt=0x8dd660) at jsapi.cpp:774 #7 0x0000003a1304a03a in JS_Init (maxbytes=33554432) at jsapi.cpp:764 #8 0x0000003a1d9a191a in XPCJSRuntime::XPCJSRuntime (this=0x8daa50, aXPConnect=<optimized out>) at xpcjsruntime.cpp:1355 #9 0x0000003a1d9a2290 in XPCJSRuntime::newXPCJSRuntime (aXPConnect=0x8da9a0) at xpcjsruntime.cpp:1417 #10 0x0000003a1d98e752 in nsXPConnect::nsXPConnect (this=<optimized out>) at nsXPConnect.cpp:106 #11 0x0000003a1d98e7bb in nsXPConnect::GetXPConnect () at nsXPConnect.cpp:167 #12 0x0000003a1d601014 in nsContentUtils::Init () at nsContentUtils.cpp:441 #13 0x0000003a1d4a4a09 in nsLayoutStatics::Initialize () at nsLayoutStatics.cpp:164 #14 0x0000003a1d4a3887 in Initialize () at nsLayoutModule.cpp:402
Please try to launch it in safe mode - $firefox -safe-mode
Same result in -safe-mode, same backtrace. It crashes almost instantly, it seems very early in startup, before it even has a chance to load a user profile.
Rebooting allowed firefox to start up again.
Okay, thanks.