Mozilla applications freeze on Debian

kdogksu · 04-04-2006, 12:33 AM

I am having trouble with Mozilla applications Firefox and Thunderbird on my Dell Inspiron 6000 Laptop. Both have somewhat repeatable freezing, often when dealing with file transfers. Whenever I try to upload an attachment to an e-mail, download some files (not all) in firefox, and occasionally visiting complex webpages the application ceases to respond. The rest of the system is fine. The mouse continues to display the 'wait' cursor over the application, which does not refresh if other windows are placed over it. A 'killall firefox-bin' from the terminal cleans up the mess, and I can immediately start a new browser (same situation with thunderbird). Galeon is no better.

I tried to identify a problematic library or other system problem using strace, but my untrained eye didn't see anything that's necessarily causing it. The ends of a few sample traces are included in this post. Other file transfer applications (gftp, wget, etc) work just fine. Any help would be appreciated. I'd be glad to post anything else necessary. Thanks!

System details:
Debian testing on Inspiron 6000
Custom 2.6.15 kernel
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7
Mozilla-Thunderbird 1.0.7

straces:

Firefox 1:

Code:

open("/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 20
fstat64(20, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=52436, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 52436, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 20, 0) = 0xb2c82000
close(20)                               = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 20
read(20, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\21\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(20, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16540, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 19820, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 20, 0) = 0xb2c74000
old_mmap(0xb2c78000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 20, 0x3000) = 0xb2c78000
close(20)                               = 0
open("/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/libdb-4.3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libdb-4.3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libdb-4.3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libdb-4.3.so", O_RDONLY) = 20
read(20, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320o\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(20, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=907092, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 910652, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 20, 0) = 0xb2921000
old_mmap(0xb29fd000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 20, 0xdb000) = 0xb29fd000
close(20)                               = 0
munmap(0xb2c82000, 52436)               = 0
open("/etc/mtab", O_RDONLY)             = 20
fstat64(20, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=278, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb71f1000
read(20, "/dev/sda3 / ext3 rw,errors=remou"..., 4096) = 278
close(20)                               = 0
munmap(0xb71f1000, 4096)                = 0
open("/proc/stat", O_RDONLY)            = 20
fstat64(20, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb71f1000
read(20, "cpu  1343 0 373 15494 2758 350 4"..., 1024) = 627
read(20, "", 1024)                      = 0
close(20)                               = 0
munmap(0xb71f1000, 4096)                = 0
open("/var/lib/misc/rpc.db", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/var/lib/misc/rpc.db", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/var/lib/misc/rpc.db", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/var/lib/misc/rpc.db", 0xbf83a610) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/rpc", O_RDONLY)              = 20
fcntl64(20, F_GETFD)                    = 0
fcntl64(20, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)        = 0
fstat64(20, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=887, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb71f1000
read(20, "# This file contains user readab"..., 4096) = 887
close(20)                               = 0
munmap(0xb71f1000, 4096)                = 0
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 20
bind(20, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(918), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
connect(20, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(111), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16 <unfinished ...>

Firefox 2:

Code:

tgkill(7651, 7668, SIGRT_1)             = 0
tgkill(7651, 7664, SIGRT_1)             = 0
setresgid32(-1, 1000, -1)               = 0
open("/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 19
fstat64(19, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=52118, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 52118, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 19, 0) = 0xb330a000
close(19)                               = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libnss_db.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 19
read(19, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\21\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(19, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=16540, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 19820, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 19, 0) = 0xb3d00000
old_mmap(0xb3d04000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 19, 0x3000) = 0xb3d04000
close(19)                               = 0
open("/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/libdb-4.3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/libdb-4.3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libdb-4.3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libdb-4.3.so", O_RDONLY) = 19
read(19, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320o\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(19, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=907092, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 910652, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 19, 0) = 0xb3222000
old_mmap(0xb32fe000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 19, 0xdb000) = 0xb32fe000
close(19)                               = 0
munmap(0xb330a000, 52118)               = 0
open("/etc/mtab", O_RDONLY)             = 19
fstat64(19, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=278, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb722b000
read(19, "/dev/sda3 / ext3 rw,errors=remou"..., 4096) = 278
close(19)                               = 0
munmap(0xb722b000, 4096)                = 0
open("/proc/stat", O_RDONLY)            = 19
fstat64(19, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb722b000
read(19, "cpu  12144 0 3284 719733 14874 7"..., 1024) = 653
read(19, "", 1024)                      = 0
close(19)                               = 0
munmap(0xb722b000, 4096)                = 0
open("/var/lib/misc/rpc.db", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/var/lib/misc/rpc.db", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/var/lib/misc/rpc.db", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/var/lib/misc/rpc.db", 0xbfc73c5c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/rpc", O_RDONLY)              = 19
fcntl64(19, F_GETFD)                    = 0
fcntl64(19, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)        = 0
fstat64(19, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=887, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb722b000
read(19, "# This file contains user readab"..., 4096) = 887
close(19)                               = 0
munmap(0xb722b000, 4096)                = 0
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 19
bind(19, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(619), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
connect(19, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(111), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted)
--- SIGTERM (Terminated) @ 0 (0) ---
unlink("/home/kevin/.mozilla/firefox/jy71avis.default/lock") = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [TERM], NULL, 8) = 0
tgkill(7651, 7651, SIGTERM)             = 0
--- SIGTERM (Terminated) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGTERM +++

Thunderbird:

Code:

rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
open("/usr/lib/mozilla-thunderbird/init.d/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/home/kevin/.mozilla-thunderbird/init.d/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
stat64("/usr/lib/mozilla-thunderbird/init.d/S*", 0xbfc17234) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
stat64("/home/kevin/.mozilla-thunderbird/init.d/S*", 0xbfc17234) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
brk(0x81a6000)                          = 0x81a6000
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [INT CHLD], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [INT CHLD], NULL, 8) = 0
_llseek(255, -92, [10515], SEEK_CUR)    = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7d79928) = 6997
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807a090, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
waitpid(-1,  <unfinished ...>

PhoenixofMT · 06-20-2006, 08:14 AM

I'm having the same problem. I can open pages fine but if I try to download anything it freezes.
I hope someone fixes this soon.

rickh · 06-20-2006, 08:57 AM

Maybe upgrading to version(s) 1.5 (available from etch repositories) would fix it.