Firefox and Mozilla Windows Close Spontaneously

Bob P · 10-13-2004, 04:45 PM

I've run into alot of problems with Konqueror causing crashes and Signal 11 when browsing sites like Yahoo. Out of frustration, I had decided to try FireFox and Mozilla.

Unfortunately, with both Mozilla and FireFox, the browser windows all close spontaneously. Any ideas?

SuSE 9.1 professional. TIA!

kastorff · 10-13-2004, 07:03 PM

Run them from a terminal and see what error messages you get. That will give us some direction on a fix.

SailingGypsy · 10-14-2004, 05:37 AM

Hello:

I have had the same problem happened to me a few times. When I have had the problem, what I have been able to figure out is that it has been caused by a buggy Java app in whatever page I am browing at the moment and that caused the Mozilla/Firefox crash. Sometimes updating the pertaining Macromedia plug-in (Flash, etc.) has eliminated or minimized the problem. Maybe that will also work for you.

HTH

Regards...

fcaraballo · 10-14-2004, 10:56 AM

This might be your problem here.

MagicMan

Bob P · 10-14-2004, 03:37 PM

While surfing, I'm getting the following errors displayed in the console. Nothing appears to be going wrong in the FireFox window, even though these errors are being displayed in the console:

Quote:

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (ge t_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (ge t_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (ge t_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (ge t_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (ge t_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (get_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

when the window finally fails and closes prematurely, this is the only output that i get in the console:

Quote:

Segmentation fault

SuSE 9.1, KDE 3.2. thanks.

kastorff · 10-14-2004, 07:08 PM

Sure looks like there's a mime type that isn't properly defined. What version of gnome-vfs is installed? Perhaps a freshen of that rpm? What are your versions of Mozilla and Firefox? Just more or less shooting in the dark...

Bob P · 10-14-2004, 09:16 PM

Suse 9.1
Kde 3.2
Firefox 0.9.3
Gnome? I don't use it. Its whatever came with Suse 9.1.

kastorff · 10-14-2004, 10:13 PM

Have you considered updating Firefox to 1.0PR? SuSE has an rpm on their ftp server.

You have some Gnome components installed by default with SuSE so that GTK/Gnome apps will run in KDE. It's not enough to actually use the Gnome desktop.

Sometimes deleting the Firefix/Mozilla prefs folder will help too with crashes. Be sure to save your bookmarks before you delete anything.

Bob P · 10-15-2004, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kastorff
Have you considered updating Firefox to 1.0PR? SuSE has an rpm on their ftp server.

thanks. i've browsed through the SuSE FTP server and couldn't find the RPM. Do you know which folder its supposed to be in?

kastorff · 10-15-2004, 01:38 PM

look here:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla/firefox/1.0PR/

Bob P · 10-15-2004, 05:14 PM

Thanks for the link! I was looking down the wrong tree on the FTP site.

I've upgraded to Firefox 1.0 PR, but I'm still having problems. When running from the console, the error messages while browsing have vanished --

This error has disappeared completely:

Quote:

quote:
(Gecko:10263): libgnomevfs-CRITICAL **: file gnome-vfs-mime-info.c: line 916 (ge t_value_real): assertion `!does_string_contain_caps (mime_type)' failed

but I still have the browser close on me spontaneously, and "Segmentation fault" appears in the console.

Bob P · 10-15-2004, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MagicMan
This might be your problem here.

MagicMan

oh, i thought you had the answer! it turns out that I am already running FreeType2 version 2.1.7-53, the version that was recommended as a downgrade to fix the problem. has anyone got any other ideas?

kastorff · 10-15-2004, 08:57 PM

I mentioned this earlier, but missed it if you gave it a shot...copy your .mozilla folder in your home directory somewhere else and visit the sites you're having issues with. Also, when they crash, are you accessing something with multimedia content...i.e. RealPlayer, QuickTime, Windows Media?

Scribbler_01 · 10-15-2004, 09:28 PM

Any chance you're running the newer Xorg with the Composite Extension enabled? Firefox and Mozilla crash whenever they hit a website with Flash in it while you have the composite extension enabled.

Bob P · 10-16-2004, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kastorff
I mentioned this earlier, but missed it if you gave it a shot...copy your .mozilla folder in your home directory somewhere else and visit the sites you're having issues with. Also, when they crash, are you accessing something with multimedia content...i.e. RealPlayer, QuickTime, Windows Media?

hmm. do you really mean COPY, or do you mean MOVE?

fwiw, i looked in the Home directory, and there isn't a .mozilla folder. maybe this is one of the Suse quirks, but it isn't there. does firefox create a .mozilla folder in the Home directory in Suse 9.1?