Firexox crashing on Debian amd64

chiendarret · 04-09-2019, 11:01 AM

Firefox crashes on Debain amd64
francesco@vaio64:~$ firefox
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
16588
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
francesco@vaio64:~$ Failed to open curl lib from binary, use libcurl.so instead

I installer curl to no avail:
francesco@vaio64:~$ firefox
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
17588
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
francesco@vaio64:~$

Firefox offered the possibility of writing emails on different languages by sim[ply calling the specific language. With chromium, language change for writing email requires changing everything to the new language. That may by acceptable foe Anglo-Americans, not for Europeans used at very different languages.

thanks for advice

chiendarret

hydrurga · 04-09-2019, 01:00 PM

Which version of Firefox are you running?

chiendarret · 04-14-2019, 05:26 AM

V 60.6.1esr-1 by the numbering used by Debian for buster (testing).
I see that Mozilla offers 66.0.3.tar.bz2. Worth trying? I use xfce, while people say that gnome (too heavy and too cumbersome for my taste) has no problems with firefox.

hydrurga · 04-14-2019, 05:31 AM

Yes, give v66 a go.

Is there anything unusual about your computer hardware setup? Do you experience the same errors with any other software? Has Firefox ever worked for you on that particular system?

chiendarret · 04-14-2019, 09:06 AM

It is curious that I took so long to remember that Debian is quite OK for managing CUDA/linux kerns for my workstations while it does not take care of important applications such as the browser (despite my requests to debian amd64). Yes, 66 downloaded, installed into /opt, set the $PATH and voila back to firefox after months without. Now I can deal with mail again in the languages of my peers, while not having to give a pass to chrome. Hope that unistalling chrome will not delete some important stuff. thanks

Slackware_fan_Fred · 04-14-2019, 09:29 AM

I have no idea whats wrong but as hydrurga said try the latest version.
just a suggestion but have you ever tried Opera it's just amazing.
https://www.opera.com

chiendarret · 04-14-2019, 10:29 AM

As far as I heard, opera has become a copy of chromius, while the old opera is being revived with vivaldi. Anyway, the latest firefox works perfectly for me, as I was used to it (I now changed from setting $PATH to a wider symlink to /usr...) in establishing remote visualization with the remote cluster tesla gpus.

fatmac · 04-14-2019, 01:37 PM

60.6.1esr has been playing up on my machines too, keeps locking up, after a minute or two of use, so I just close & restart it after a few seconds. It's a bit annoying, but I can live with it.

m_yates · 04-16-2019, 11:33 PM

What I do is first install a back up browser like Chromium, then remove the Debian version of Firefox using apt or synaptic. Download the Mozilla version: firefox-66.0.3.tar.bz2 and extract it. Then, from the directory that you extracted it:

Code:

su -
cp -r firefox /opt/firefox
chmod -R 777 /opt/firefox
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

After that, you can run the Mozilla version using the command "firefox". By making the /opt/firefox directory writable by anyone, firefox can update itself so that you always have the latest version from Mozilla.

You can also create a menu entry to start firefox using the command "firefox" and using one of the program icons found in /opt/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/.

Slackware_fan_Fred · 04-17-2019, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m_yates

firefox can update itself so that you always have the latest version from Mozilla.

You can also create a menu entry to start firefox using the command "firefox" and using one of the program icons found in /opt/firefox/browser/chrome/icons/default/.

That's the one thing I am a bit jealous of Ubuntu Whenever I want to update Opera I have to manually do it, not hard just a bit annoying that a person has to check to see if there is a updated version.