Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:10:05 +0000 From: "James Seward" <jamesoff@gmail.com> To: "Mark Ovens" <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox & thunderbird crash saving a file Message-ID: <720051dc0612070110q6f31b798q5d308af7c853b5f5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4577D8BE.6020105@freebsd.org> References: <4577D8BE.6020105@freebsd.org>
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On 12/7/06, Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> wrote: > This started around the late 1.5.0.x versions and also happens in FF 2.0 > > When saving a file, e.g. an e-mail attachment, right-click->Save Link > As... on a webpage, or uploading a file to a web forum, it will work > once - maybe twice - but on subsequent saves the dialogue opens but the > cursor stays as 'busy' for ~15 seconds, then FF/TB segfault and crash. I have also recently experienced this behaviour when doing "Save Image As..." from the shortcut menu in Firefox. I did look at the core file but my conclusions were similar to Mark's - the backtrace was some thousands of frames long and looked corrupted. % uname -a FreeBSD tomo 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #0: Mon Nov 20 23:48:08 GMT 2006 root@tomo:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TOMO i386 I also had this behaviour on 6.2-PRERELEASE. /JMS
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