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Subject: Re: firefox crashing, what should i do
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On 02/24/05 16:15:23, danh wrote:
> I am running Freebsd 5.3
> I am using the xorg xserver
> I have updated all my ports.
> I have a Dell Latitude C600 (though I don't think that should matter)
>=20
> I have occasional firefox crashes.  To test out what happens
> when I see flash content, I went to the strong bad
> http://www.homestarrunner.com site.
> It kept crashing.
> then i thought "I'm smart, I'll install the flash block plugin
> flashblock.mozdev.org for the next time I hit flash content"
> So I did.
> then when I go back to the above site, same thing, boom, firefox
> crashes
>=20
> I get this error:
>=20
> The program 'firefox-bin' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadShmSeg (invalid shared segment parameter)'.
>   (Details: serial 40 error_code 149 request_code 142 minor_code 2)
>   (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported
> asynchronously;
>    that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>    To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
>    option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>    backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error()
> function.)
>=20
> What am I doing wrong?
>

This is the wrong list, use questions or ports-bugs.  The easy way to =20
fix your problem is to remove all flash plugins.