[Bug 603629] [NEW] Firefox exits

[Robert B]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

Firefox exits randomly.  It seems to be a poor interaction between X and
Firefox because, when I run firefox from the command line, I get this
output:

 firefox: Fatal IO error 10 (No child processes) on X server :0.0.
 Fri Jul  9 01:15:39 PDT 2010

(Note that Firefox disappeared early in the morning.)

I am running Firefox on Mac Mini hardware using (I think) the NVidia
proprietary device driver for the display.  If attaching X logs would
help, please tell me.

All other displayed programs seem to survive fine -- it's only Firefox
that goes away.

% lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 9.10
Release:	9.10
% apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.5.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
  Candidate: 3.5.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.5.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.5.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
% apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
  Candidate: 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:7.4+3ubuntu7 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
% dpkg -l '*nvidia*'|grep ^i
ii  nvidia-173-modaliases                173.14.20-0ubuntu5                         Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii  nvidia-185-kernel-source             185.18.36-0ubuntu9                         NVIDIA binary kernel module source
ii  nvidia-185-libvdpau                  185.18.36-0ubuntu9                         Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
ii  nvidia-185-modaliases                185.18.36-0ubuntu9                         Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii  nvidia-96-modaliases                 96.43.13-0ubuntu6                          Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii  nvidia-common                        0.2.15.1                                   Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii  nvidia-glx-185                       185.18.36-0ubuntu9                         NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii  nvidia-settings                      180.25-0ubuntu1                            Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul  9 07:45:39 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox 3.5.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/tcsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.60-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic i686

** Affects: firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 nvidia xorg

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