[Bug 1002573] Re: FF defunct processes

Fri Jul 26 23:48:15 UTC 2019

I think we can close this one

On Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 4:59 AM Paul White <1002573 at bugs.launchpad.net>
wrote:

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> and there have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time.
>
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>
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> Paul White
> [Ubuntu Bug Squad]
>
>
> ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - FF defunct processes
> + Firefox defunct processes
>
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> Title:
>   Firefox defunct processes
>
> Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   As of this morning, I have had to reboot a few times because the
>   system was unable to acquire memory to even fork a process.
>
>   This last time, after booting, I decided to try to figure out what it is.
>   It appears that as long as Firefox is running (even if not doing
> anything) it keeps spawning defunct processes until the system has to be
> rebooted (if it happens when the screensaver is on - preventing FF from
> being killed).
>
>   ps -ef | grep defunct | grep -v grep | wc -l
>   shows an ever increasing number
>   It was over 3000 before I last killed it off.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>   Package: firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-19.33-generic 3.0.27
>   Uname: Linux 3.0.0-19-generic x86_64
>   NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx zfs zcommon znvpair zavl zunicode
>   AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
>   AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
>   ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
>   Architecture: amd64
>   BuildID: 20120423122843
>   CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>   Card0.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:0 'Device_1'/'C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Audio Device at
> usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.1.5, full speed'
>      Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
>      Components : 'USB0d8c:0105'
>      Controls      : 9
>      Simple ctrls  : 6
>   Card1.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:1 'Device'/'C-Media Electronics Inc. USB Multimedia Audio
> Device at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.1.3,'
>      Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
>      Components : 'USB0d8c:0105'
>      Controls      : 9
>      Simple ctrls  : 6
>   Card2.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:2 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd3e00000 irq 50'
>      Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
>      Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,10431373,00100004'
>      Controls      : 11
>      Simple ctrls  : 7
>   Card3.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:3 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xd0040000 irq 51'
>      Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
>      Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
>      Controls      : 4
>      Simple ctrls  : 1
>   Card3.Amixer.values:
>    Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
>      Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
>      Playback channels: Mono
>      Mono: Playback [on]
>   Channel: release
>   Date: Mon May 21 16:12:44 2012
>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>   ForcedLayersAccel: False
>   IfupdownConfig:
>    auto lo
>    iface lo inet loopback
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64
> (20101007)
>   IpRoute:
>    default via 172.29.224.1 dev eth1  proto static
>    169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1  scope link  metric 1000
>    172.29.224.0/21 dev eth1  proto kernel  scope link  src 172.29.228.58
> metric 1
>    172.29.232.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src
> 172.29.232.107  metric 2
>   Plugins: pluginreg.dat exists but isn't parseable = invalid literal for
> int() with base 10: 'CrossOver - :$'
>   ProcEnviron:
>    PATH=(custom, user)
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122843 (Running)
>   RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
>   SourcePackage: firefox
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (221 days ago)
>   dmi.bios.date: 07/27/2010
>   dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
>   dmi.bios.version: G73Jh.211
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
>   dmi.board.name: G73Jh
>   dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>   dmi.board.version: 1.0
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>   dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrG73Jh.211:bd07/27/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnG73Jh:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnG73Jh:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
>   dmi.product.name: G73Jh
>   dmi.product.version: 1.0
>   dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>
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