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After updating Thunderbird to v60, it crashes every time I open it. @ PLDHashTable::Iterator::Iterator | gfxPlatformFontList::CleanupLoader

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I just updated TB from v52.9.1 to v60.3.0. I can open TB & about 30-60 seconds later is crashes. Even when I'm not doing anything with it. Just open it & let it sit there. I have multiple crash report IDs, here are the most recant 2: bp-c5d8aeef-56c9-4530-afe6-a6dc70181107 bp-460ba08c-2084-4bbf-93ad-0167f0181107

I've tried starting TB is safe mode with all add-in disable & it still crashes. By crash, I mean closes instantly & opens the crash reporter dialog. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is stating to happen to multiple people in our office as TB auto-updates.

I just updated TB from v52.9.1 to v60.3.0. I can open TB & about 30-60 seconds later is crashes. Even when I'm not doing anything with it. Just open it & let it sit there. I have multiple crash report IDs, here are the most recant 2: bp-c5d8aeef-56c9-4530-afe6-a6dc70181107 bp-460ba08c-2084-4bbf-93ad-0167f0181107 I've tried starting TB is safe mode with all add-in disable & it still crashes. By crash, I mean closes instantly & opens the crash reporter dialog. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is stating to happen to multiple people in our office as TB auto-updates.

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Both crashes you posted are @ PLDHashTable::Iterator::Iterator | gfxPlatformFontList::CleanupLoader - which is a rare crash (but that's no consolation)

Please post a crash ID for one that has TB started in safe mode

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I notice you're using Sophos AV, so disabling its action on email is the first thing I'd try - or run in Windows safe mode to bypass it at startup.

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Thanks for the replies. Here's the crash ID with TB Safe mode: bp-6eb2f79e-f9c4-42cb-8ee3-249db0181107

I'll try in Windows Safe mode next

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There appears to be a sophos module for ransomeware protection in the crash report and well as buffer overrun protection.

Can you try disabling sophos and see if there is a cessation of crashes?

Sophos is the only non Mozilla, non Microsoft libraries I can see in the crash report. As the number of crashes reported is low I am just looking for unique things.

Having said that a corrupt font/ non standard font like a corporate logo or corporate font might be an issue.

This other support thread is for the same issue IMO. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1230552

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Oops, spend to much time looking SNAP

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Matt said

This other support thread is for the same issue IMO. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1230552

Actually, our firm helped setup the network/server for tmitten's firm. Our setups a very similar, except they use a different anti virus then us, so I don't think it's the AV. It's possible that we do have similar fonts though. Another similarity, is we use an in-house Linux mail server to store public shared emails. After updating to V60, I also noticed that we couldn't "Subscribe" to any of our public email folders. I'm not sure if this is related to the crash or not. I as going to post it as a new case after I got the crash fixed, but now they seem related. See attached screen shots.

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On the off chance that it helps, please try the beta and see if any issues go away. https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/channel/

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Here's the latest crash report from Windows Safe Mode, TB Safe Mode & the Public folder acct. removed. bp-22a1c9ef-c256-4ec0-81bc-6cc270181107

So, I'm going to look into fonts next...

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OK, I've tried everything & it's still crashing... I updated to beta v64, removed as many of the non-standard fonts that I could find. Booted in Windows Safe Mode & TB Safe Mode. Made sure Sophos was totally disabled & still crashes. ID: bp-1f7de0a6-d83b-4c2f-900f-e9a340181108

Any other suggestions...?

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Only one and I hold little hope.

Reverse the setting on the hardware acceleration on options > advanced > general

What s the mail server you are using on linux?

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Thanks for the reply. I tired the hardware acceleration & it didn't help. I've removed the acct. that links to the Linux mail server & that didn't help either, but it's running Dovecot.

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Are you by any chance using an LDAP address book (Tools/Options/Composition/Addressing/Address Autocompletion)?

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sfhowes said

Are you by any chance using an LDAP address book (Tools/Options/Composition/Addressing/Address Autocompletion)?

YES, It's not showing up for me in v60+, but if I look at someone else's computer that hasn't updated yet, yes we have it configured in our preferences...

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and the "tmamail" is the dovecot mail server.

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Not saying LDAP is the cause, but there are bugs associated with it, so as a test it might be worth seeing if unchecking 'Directory Server' on all affected computers makes any difference.

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Well disabling the LDAP Directory Server didn't help, but I backed up my profile folder & then deleted it & had it recreate a new one. Then added my main acct. back in & so far it's working fine. I'm going to star adding sections of my old prefs back in & try to see what makes it crash...

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I've tracked down the crash to this 1 line in my prefs.js file: user_pref("font.default.x-western", "arial");

I've reproduced it multiple times on my computer by removing it & not crashing & adding it back in & having it crash. I also tested on 1 other computer in the office with the same results. Can someone try adding it to their prefs & see if it's crash for you? It takes 1-2 min. after opening before the crash.

So why would setting the default font cause the crash?

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Can you track down the actual Arial font file your system is using and check that it is a Unicode font. Some are not unfortunately.

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How do I check if it's Unicode?

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bralphs said

I've tracked down the crash to this 1 line in my prefs.js file: user_pref("font.default.x-western", "arial"); I've reproduced it multiple times on my computer by removing it & not crashing & adding it back in & having it crash. I also tested on 1 other computer in the office with the same results. Can someone try adding it to their prefs & see if it's crash for you? It takes 1-2 min. after opening before the crash. So why would setting the default font cause the crash?

On my TB 60.3 setup, the preference font.default.x-western has the default value sans-serif. In Tools/Options/Display/Formatting/Fonts & Colors/Advanced, this is the setting for Proportional, i.e. Sans Serif or Serif. The specific sans serif font is defined in the Sans-serif box, Calibri in my case. But it could be Arial. I don't know how the pref. in your case became a specific font rather than a font type.

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