Firefox crash on startup (v30-31, Ubuntu)
After update to version 30 (29?) of Firefox on Ubuntu (14.04 64b) it crashes EVERY time I open it. It crashes few seconds after start, than crash reporter appears, it re-launches and works normally. It is not a matter of opened windows and tabs, their variety or number. It seems that it is not a matter of addons (adblock, pocket).
I tried everything that comes to my mind - with no effect. The most brutal way of dealing with it was:
apt-get purge firefox cd ~ rm -rf .mozilla rm -rf .cache/mozilla rm -rf .adobe rm -rf .macromedia apt-get install firefox
...with no effect.
I scanned for viruses (clamscan) and malware and Ubuntu seems to be ok. I do not use any "strange" apps, configurations, proxies - nothing that could affect it.
Any hints? Thanks in advance!
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That looks alike a problem with GStreamer playing MP3 files (libgstflump3dec.so).
You can try to set the media.gstreamer.enabled pref to false on the about:config page.
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Do you still have any crash report IDs available?
If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that have a "bp-" prefix:
- bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
You can find the Report ID of recent crash reports on the "Help > Troubleshooting Information" page (about:support).
- Click the "All Crash Reports" button on this page to open the about:crashes page and see all crash reports.
If necessary then you can open about: pages via the location/address bar.
See:
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Crash_Reporter
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter
If you can't open Firefox, see:
Here you are:
bp-76c18bb4-5707-49cb-88cb-4d4cb2140801 bp-e9576c7a-dcb9-49cc-a1f4-b77052140801 bp-78eb1e02-5af4-45e5-9600-0c0172140801 bp-d3f8ec9b-68eb-4da7-a46b-7b9cc2140731
தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது
That looks alike a problem with GStreamer playing MP3 files (libgstflump3dec.so).
You can try to set the media.gstreamer.enabled pref to false on the about:config page.
OK, it is a kind of workaround. The question is why it suddenly stopped working? I used Firefox on Ubuntu for years...
Are you using the latest updates of GStreamer and ffmpeg?
Yes, I checked it, it's the newest available in Ubuntu repos.