[arch-general] Firefox crashes randomly

[Hubert Hauser]

Hello!

How is your recommended space for shared memory (/dev/shm)? Will be
these instructions okay
(https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=68434)? How many memory is
allocated for /dev/shm by default?

--

Cheers,
Hubert Hauser.

On 20/09/2018 21:13, Zorro via arch-general wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Firefox 62.0 runs fine on my Arch system.
>
> Though I once encountered a similar issue as you describe.
> I didn't allocate enough space for shared memory (/dev/shm) and that
> caused then such crashes.
>
> In your case seems the 2 firefox child instances cannot communicate
> with the parent instance through a pipe.
>
> Maybe worth checking the shared memory.
>
> Regards,
> Harm-Jan Zwinderman
>
> On 9/20/18 6:43 PM, Hubert Hauser via arch-general wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> journalctl -qb /usr/bin/firefox returns nothing.
>>
>> Here's output after running firefox from command line:
>>
>> $ firefox
>> [Parent 12800, Gecko_IOThread] WARNING: pipe error (42): Connection
>> reset by peer: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc,
>>
>> line 353
>> [Parent 12800, Gecko_IOThread] WARNING: pipe error (48): Connection
>> reset by peer: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc,
>>
>> line 353
>>
>> ###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error:
>> (msgtype=0x170080,name=PBrowser::Msg_Destroy) Channel error: cannot
>> send/recv
>>
>> [Child 13107, MediaPlayback #1] WARNING: Decoder=6d0f623115c0 Decode
>> error: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR k(0x806e0005) -
>> RefPtr<mozilla::MozPromise<RefPtr<mozilla::MediaTrackDemuxer::SamplesHolder>,
>>
>> mozilla::MediaResult, true> >
>> mozilla::MediaSourceTrackDemuxer::DoGetSamples(int32_t): manager is
>> detached.: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp,
>>
>> line 3429
>> [Child 13107, MediaPlayback #1] WARNING: Decoder=6d0f623115c0 Decode
>> error: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR (0x806e0005) -
>> RefPtr<mozilla::MozPromise<RefPtr<mozilla::MediaTrackDemuxer::SamplesHolder>,
>>
>> mozilla::MediaResult, true> >
>> mozilla::MediaSourceTrackDemuxer::DoGetSamples(int32_t): manager is
>> detached.: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp,
>>
>> line 3429
>> [Child 13107, MediaPlayback #1] WARNING: Decoder=6d0f623115c0 Decode
>> error: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR (0x806e0005) -
>> RefPtr<mozilla::MozPromise<RefPtr<mozilla::MediaTrackDemuxer::SamplesHolder>,
>>
>> mozilla::MediaResult, true> >
>> mozilla::MediaSourceTrackDemuxer::DoGetSamples(int32_t): manager is
>> detached.: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp,
>>
>> line 3429
>> [Child 13107, MediaPlayback #4] WARNING: Decoder=6d0f623115c0 Decode
>> error: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR (0x806e0005) -
>> RefPtr<mozilla::MozPromise<RefPtr<mozilla::MediaTrackDemuxer::SamplesHolder>,
>>
>> mozilla::MediaResult, true> >
>> mozilla::MediaSourceTrackDemuxer::DoGetSamples(int32_t): manager is
>> detached.: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp,
>>
>> line 3429
>> [Child 13107, MediaPlayback #2] WARNING: Decoder=6d0f623115c0 Decode
>> error: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR (0x806e0005) -
>> RefPtr<mozilla::MozPromise<RefPtr<mozilla::MediaTrackDemuxer::SamplesHolder>,
>>
>> mozilla::MediaResult, true> >
>> mozilla::MediaSourceTrackDemuxer::DoGetSamples(int32_t): manager is
>> detached.: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp,
>>
>> line 3429
>> [Child 13107, MediaPlayback #4] WARNING: Decoder=6d0f4c0f86a0 Decode
>> error: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR (0x806e0005) -
>> RefPtr<mozilla::MozPromise<RefPtr<mozilla::MediaTrackDemuxer::SamplesHolder>,
>>
>> mozilla::MediaResult, true> >
>> mozilla::MediaSourceTrackDemuxer::DoGetSamples(int32_t): manager is
>> detached.: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp,
>>
>> line 3429
>> [Child 13107, MediaPlayback #1] WARNING: Decoder=6d0f4c017980 Decode
>> error: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR (0x806e0005) -
>> RefPtr<mozilla::MozPromise<RefPtr<mozilla::MediaTrackDemuxer::SamplesHolder>,
>>
>> mozilla::MediaResult, true> >
>> mozilla::MediaSourceTrackDemuxer::DoGetSamples(int32_t): manager is
>> detached.: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp,
>>
>> line 3429
>> [Child 13107, MediaPlayback #1] WARNING: Decoder=6d0f4c017980 Decode
>> error: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR (0x806e0005) -
>> RefPtr<mozilla::MozPromise<RefPtr<mozilla::MediaTrackDemuxer::SamplesHolder>,
>>
>> mozilla::MediaResult, true> >
>> mozilla::MediaSourceTrackDemuxer::DoGetSamples(int32_t): manager is
>> detached.: file
>> /build/firefox/src/mozilla-unified/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp,
>>
>> line 3429
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Hubert Hauser.
>>
>> On 20/09/2018 18:31, Florijan Hamzic wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Maybe you can find something in the logs
>>>
>>> journalctl -qb /usr/bin/firefox
>>>
>>> Hubert Hauser via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org
>>> <mailto:arch-general at archlinux.org>> schrieb am Do., 20. Sep. 2018,
>>> 18:21:
>>>
>>>      Hello!
>>>
>>>      I have problem with randomly crashing Firefox 62.0 or single
>>> tabs in
>>>      this browser on 64-bit Arch Linux system. Running Firefox in
>>> safe mode
>>>      doesn't help. Resetting browser or removing folder ~/.mozilla
>>> still
>>>      doesn't help. Any ideas how to fix this issue?
>>>
>>>      --
>>>
>>>      Cheers,
>>>      Hubert Hauser.