amd64/105155: Firfox hangs on a recently upgraded 6.2-PRERELEASE.

[O. Hartmann]

Roland Smith wrote:
>> Number:         105155
>> Category:       amd64
>> Synopsis:       Firfox hangs on a recently upgraded 6.2-PRERELEASE.
>> Confidential:   no
>> Severity:       serious
>> Priority:       medium
>> Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>> State:          open
>> Quarter:        
>> Keywords:       
>> Date-Required:
>> Class:          sw-bug
>> Submitter-Id:   current-users
>> Arrival-Date:   Sat Nov 04 21:00:31 GMT 2006
>> Closed-Date:
>> Last-Modified:
>> Originator:     Roland Smith
>> Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE amd64
>> Organization:
>> Environment:
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> System: FreeBSD slackbox.xs4all.nl 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Sat Nov 4 12:09:58 CET 2006 rsmith at slackbox.xs4all.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RFS amd64
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>> Description:
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> After upgrading to 6.2-PRERELEASE, firefox hangs when trying to set
> some of the preferences, or when opening certain websites.
>
> Upgrading all ports didn't help.
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> Starting firfox from a terminal gives the following error:
>
> GConf Error: Failed to launch configuration server: Failed to execute child process "/usr/local/libexec/gconfd-2" (Invalid argument)
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>> How-To-Repeat:
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> Update to 6.2-PRERELEASE on amd64, start firefox. Open the "preferences"
> dialog, select the "Content" tab, and press the "Manage..." button. Firefox
> will hang.
>
> After upgrading all ports, audacious hangs as well.
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>> Fix:
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>> Release-Note:
>> Audit-Trail:
>> Unformatted:
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I can do the recommended 'task for crash', but it takes a while, say, about 30 seconds, before Firefox is bak.

But I also realized a more often hang when closing Firefox, the process is still there, eating up 100% CPU time.