Re: Firefox crashes randomly

[Zorro via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

I have in my fstab size=192m.

But to check just start firefox in one shell window and check in another shell window with df whether there is enough space in /dev/shm.

Regards,
Harm-Jan Zwinderman

On 9/20/18 9:36 PM, Hubert Hauser via arch-general wrote:
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > <mailto:arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 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.