On 28/11/14 16:53, Mark LaPierre wrote: > On 11/28/14 00:47, Philip Manuel wrote: >> On 28/11/14 16:42, Mark LaPierre wrote: >>> On 11/24/14 21:17, Mauricio Tavares wrote: >>>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hey All, >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone had trouble with Firefox/Thunderbird? >>>>> >>>>> When I log on if I start Thunderbird first then I can't start Firefox. >>>>> Clicking on a link in an email fails to start Firefox. >>>>> >>>>> If I start Firefox before Thunderbird then hyperlinks in emails open a >>>>> page in the existing Firefox instance. >>>>> >>>>> Other users on this same machine are having the same problems. >>>>> >>>>> This has been happening for that last several days. >>>>> >>>>> CentOS release 6.6 (Final) >>>>> >>>>> Linux mushroom.patch 2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.i686 #1 SMP Tue Nov 11 16:30:09 >>>>> UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >>>>> >>>>> Thunderbird 31.2.0 >>>>> Firefox 31.2.0 >>>>> >>>> I wonder if /var/log/messages has anything useful about this. >>> Well, it has this to say: >>> >>> Nov 27 18:55:46 mushroom kernel: firefox[3418]: segfault at 0 ip (null) >>> sp bf95651c error 14 >>> Nov 27 18:55:47 mushroom abrtd: Directory >>> 'ccpp-2014-11-27-18:55:47-3418' creation detected >>> Nov 27 18:55:47 mushroom abrt[3439]: Saved core dump of pid 3418 >>> (/usr/lib/firefox/firefox) to >>> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-27-18:55:47-3418 (24776704 bytes) >>> Nov 27 18:55:48 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-02-11-16:02:36-1629' is not a problem >>> directory >>> >>> directory >>> Nov 27 18:58:42 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-22-17:29:13-25239' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 18:58:42 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-21-21:02:25-12341' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 18:58:43 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-24-20:32:38-11139' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 18:58:43 mushroom abrtd: New problem directory >>> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-27-18:55:47-3418, processing >>> Nov 27 18:58:43 mushroom abrtd: Sending an email... >>> Nov 27 18:58:43 mushroom abrtd: Email was sent to: root at localhost >>> Nov 27 20:37:13 mushroom kernel: firefox[4623]: segfault at 0 ip (null) >>> sp bff5014c error 14 in libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.2400.1[101000+1f000] >>> Nov 27 20:37:14 mushroom abrtd: Directory >>> 'ccpp-2014-11-27-20:37:13-4623' creation detected >>> Nov 27 20:37:14 mushroom abrt[4644]: Saved core dump of pid 4623 >>> (/usr/lib/firefox/firefox) to >>> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-27-20:37:13-4623 (24776704 bytes) >>> Nov 27 20:37:15 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-02-11-16:02:36-1629' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:15 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-21-23:19:10-4396' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:16 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-06-30-17:11:34-2654' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:16 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-03-28-18:15:19-1171' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:17 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-22-10:17:08-15120' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:17 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-04-03-16:45:05-30972' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:18 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-24-20:30:44-9738' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:18 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-22-17:29:13-25239' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:18 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-21-21:02:25-12341' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:19 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-24-20:32:38-11139' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:19 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-02-11-16:02:36-1629' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:20 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-21-23:19:10-4396' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:20 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-06-30-17:11:34-2654' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:21 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-03-28-18:15:19-1171' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:21 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-22-10:17:08-15120' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:22 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-04-03-16:45:05-30972' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:22 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-24-20:30:44-9738' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:23 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-22-17:29:13-25239' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:23 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-21-21:02:25-12341' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:23 mushroom abrtd: >>> '/var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-24-20:32:38-11139' is not a problem >>> directory >>> Nov 27 20:37:44 mushroom kernel: firefox[4939]: segfault at 0 ip (null) >>> sp bfbdceac error 14 in libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.2400.1[101000+1f000] >>> Nov 27 20:37:45 mushroom abrtd: Directory >>> 'ccpp-2014-11-27-20:37:44-4939' creation detected >>> Nov 27 20:37:45 mushroom abrt[4960]: Saved core dump of pid 4939 >>> (/usr/lib/firefox/firefox) to >>> /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2014-11-27-20:37:44-4939 (24780800 bytes) >>> Nov 27 20:37:48 mushroom kernel: firefox[5057]: segfault at 0 ip (null) >>> sp bfc36a5c error 14 in libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0.2400.1[101000+1f000] >>> Nov 27 20:37:48 mushroom abrt[5093]: Not saving repeating crash in >>> '/usr/lib/firefox/firefox' >>> >>> >> We were seeing these messages for a user. It was related to his history >> file in his profile. So I imagine it could be a corrupted db file under >> the users profile. >> >> Phi. In the past I've used this technique, however on this occasion the user just blew away his history files Use the following process to unlock a sqlite db, ensure firefox is stopped first:- DBNAME="db.sqlite" # substiture db for name of file echo '.dump' | sqlite3 $DBNAME > $DBNAME.dump cat $DBNAME.dump | sqlite3 DBNAME.2 mv $DBNAME $DBNAME.orig mv $DBNAME.2 $DBNAME