Latest firebug crashes firefox immediately upon use

[bendavis78]

I just updated to the latest version of firebug, 1.5.0, and it seems
to crash Firefox every time I open firebug, or perform any firebug
action.

My browser is firefox 3.5.7 linux.

[John J Barton]

http://blog.getfirebug.com/2010/01/19/64-bit-firefox-on-linux-crashes-with-firebug-1-5-0/

jjb

[pjcd]

Same issue for me.

On Jan 19, 10:55 pm, John J Barton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com>
wrote:
> http://blog.getfirebug.com/2010/01/19/64-bit-firefox-on-linux-crashes...

I might add that it did work fine until I disabled it for one site for
a bit, and then tried to enable again.

... so why is 64-bit Firefox not supported, if it's not a cheeky
question?

[Wilbert]

I have the same issue. It only happens if the console is open. Disable
console (right click the icon and "disable all panels" or tools-
>firebug->options->reset all firebug options) to keep using the rest
of firebug.

[John J Barton]

I think the right question to ask is "Why is your linux vendor
shipping unsupported software?" Mozilla does not support 64 bit
builds. If your linux shipped 32 bit Firefox, none of this would
happen.

jjb

[Chisel]

For me it was crashing/closing firefox everytime I opened firebug.
Some investigation indicates that the cause is enabling the "Script"
tab.

[John J Barton]

The cause is a bug in 64 bit Firefox for version 3.5.7 or older.
jjb

[chippyash]

> The cause is a bug in 64 bitFirefoxfor version 3.5.7 or older.
> jjb

For the record, I'm getting the crash syndrome on Firefox 3.5.6 with
Firebug 1.5.0 . Fedora Core 2.6.31.12-174.2.3fc12.x86_64 I am
attempting to log the crash at bugzilla when they ever send me a logon
to do so.

Trying to enable Console or Script for a page causes the crash.

BTW, I don't buy the line 'we don't support 64bit'. Firebug/Firefox
has been working fine on 64bit Fedora for release 10 and 11. It also
works on Ubuntu 9.10 64bit. This and other problems lead me to think
that FC12 is just a poor release.

Hope it helps someone.
Cheers.

[John J Barton]

The bug is fixed in Firefox 3.5.8.

jjb

[Marcus Better]

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chippyash wrote:
> attempting to log the crash at bugzilla when they ever send me a logon
> to do so.

It's been done a zillion times already, check the archives...

Cheers,

Marcus
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[Renes]

> > Trying to enable Console or Script for a page causes thecrash.
>

> The bug is fixed in Firefox 3.5.8.

Hi,

running FF 3.5.8 on Ubuntu 9.10 64bit and FF crashes when trying to
open/activate Firebug.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20091020
Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Firefox/3.5.8

Rene

[John J Barton]

Please use the url "about:crashes" and post the crash-stats URL listed
there.
If your Firefox does not support crash-reporter, contact your Firefox
supplier.
jjb

>
> Rene

[Renes]

> Please use the url "about:crashes" and post the crash-stats URL listed
> there.
> If your Firefox does not support crash-reporter, contact your Firefox
> supplier.

Does not work on Ubuntu. The Mozilla download is 32bit and does not
behave identically. Firebug works great with a new profile but if I
disable all plugins, it will not work, so there is something in my
profile that makes it fail.

Rene