The original "repeated refusal to start" crash reappeared today.
The first run in the following trace worked normally, the subsequent ones failed
to start (Firefox window did not appear). Text in {} is my comments.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ firefox -g
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This GDB was configured as "i386-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox
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[New Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3549)]
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[New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3553)]
[New Thread 1118133168 (LWP 3554)]
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[New Thread 1135868848 (LWP 3556)]
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[New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3557)]
[New Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3558)]
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[New Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3559)]
[New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3560)]
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[New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3561)]
[New Thread 1127287728 (LWP 3562)]
[Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3561) exited]
[Thread 1097059248 (LWP 3552) exited]
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[Thread 1118133168 (LWP 3554) exited]
Program exited normally.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox
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[New Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3563)]
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[New Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3565)]
[New Thread 1118133168 (LWP 3566)]
[Thread 1109744560 (LWP 3565) exited] {noticeable pause before this line}
{nothing happened for a few minutes, until I pressed Ctrl-\}
Program received signal SIGQUIT, Quit.
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0x40abc523 in poll () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
(gdb) run
The program being debugged has been started already.
Start it from the beginning? (y or n) y
Starting program: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox
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[New Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3578)]
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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
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0x08ea41a7 in ?? ()
(gdb) kill
Kill the program being debugged? (y or n) y
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin -a firefox
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[New Thread 1086683168 (LWP 3581)]
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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
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0x08ea41a7 in ?? ()
(gdb) quit
The program is running. Exit anyway? (y or n) y
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps -A
PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:00 init
2 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
3 ? 00:00:00 events/0
4 ? 00:00:00 khelper
20 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
42 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
43 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
45 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
44 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
187 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
294 ? 00:00:00 kjournald
333 ? 00:00:00 udevd
1431 ? 00:00:00 khubd
2266 ? 00:00:00 dhclient
2756 ? 00:00:00 syslogd
2759 ? 00:00:00 klogd
2781 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon-1
2786 ? 00:00:01 hald
2791 ? 00:00:00 inetd
2796 ? 00:00:00 lpd
2859 ? 00:00:00 savd
2895 ? 00:00:06 savscand
2907 ? 00:00:04 savscand
2929 ? 00:00:00 python
2937 ? 00:00:00 xfs
3037 ? 00:00:00 S20xprint
3038 ? 00:00:00 S20xprint
3039 ? 00:00:00 Xprt
3041 ? 00:00:00 S20xprint
3056 ? 00:00:00 atd
3060 ? 00:00:00 cron
3113 ? 00:00:02 FAH502-Linux
3118 ? 00:00:00 gdm
3122 ? 00:00:00 gdm
3127 tty1 00:00:00 getty
3266 ? 00:01:12 XFree86
3363 ? 00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe
3371 ? 00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe
3372 ? 00:22:05 FahCore_78.exe
3373 ? 00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe
3374 ? 00:00:01 x-session-manag
3428 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent
3430 ? 00:00:03 gconfd-2
3453 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
3455 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
3457 ? 00:00:00 gnome-settings-
3467 ? 00:00:00 xscreensaver
3488 ? 00:00:00 gnome-smproxy
3490 ? 00:00:02 metacity
3501 ? 00:00:03 gnome-panel
3503 ? 00:00:03 nautilus
3505 ? 00:00:00 gnome-volume-ma
3514 ? 00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo
3522 ? 00:00:00 mapping-daemon
3528 ? 00:00:02 wnck-applet
3530 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2
3532 ? 00:00:07 clock-applet
3534 ? 00:00:00 notification-ar
3536 ? 00:00:13 gnome-terminal
3537 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
3538 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
3568 ? 00:00:09 gedit
3599 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ firefox %u
/usr/bin/firefox: line 349: 3689 Segmentation fault
DISPLAY="${CMDLINE_DISPLAY}" ${MOZ_PROGRAM} -remote 'ping()' >/dev/null 2>&1
Segmentation fault
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
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