@Colin Law: Disabling Firebug fixes all problems but I need Firebug so I chose to disable the "Global Menu Bar integration" add-on.
Some updates a couple of weeks ago introduced the problem of Firefox crashing (probably a Firebug 1.10.x update or a Firefox 14.0.1 update?) - this happened after pressing the Alt key to show the HUD _and_ only after typing a single character in it, as far as I remember. I twice had updates during the last week but have only suspended and haven't restarted until today when FF crashed. I restarted and few seconds later it crashed again. I thought some of the loaded sites caused the crash so I ignored the saved session but even with an empty session it kept on crashing. Then running FF with the --safe-mode option I disabled all my add-ons and enabling one by one I found that the Global Menu Bar integration one failed. I think an up-to-date Ubuntu with Firefox 14.0.1, Firebug 1.10.2 and the Global Menu Bar integration add-on are enough to reproduce. So the problem just got worse soon - Firefox keeps on crashing after each restart and cannot be used at all. As far as disabling the extension is concerned - it's not just a matter of using or not using the HUD, this also ruins FF's menu from going over the top panel and shows the menu in FF's window itself. I really hope this gets fixed soon for which I'll be deeply grateful! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1025011 Title: Firebug extension causes firefox to crash (can be triggered by opening HUD) Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in Unity global menubar extension for Firefox and Thunderbird: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “firefox” source package in Natty: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Oneiric: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “firefox” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Bug description: Searching for any text causes Firefox 13.0.1 to crash on Ubuntu 12.04 ( both 32 & 64 bit **1). Test case: 1. Hit ALT to bring up the HUD search box 2. Type one or more words into the textbox. Expected result: 1. HUD appears ready to search 2. Results appear depending on the search term. What actually happens: 1. HUD appears ready to search 2. Results appear, however firefox crashes shortly after. == Additional information == Running firefox in safe mode makes HUD ignore firefox. In this situation Firefox doesn't crash. **1: I can reproduce this bug on 64 bit Ubuntu. Peter Cawkell is experiencing this bug on 32 bit ( see coments ) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1025011/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
