Firefox & Thunderbird Instability in Xenial

[Richard Elkins]

Is anyone else having issues with Firefox and Thunderbird on Xubuntu
Xenial? I am getting random crashes almost every day from one or the
other, leading me to believe that it is a set of issues in common code.
I reported it here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569
and in the Mozilla pop-up whenever I get it.

My 14.04 server has no such Mozilla issues even though the Firefox &
Thunderbird versions are the same as what's on the 16.04 system.

If anyone else is having such an experience, please mark that "it
affects me" at the bug report.

If anyone has a work-around, please add a comment to the bug report.

Thank you.

[JMZ]

Hi Richard,

Odd idea: have you thought of using 'journalctl' to see if any of the
main configuration files are being deleted by accident? The --since
switch will let you narrow down the amount of information to a specific
date range. Often I have a script-in-a-script etc. in my crontab queue,
and conflicting commands cause issues.

Thanks
Jordan

Post by Richard Elkins
Is anyone else having issues with Firefox and Thunderbird on Xubuntu
Xenial? I am getting random crashes almost every day from one or the
other, leading me to believe that it is a set of issues in common
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569
and in the Mozilla pop-up whenever I get it.
My 14.04 server has no such Mozilla issues even though the Firefox &
Thunderbird versions are the same as what's on the 16.04 system.
If anyone else is having such an experience, please mark that "it
affects me" at the bug report.
If anyone has a work-around, please add a comment to the bug report.
Thank you.

[Richard Elkins]

Hi Jordan,

The only files being updated by Firefox and Thunderbird are in /tmp and
$HOME/{.cache,.mozilla,.thunderbird}. Since I am filling out crash
reports daily that go to Mozilla, I'll assume that they will contact me.

I switched to Midori and Claws-mail as an experiment. Stable although
not as feature rich.

I also tried an alternate distro (Ubuntu MATE) on a 3rd machine (AMD64
type with lots of RAM). I get occasional crashes there too. My gut
tells me that Mozilla common code for Firefox and Thunderbird has some
environment nuances if you aren't seeing it too. This is the first time
that I have ever had trouble with Firefox and Thunderbird. I may try
Chrome too.

Richard

Post by JMZ
Hi Richard,
Odd idea: have you thought of using 'journalctl' to see if any of the
main configuration files are being deleted by accident? The --since
switch will let you narrow down the amount of information to a
specific date range. Often I have a script-in-a-script etc. in my
crontab queue, and conflicting commands cause issues.
Thanks
Jordan

Post by Richard Elkins
Is anyone else having issues with Firefox and Thunderbird on Xubuntu
Xenial? I am getting random crashes almost every day from one or the
other, leading me to believe that it is a set of issues in common
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569
and in the Mozilla pop-up whenever I get it.
My 14.04 server has no such Mozilla issues even though the Firefox &
Thunderbird versions are the same as what's on the 16.04 system.
If anyone else is having such an experience, please mark that "it
affects me" at the bug report.
If anyone has a work-around, please add a comment to the bug report.
Thank you.

[Florian Coste]

Hi Richard,

I'm using Firefox everyday with Xenial and I don't notice random crashes. I
have already seen some crashes with Firefox with other release of Xubuntu
(14.04) in the past. But with firefox 46, I don't have experimented
frequent crashes...

Today, Firefox was updated on Xenial, maybe you could try the new version
47.

Florian

Post by Richard Elkins
Hi Jordan,
The only files being updated by Firefox and Thunderbird are in /tmp and
$HOME/{.cache,.mozilla,.thunderbird}. Since I am filling out crash reports
daily that go to Mozilla, I'll assume that they will contact me.
I switched to Midori and Claws-mail as an experiment. Stable although not
as feature rich.
I also tried an alternate distro (Ubuntu MATE) on a 3rd machine (AMD64
type with lots of RAM). I get occasional crashes there too. My gut tells
me that Mozilla common code for Firefox and Thunderbird has some
environment nuances if you aren't seeing it too. This is the first time
that I have ever had trouble with Firefox and Thunderbird. I may try
Chrome too.
Richard

Post by JMZ
Hi Richard,
Odd idea: have you thought of using 'journalctl' to see if any of the
main configuration files are being deleted by accident? The --since switch
will let you narrow down the amount of information to a specific date
range. Often I have a script-in-a-script etc. in my crontab queue, and
conflicting commands cause issues.
Thanks
Jordan

Post by Richard Elkins
Is anyone else having issues with Firefox and Thunderbird on Xubuntu
Xenial? I am getting random crashes almost every day from one or the
other, leading me to believe that it is a set of issues in common code. I
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569
and in the Mozilla pop-up whenever I get it.
My 14.04 server has no such Mozilla issues even though the Firefox &
Thunderbird versions are the same as what's on the 16.04 system.
If anyone else is having such an experience, please mark that "it
affects me" at the bug report.
If anyone has a work-around, please add a comment to the bug report.
Thank you.

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[Richard Elkins]

Thanks, Florian. Will do. Wish me luck!

Post by JMZ
Hi Richard,
I'm using Firefox everyday with Xenial and I don't notice random
crashes. I have already seen some crashes with Firefox with other
release of Xubuntu (14.04) in the past. But with firefox 46, I don't
have experimented frequent crashes...
Today, Firefox was updated on Xenial, maybe you could try the new
version 47.
Florian
Hi Jordan,
The only files being updated by Firefox and Thunderbird are in
/tmp and $HOME/{.cache,.mozilla,.thunderbird}. Since I am filling
out crash reports daily that go to Mozilla, I'll assume that they
will contact me.
I switched to Midori and Claws-mail as an experiment. Stable
although not as feature rich.
I also tried an alternate distro (Ubuntu MATE) on a 3rd machine
(AMD64 type with lots of RAM). I get occasional crashes there
too. My gut tells me that Mozilla common code for Firefox and
Thunderbird has some environment nuances if you aren't seeing it
too. This is the first time that I have ever had trouble with
Firefox and Thunderbird. I may try Chrome too.
Richard
Hi Richard,
Odd idea: have you thought of using 'journalctl' to see if any
of the main configuration files are being deleted by
accident? The --since switch will let you narrow down the
amount of information to a specific date range. Often I have
a script-in-a-script etc. in my crontab queue, and conflicting
commands cause issues.
Thanks
Jordan
Is anyone else having issues with Firefox and Thunderbird
on Xubuntu Xenial? I am getting random crashes almost
every day from one or the other, leading me to believe
that it is a set of issues in common code. I reported it
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569
and in the Mozilla pop-up whenever I get it.
My 14.04 server has no such Mozilla issues even though the
Firefox & Thunderbird versions are the same as what's on
the 16.04 system.
If anyone else is having such an experience, please mark
that "it affects me" at the bug report.
If anyone has a work-around, please add a comment to the
bug report.
Thank you.
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[José Jorge Enríquez]

I've been using Xenial on my laptop for some time now and haven't seen any
firefox crash yet. That said, I use this laptop mostly on Saturdays (for
about 6 continuous hours, firefox almost always open).
I don't use Thunderbird though, could it be something related to
Thunderbird?

Post by Richard Elkins
Thanks, Florian. Will do. Wish me luck!
Hi Richard,
I'm using Firefox everyday with Xenial and I don't notice random crashes.
I have already seen some crashes with Firefox with other release of Xubuntu
(14.04) in the past. But with firefox 46, I don't have experimented
frequent crashes...
Today, Firefox was updated on Xenial, maybe you could try the new version
47.
Florian

Post by Richard Elkins
Hi Jordan,
The only files being updated by Firefox and Thunderbird are in /tmp and
$HOME/{.cache,.mozilla,.thunderbird}. Since I am filling out crash reports
daily that go to Mozilla, I'll assume that they will contact me.
I switched to Midori and Claws-mail as an experiment. Stable although
not as feature rich.
I also tried an alternate distro (Ubuntu MATE) on a 3rd machine (AMD64
type with lots of RAM). I get occasional crashes there too. My gut tells
me that Mozilla common code for Firefox and Thunderbird has some
environment nuances if you aren't seeing it too. This is the first time
that I have ever had trouble with Firefox and Thunderbird. I may try
Chrome too.
Richard

Post by JMZ
Hi Richard,
Odd idea: have you thought of using 'journalctl' to see if any of the
main configuration files are being deleted by accident? The --since switch
will let you narrow down the amount of information to a specific date
range. Often I have a script-in-a-script etc. in my crontab queue, and
conflicting commands cause issues.
Thanks
Jordan

Post by Richard Elkins
Is anyone else having issues with Firefox and Thunderbird on Xubuntu
Xenial? I am getting random crashes almost every day from one or the
other, leading me to believe that it is a set of issues in common code. I
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569>
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569
and in the Mozilla pop-up whenever I get it.
My 14.04 server has no such Mozilla issues even though the Firefox &
Thunderbird versions are the same as what's on the 16.04 system.
If anyone else is having such an experience, please mark that "it
affects me" at the bug report.
If anyone has a work-around, please add a comment to the bug report.
Thank you.

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[Robert Streeter]

It could also be an extension that is causing the apps to crash randomly.

Post by José Jorge Enríquez
I've been using Xenial on my laptop for some time now and haven't seen any
firefox crash yet. That said, I use this laptop mostly on Saturdays (for
about 6 continuous hours, firefox almost always open).
I don't use Thunderbird though, could it be something related to
Thunderbird?

Post by Richard Elkins
Thanks, Florian. Will do. Wish me luck!
Hi Richard,
I'm using Firefox everyday with Xenial and I don't notice random crashes.
I have already seen some crashes with Firefox with other release of Xubuntu
(14.04) in the past. But with firefox 46, I don't have experimented
frequent crashes...
Today, Firefox was updated on Xenial, maybe you could try the new version
47.
Florian

Post by Richard Elkins
Hi Jordan,
The only files being updated by Firefox and Thunderbird are in /tmp and
$HOME/{.cache,.mozilla,.thunderbird}. Since I am filling out crash reports
daily that go to Mozilla, I'll assume that they will contact me.
I switched to Midori and Claws-mail as an experiment. Stable although
not as feature rich.
I also tried an alternate distro (Ubuntu MATE) on a 3rd machine (AMD64
type with lots of RAM). I get occasional crashes there too. My gut tells
me that Mozilla common code for Firefox and Thunderbird has some
environment nuances if you aren't seeing it too. This is the first time
that I have ever had trouble with Firefox and Thunderbird. I may try
Chrome too.
Richard

Post by JMZ
Hi Richard,
Odd idea: have you thought of using 'journalctl' to see if any of the
main configuration files are being deleted by accident? The --since switch
will let you narrow down the amount of information to a specific date
range. Often I have a script-in-a-script etc. in my crontab queue, and
conflicting commands cause issues.
Thanks
Jordan

Post by Richard Elkins
Is anyone else having issues with Firefox and Thunderbird on Xubuntu
Xenial? I am getting random crashes almost every day from one or the
other, leading me to believe that it is a set of issues in common code. I
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569>
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1581569
and in the Mozilla pop-up whenever I get it.
My 14.04 server has no such Mozilla issues even though the Firefox &
Thunderbird versions are the same as what's on the 16.04 system.
If anyone else is having such an experience, please mark that "it
affects me" at the bug report.
If anyone has a work-around, please add a comment to the bug report.
Thank you.

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