Re: firefox update causes segmentation fault

[Krimgelas <krimgelas@hotmail.com>]

kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:

> gnat wrote:
> 
>>hi all,
>>
>>i installed mozilla-firefox (1.0.4-2sarge2) with aptitude, as recommended
>>by the security list, and now when i try to launch firefox it causes a
>>Segmentation fault.
>>
>>i am running sarge with the stock (straight from apt) 2.6 k7 kernel.
>>
>>i tried reinstalling the package to no avail.
>>
>>here is the last few lines of 'strace /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox' though i'm
>>not sure if its all relevant.
>>
>>  
>>
> Do you have any extensions installed that could be causing the crash?
> 
> Try running firefox without loading any extensions by using -safe-mode
> option.
> 
> raju
> 
Removing the extensions did the trick for me. Thanks!