Re: Firefox crash, repeatable on 1.0.6/Win2k, 1.0.7/WinXP

Michael Vincent van Rantwijk <[email protected]> Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:02:08 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows
Organization Another Netscape Collabra Server User
Message-ID <[email protected]>
gwtc wrote:
> Mike wrote:
> 
>> Go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com . Click on a link - I don't think 
>> it matters which one. Wait for the new page to load. Then click the 
>> back button. Firefox crashes when reloading the page (but never when 
>> the page is first loaded).
>>
>> I've duplicated this multiple times over the past week, clicking on 
>> different links, then clicking the back button. The behavior is always 
>> the same - Firefox crashes and closes.
>>
>> I've also duplicated the result using Firefox 1.0.7 on Windows XP 
>> Professional SP2 and Firefox 1.0.6 on Windows 2000 Professional SP4.
>>
>>
>>
> Nope, doesn't happen to me.  I tried it with FF 1.0.7 and Moz 1.7.12, on 
> Win98.  Try FF in Safe Mode.  If no crashes, then its an extension or 
> theme causing the problem.  If it crashes in Safe Mode, try creating a 
> new profile and see if that causes any problems.  To create a new 
> profile, click on Start, Run and enter:
> 
> firefox.exe -p
> 
> exactly as I have.  This will bring up the profile manager and you can 
> create a test profile from there.  If it doesn't crash in the new 
> profile, then the other profile is corrupt profile.  If it does crash, 
> then it might be something else, and I have no idea what.

Hmm, can't that also mean that one of your pref settings in that profile 
is causing your troubles?

Michael