Re: [Security-Discuss] Firefox update MDKSA-2005:174

* Juergen Holm <holm-cReBFXHS9TI9HBOmPq+WUkOITlckZahNbaYZWgcc/[email protected]> [2005-10-10 10:26:14 +0200]:

> After installing the latest sec-update for 10.2 firefox didn't start 
> anymore!!
> I got this: after a couple of seconds:
> Enterprise:.mozilla>mozilla-firefox
> 
> ** (mozilla-firefox-bin:14254): CRITICAL **: link_protocol_destroy_cnx: 
> assertion `proto != NULL' failed
> 
> (mozilla-firefox-bin:14254): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Cannot open pixbuf 
> loader module file '/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders.lib': Too many open 
> files
> GConf-Fehler: Die Weiterleitung zur Kommunikation mit dem gconf-Dämon 
> konnte nicht angelegt werden: Too many open files
> 
> 
> (Gecko:14254): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot create pipe for 
> GnomeVFSProcess initialization: Too many open files
> GConf-Fehler: Die Weiterleitung zur Kommunikation mit dem gconf-Dämon 
> konnte nicht angelegt werden: Too many open files
> 
> Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox-1.0.2/run-mozilla.sh: line 159: 14254 Segmentation 
> fault      "$prog" ${1+"$@"}
> 
> Something like this:
>    mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla.bak
>    mozilla-firefox
> 
> did'nt help, except I got no error messsages.
> 
> So, Firefox is now really secure!
> 
> Any hints?

Didn't see this in testing on 3 different machines... not quite sure
what the deal here is.  Did you try logging out then logging back in
again to try?  Was firefox running when you did the update?

I'm cc'ing this to Fred, our Firefox maintainer to see if he has any
ideas.

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