www/firefox35 coredumps every time at startup

[Heino Tiedemann]

"Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:21:16 -0500, Heino Tiedemann
> <rotkaps_spam_trap at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Heino Tiedemann <rotkap at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Martin Wilke <miwi at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 09:21:31AM +0200, Heino Tiedemann wrote:
>>>>> > Heino Tiedemann wrote:
>>>>> > > I installed the port www/firefox35. After installation I tried to
>>>>> > > start it
>>>>> > > It core dumps 'every time' (100% reproducable).
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Did you load sem(4)? To quote UPDATING:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >   If your Firefox crashes with the following message while viewing a
>>>>> >   HTML5 page: "Bad system call (core dumped)" you need to load
>>>>> the  sem
>>>>> >   module (kldload sem).
>>>>> >
>>>>> >   To load sem on every boot put the following into your
>>>>> >   /boot/loader.conf: sem_load="YES"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Johan,
>>>>>
>>>>> no, I did not, because
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) my message was different then that one in UPDATING
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) it crahses on startup, not while viewing a HTML5 document (as
>>>>> mentioned in UPDATING)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Should I try sem_load="YES" also for that Problem?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, after the install/update start firefox the FF3.5 welcome site with
>>>> a html5 video, so it's crash with a video.
>>>
>>> does not work:
>>>
>>> [x] /boot/loader.conf: sem_load="YES"
>>> [x] reboot
>>>
>>> $ firefox3
>>> Fatal error 'Recurse on a private mutex.' at line 986 in file
>>> /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_mutex.c (errno = 2)
>>> Abort trap (core dumped)
>>>
>>> Seems to be another problem then mentioned in UPDATE.
>>
>> Any Ideas? Is somewone working on it?
>
> It looks like firefox35 or somewhere has missed to compile with -pthread.

What is this "-pthread"
Can I change that? Disable the option?

>> What can I Do?
>
> Upgrade to FreeBSD 7.x or above. I am not kidding. FreeBSD 7.x and
> above  are heck a lot better than 6.x. Those don't have any problem,
> which  FreeBSD 6.x has some bugs or missing feature that force some
> stuff to  compile with -pthread when it's not need.

Not yet. First I have to buy new hardware..

so - how can I change the "-pthread" option?


greets
Heino