www/firefox35 coredumps every time at startup

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:26:39 -0500, Heino Tiedemann <rotkap at gmx.de> wrote:

> "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?

You will have to wait until someone figure where is the right place to add  
the -pthread.

Cheers,
Mezz

> greets
> Heino


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