Bug#698637: iceweasel 10.0.12esr-1 freezes machine completely on somw websites

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 09:45:24AM +0000, Holger Weiss wrote:
> Hi, I think I did that - I disabled the plugins in the iceweasel settings !

The information in the bug report says otherwise, but maybe you hadn't
them disabled when you ran reportbug.

> Some more information on what I did on this machine:
> 
> 1) Before, there was a "i386" 32bit-Debian Wheezy installed on this machine, but I had to install the "amd64" 64-bit wheezy. The "/home" drive is on a seperate harddisk.
> --> I did install the 64-bit wheezy on the machine
> --> then I mounted the existing "/home" folder (from the external harddrive, from the previously 32-Bit system)  again under "/home"
> --> I suspected that there might be some 32-Bit settings in my "/home/.mozilla" folder causing the freeze
> 
> 2) I moved the "/.mozilla" folder to "./mozilla_old"
> --> then I completly purged "iceweasel" with configuration files
> --> then I installed "iceweasel" again (from the amd64 repos of course)
> --> but it still freezes my computer on "www.bild.de<http://www.bild.de>"
> 
> 3) The plugins installed (but deactivated in iceweasel) are:
> - gnome-shell-integration
> - icedTea-web plugin
> - iTunes-application-detector
> - shockwave flash
> Add-Ons (but deactivated in iceweasel):
> -adblock plus 2.1
> Language pack (deactivated in iceweasel):
> - german (DE)
> 
> Some questions I have for debugging:
> a) Are there settings (for iceweasel or plugins/add-ons) from the previous 32-bit system stored in other folders than "/.mozilla" ?

No

> b )How can I run iceweasel in "gdb" to get a file-dump to do a post-mortem analysis ?

Please read /usr/share/bug/iceweasel/presubj, which reportbug should
have shown you already.

> c) Do I need the "iceweasel-dbg" package ? And if yes, how can I do it

apt-get install iceweasel-dbg

> d) How can I support you with more information about the issue ?
> 
> Holger