Bug#864884: Firefox-esr 52.2 fails to start

[Geoffray Levasseur]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:49:24 -0500 "Bryan K. Walton" <bwalton at leepfrog.com> 
wrote:
> Package: firefox-esr
> Version: 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1
> 
> After upgrading my stable Debian install to firefox 52.2.0esr-1~deb8u1, 
firefox will no longer start up for me.  It repeatedly crashes.  I can't start 
it in safe-mode.  And even telling it to start with ProfileManager doesn't 
work.  The problem doesn't appear to be profile related.  When I start it from 
the command line, I get the following output before receiving the error popup:
> 
> $ firefox 
> 
> (firefox-esr:5793): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 
'object->ref_count > 0' failed
> ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 5815
> ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
> ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
> 
> The popup I receive every time is the firefox error box.  It reads: "We're 
Sorry. Firefox had a problem and crashed. We'll try to restore your tabs and 
windows when it restarts. To help us diagnose and fix the problem, you can send 
us a crash report. . ."
> 
> If I tell it to restart firefox, I get the same result, every time.
> 
> Downgrading to firefox 45.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 returns Firefox to a working 
install.  Re-upgrading to the latest version again produces the problem.
> 
> 
Hi, after upgrade of Wheezy, I have exactly the same problem of a dozen of our 
computer at my work. I transmit my output that is a little bit different.

(firefox-esr:18875): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_get_toplevel: assertion 
`GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 18961
ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child
ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal...
[Child 18946] ###!!! ABORT: Aborting on channel error.: file /build/firefox-
esr-52.2.0esr/ipc/glue/MessageChannel.cpp, line 2152

That happen also with all extentions stopped and reinitialised profile.

I hope a fix very soon as Firefox is totally unusable. For that reason I 
suggest to mark the bug as important.

Thank you.
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