While this HANG isn't exclusive to replying to e-mail it is the one thing that ALWAYS -on queue- triggers the hang. I also did a strace on it (since I read on the Gentoo forums people like those) but it's beyond me how exactly to interpret the readouts ATM. I'll post a URL to the file with the output shortly. Also: I _usually_ use nightly builds exclusively (on my Slackware box) and in my time as a bug reporter for Moz I haven't seen anything like this. Also, maybe it's related but I also can't install mozilla binaries "by hand" anymore, whether it's a stable binary or a nightly. I think this is Gentoo-specific again.
Ok I placed the bzipped strace file here: http://members.lycos.nl/mbmarduk5612/moz_strace.tar.bz2 [150kB] The hang occurs around line 46550 (I think) with sparse other things happening every 4000 lines or so until I ^C it at around line 220000.
Profile version; glibc version; gcc version; binutils version; output of 'emerge info' please.
I don't know what you mean with "Profile version" so I hope it's somewhere in here:/ --> # emerge info Portage 2.0.44 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.1, glibc-2.3.1-r2) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm arts avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg gnome libg++ libwww mikmod mmx mpeg ncurses pdflib png qtmt quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib gdbm berkdb slang readline svga java guile X sdl gpm tcpd pam ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gtk qt motif opengl mozilla cdr -alsa -kde -nls dga" ARCH="x86" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb:/usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" MAKEOPTS="-j2" JDK_HOME="" JAVA_HOME="/opt/blackdown-jre-1.3.1" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/gentoo" # ld -v GNU ld version 2.13.90.0.16 20021126 Hope this helps. Additionally: Now this thing has progressed to a point where MOz is positively unuseable because once up and running it takes 10~20 seconds for it to hang, plus I see now that if you just leave it alone it spawns extra threads (3 then 6) and eventually it'll crash cleanly after 2 minutes or so and I'll have my prompt back. 'ps aux' shows no lingering threads left behind.
Hi, have a look at bug #13287 please.
Could indeed be related to bug #13287 I hope my descriptions are more "descriptive". Note I'm using the word HANG here and not crash. Or better yet: freeze. If I move the Moz window its contents get mixed up in a kaleidoscope of colored chunks. I used this same Mozilla for 1,5 days without any problems before it started acting this way. Can't remember what I emerged after it that could've fscked it up this bad. While not logical at all; to my knowledge this problem seemed to get _progressively_ worse with every reboot. I don't think 'ls -u /usr/portage/distfiles' could help or could it? Should I try just remerging Mozilla? Average of 4 runs of 'time /usr/bin/mozilla' with no user input: real 4m10.510s user 2m39.723s sys 0m34.123s
Please 'emerge rsync', and remerge, yes. Let me know ...
OK, I did 'emerge rsync' and remerged Moz 1.2.1-r4 late last night while I slept. Started it up today and have been using it for 6 hours straight without any lockups of slowdowns. I *guess* it got fixed somehow.
No. It bit me again. This time I can't access my preferences anymore. As soon as I go to the menubar EDIT --> and choose PREFERENCES here it hangs hard again just like before. What triggered this? I was browsing a Flash-heavy site [www.screenwerks.de] and somewhere there I happened upon the Flash-link to e-mail their support staff [support@screenwerks.de/.net] ...so I clicked it, my "compose new e-mail" window appears and I noticed that now my "Send"-button had changed to the Enigmail-default "Send"-button. (IOW the icon was different) I didn't want nor need to encrypt my e-mail so I thought "hmm, just revert to the normal behaviour in the Prefs-menu", and THATS where it jammed up. I went EDIT --> PREFERENES and now every time I click "preferences" it hangs. :'( I'm going nuts.
Created attachment 7269 [details] bzipped strace output related to comment #8 strace output is from startup 'till hang when user invokes the Preferences menu.
Any chance you can confirm that its related to enigmail ? Maybe remerge without 'crypt' in USE, and then try it again ?
I remerged MOZ-1.2.1-r4 last night with "-crypt" in my USE string. I just replied to my e-mails and have travelled the Prefs-menu without problems.
Ok, so its an enigmail problem. Ill have a look if there are an update, or see if I can get some help from the developers.
Since 1.2.1 is no longer relevant (1.4 is out, folks). This bug should be removed from bugzilla. AFAIK this is a non-issue with both the stable and unstable Mozilla builds of late.
Is this happening to anyone with newer Mozilla versions?
this one is no longer in portage
