http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521551 User lrupp@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521551#c9 Lars Vogdt <lrupp@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WORKSFORME | --- Comment #9 from Lars Vogdt <lrupp@novell.com> 2009-08-25 02:25:55 MDT --- FYI: looks like the problem is not Firefox, but nscd related... Trying to start the latest firefox today, I get again: lrupp@nagios-abuild:~> firefox firefox: nss_nis/nis-netgrp.c:75: _nss_nis_setnetgrent: Assertion `malloc_usable_size (netgrp->data) >= len + 1' failed. /usr/bin/firefox: line 128: 18974 Aborted $MOZ_PROGRAM "$@" But now I looked a but further for the problem... The interesting detail is in dmesg: rpcbind: server machcd not responding, timed out resp. in /var/log/messages: Aug 24 20:52:49 linux-wsxp kernel: rpcbind: server machcd not responding, timed out So it looks like a RPC/Caching problem - first suspect application in this area: nscd nagios-abuild:~ # /etc/init.d/nscd status Checking for Name Service Cache Daemon: dead nagios-abuild:~ # /etc/init.d/nscd start Starting Name Service Cache Daemon done lrupp@nagios-abuild:~> firefox *** nss-shared-helper: Shared database disabled (set NSS_USE_SHARED_DB to enable). ^^ firefox starts as expected. So I'll open a new bug against nscd in the next days, when I've debugged the problem a bit more. In the end, it's interesting for me that (at the moment) only firefox can't start if nscd is down. Up to you, Wolfgang, to decide if this is a bug in firefox or not. Other applications (KDE-Apps, Opera) work as expected, even if nscd is down.... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.