TCL(Tool Command Language) Scripting :: Problem using the plugin with Firefox


	Problem using the plugin with Firefox My web site (www.whiteowl.co.uk) now has several tclets. Since my latest update I've found that after running them once or twice and refreshing or pressing the back button causes Firefox to crash on both on WinXP and Linux. I think this is a Firefox 2.0.0.3 bug since I can't reproduce it on IE 7 (WinXP) and FIrefox1.5 (Linux). Once I have time to go through necessary hoops I'll report it as a bug. In the meantime I'm interested to know if anyone else has experienced this problem. Thanks. SimonG wrote: > My web site (www.whiteowl.co.uk) now has several tclets. Since my > latest update I've found that after running them once or twice and > refreshing or pressing the back button causes Firefox to crash on both > on WinXP and Linux. > I think this is a Firefox 2.0.0.3 bug since I can't reproduce it on IE > 7 (WinXP) and FIrefox1.5 (Linux). Once I have time to go through > necessary hoops I'll report it as a bug. In the meantime I'm > interested to know if anyone else has experienced this problem. > Thanks. It crashed 2.0.0.3 on my XP system, too. Your site was fun, though. Gerry > It crashed 2.0.0.3 on my XP system, too. I just tried it with firefox 2.0 on linux x86. Playing around with the "engraved text demo" from www.tcl.tk froze firefox for 30 seconds or so, then it came back to life. System was in a bad state though: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 3274 root 25 0 357m 72m 7140 R 60.2 9.8 129:34.46 X 30035 dan 15 0 11316 7044 3640 S 36.9 0.9 1:40.46 3 14195 dan 15 0 147m 48m 20m S 2.3 6.5 11:09.47 firefox- bin 30035 is a child of 14195. Anyhow, somethings definitely wrong. Dan. Thanks for the feedback. I have logged bug id 381943 with bugzilla for firefox. Simon On May 24, 7:04 pm, SimonG <s@whiteowl.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. I have logged bug id 381943 with bugzilla for > firefox. I wonder whether it is a firefox bug or a plugin bug? Has the plugin been verified with firefox 2.x? On May 25, 12:47 pm, "Larry W. Virden" <lvir@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 24, 7:04 pm, SimonG <s@whiteowl.co.uk> wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback. I have logged bug id 381943 with bugzilla for > > firefox. > I wonder whether it is a firefox bug or a plugin bug? Has the plugin > been verified with firefox 2.x? Hard to say of course, but since I could not reproduce the problem with version 1.5 or pre3a (linux), or Konqueror 2.4.5 (linux), or IE7 (WinXP) which all use the same plugin I thought it more likely that the bug is with firefox. Of course it might be that the plugin is doing something wrong and ff2.x is exposing that - can't really be determined without more info. Is there a way of verifying the plugin with ff2.x? Simon SimonG wrote: > My web site (www.whiteowl.co.uk) now has several tclets. Since my > latest update I've found that after running them once or twice and > refreshing or pressing the back button causes Firefox to crash on both > on WinXP and Linux. > I think this is a Firefox 2.0.0.3 bug since I can't reproduce it on IE > 7 (WinXP) and FIrefox1.5 (Linux). Once I have time to go through > necessary hoops I'll report it as a bug. In the meantime I'm > interested to know if anyone else has experienced this problem. I have tried to repro an issue on Firefox 2.0.0.3 on XP and cannot. I did create an updated build that uses Tcl/Tk 8.4.15 as a base. You will find these at: http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/ I updated Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). Please try these and see if the same problem pops up. There are ways to log what is going on as well, if that is necessary. Jeff On 25 May, 20:22, Jeff Hobbs <j@activestate.com> wrote: - Hide quoted text - > SimonG wrote: > > My web site (www.whiteowl.co.uk) now has several tclets. Since my > > latest update I've found that after running them once or twice and > > refreshing or pressing the back button causes Firefox to crash on both > > on WinXP and Linux. > > I think this is a Firefox 2.0.0.3 bug since I can't reproduce it on IE > > 7 (WinXP) and FIrefox1.5 (Linux). Once I have time to go through > > necessary hoops I'll report it as a bug. In the meantime I'm > > interested to know if anyone else has experienced this problem. > I have tried to repro an issue on Firefox 2.0.0.3 on XP and cannot. I > did create an updated build that uses Tcl/Tk 8.4.15 as a base. You will > find these at: > http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/ > I updated Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). > Please try these and see if the same problem pops up. There are ways to > log what is going on as well, if that is necessary. > Jeff Thanks for doing that Jeff. I've tried very hard to reproduce the problem with this updated plugin on Linux and failed, so I have marked the bugzilla report as resolved/fixed. I have not tested it on WinXP but imagine the result will be the same. Simon On May 26, 2:22 am, Jeff Hobbs <j@activestate.com> wrote: - Hide quoted text - > SimonG wrote: > > My web site (www.whiteowl.co.uk) now has several tclets. Since my > > latest update I've found that after running them once or twice and > > refreshing or pressing the back button causes Firefox to crash on both > > on WinXP and Linux. > > I think this is a Firefox 2.0.0.3 bug since I can't reproduce it on IE > > 7 (WinXP) and FIrefox1.5 (Linux). Once I have time to go through > > necessary hoops I'll report it as a bug. In the meantime I'm > > interested to know if anyone else has experienced this problem. > I have tried to repro an issue on Firefox 2.0.0.3 on XP and cannot. I > did create an updated build that uses Tcl/Tk 8.4.15 as a base. You will > find these at: > http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/ > I updated Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). > Please try these and see if the same problem pops up. There are ways to > log what is going on as well, if that is necessary. I still have the same symptoms. With the 8.4.15 plugin and firefox 2.0.0.3 on linux x86 I go to the "engraved text" demo and start dragging blocks of text around with the mouse. After 20 seconds or so the Tclet freezes up. Firefox itself is still fine, but the Tclet window doesn't respond to any events (including expose events). CPU state is as in my previous post. How can I get the logging information? Dan. - Hide quoted text - Dan wrote: > On May 26, 2:22 am, Jeff Hobbs <j@activestate.com> wrote: >> SimonG wrote: >>> My web site (www.whiteowl.co.uk) now has several tclets. Since my >>> latest update I've found that after running them once or twice and >>> refreshing or pressing the back button causes Firefox to crash on both >>> on WinXP and Linux. >>> I think this is a Firefox 2.0.0.3 bug since I can't reproduce it on IE >>> 7 (WinXP) and FIrefox1.5 (Linux). Once I have time to go through >>> necessary hoops I'll report it as a bug. In the meantime I'm >>> interested to know if anyone else has experienced this problem. >> I have tried to repro an issue on Firefox 2.0.0.3 on XP and cannot. I >> did create an updated build that uses Tcl/Tk 8.4.15 as a base. You will >> find these at: >> http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/ >> I updated Windows and Linux (x86 and x86_64). >> Please try these and see if the same problem pops up. There are ways to >> log what is going on as well, if that is necessary. > I still have the same symptoms. With the 8.4.15 plugin and firefox 2.0.0.3 > on linux x86 I go to the "engraved text" demo and start dragging blocks > of text around with the mouse. After 20 seconds or so the Tclet freezes > up. Firefox itself is still fine, but the Tclet window doesn't respond > to any events (including expose events). CPU state is as in my > previous post. > How can I get the logging information? In the environment before you start firefox, define the following: export TCL_PLUGIN_DLL_LOGFILE=somefile.txt export TCL_PLUGIN_LOGFILE=someotherfile.txt TCL_PLUGIN_DLL_LOGFILE will have C-level debugging information spit out (plugin core lifecycle stuff). TCL_PLUGIN_LOGFILE will have logging information for the Tcl-side plugin operation (loading and execution of Tcl streams). Jeff