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bbc.com terminates firefox -- repeatable

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since some days bbc.com is terminating the entire firefox session. This is repeatable. I reinstalled firefox and deleted all settings (~/.mozill*). Is there some way to determine, what is causing this? E.g. some logging?

since some days bbc.com is terminating the entire firefox session. This is repeatable. I reinstalled firefox and deleted all settings (~/.mozill*). Is there some way to determine, what is causing this? E.g. some logging?

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Unsetenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Needs to be done before starting firefox

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We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.

  1. Enter about:crashes in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
  2. Copy the 5 most recent Report IDs that start with bp- and then go back to your forum question and paste those IDs into the "Post a Reply" box.

Note: If a recent Report ID does not start with bp- click on it to submit the report.

(Please don't take a screenshot of your crashes, just copy and paste the IDs. The below image is just an example of what your Firefox screen should look like.)

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Thank you for your help!

More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.

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About:crashes is empty

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Entering the characters bb into the search field on this website (Firefox support) terminates Firefox in the same way...

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Make this: Entering anything into this search field terminates Firefox.

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The same happens in safe mode...

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./firefox: symbol lookup error: /build/peterf/firefox/libxul.so: undefined symbol: FT_GlyphSlot_Embolden

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Chosen Solution

Unsetenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Needs to be done before starting firefox