On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 09:31:13AM -0500, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > I installed the JPackage java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.06 RPM, and now many of the > Java sites that I visit crash Firefox. I am using firefox-1.0-2.fc3. > Running from the command line shows the following. > [mjs@vincent52 ~]$ firefox > *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x081d3ff0 *** > An example site that illustrates the failure: > http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/JAVA/pivot/simple.html > Not every applet causes the failure. For example, a non-interactive > applet at > http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/ > loads and runs with no problem. > Anyone else experiencing this? How can I get more information to isolate > whether this is a Firefox or Java issue? Matthew, I have just installed jre-1_5_0_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin (downloaded from the Sun Java website) directly and do not experience your problems. I am also using firefox-1.0.2.fc3. Alexander
