Bug#488340: Fails to start

[Matt Kraai]

Package: epiphany-browser
Version: 2.22.2-3

Epiphany sometimes fails to start.  For example, when I run it now, it
displays the following error message and exits:

 
 ** (epiphany-browser:5937): WARNING **: An error occured while calling remote method: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

I don't know how to reproduce the problem reliably, but I'd estimate
it crops up about once a week.  Here's what's printed by dbus-monitor
if I run it in another terminal:

 signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged
    string ":1.33"
    string ""
    string ":1.33"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=Hello
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch
    string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged'"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch
    string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus'"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner
    string "org.freedesktop.DBus"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=RequestName
    string "org.gnome.Epiphany"
    uint32 4
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=RemoveMatch
    string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus'"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=RemoveMatch
    string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged'"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch
    string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged'"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=AddMatch
    string "type='signal',sender='org.gnome.Epiphany',path='/org/gnome/Epiphany',interface='org.gnome.Epiphany'"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner
    string "org.gnome.Epiphany"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.gnome.Epiphany path=/org/gnome/Epiphany; interface=org.gnome.Epiphany; member=loadURIList
    array [
       string ""
    ]
    string ""
    uint32 3040095
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=RemoveMatch
    string "type='signal',sender='org.gnome.Epiphany',path='/org/gnome/Epiphany',interface='org.gnome.Epiphany'"
 method call sender=:1.33 -> dest=org.freedesktop.DBus path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=RemoveMatch
    string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged'"
 signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged
    string ":1.33"
    string ":1.33"
    string ""

There does appear to be a gnome-www-browser process running, but I
don't see any window for it.  If I kill it and rerun Epiphany, it
starts successfully.  I have flashplugin-nonfree installed and was
using it to watch a video before closing the original Epiphany window.

-- 
Matt                                                 http://ftbfs.org/