Bug#622975: Firefox crashes, error message: libfile.so: undefined symbol: gnome_vfs_unescape_string

[Mike Hommey]

On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 08:20:37PM +0200, janek wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 4.0.1-2
> 
> Maybe this is related (iceweasel running in a fvwm).
> 
> Firefox crashes if:
> - when I want open download manager window ( Tools -> Downloads ) and
>   list is not empty (if list is empty everything is OK)
> - when I want download file (any file)
> - when I want open preferences window (Edit -> Preferences)
> 
> /usr/lib/iceweasel/firefox-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libfile.so: undefined symbol: gnome_vfs_unescape_string
> 
> (libgnomevfs2-0 -> libfile.so)
> (aptitude why libgnomevfs2-0)
> i   eclipse-plugin-cvs Depends    eclipse-platform (= 3.5.2-9) 
> i A eclipse-platform   Depends    eclipse-rcp (= 3.5.2-9)      
> i A eclipse-rcp        Recommends libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90
> 
> What temporarly works (without remove gnome-vfs stuff and dependences):
> 
> (/etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/default-modules.conf)
> 
> # temporary solution (so far without any negative impact on other
> # applications)
> # comment this line to avoid firefox crash
> #file: file

Please file a bug against libgnomevfs2-0.

Mike