[tor-bugs] #12119 [Tor bundles/installation]: Tor Browser hangs on startup

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#12119: Tor Browser hangs on startup
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks               |      Owner:  erinn
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |    Version:
   Resolution:                            |   Keywords:  tbb-usability
Actual Points:                            |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:1 gk]:
 > What does the log output given on the command line say?

 Please see below for a list of the commands and outputs. This still occurs
 with TBB 3.6.2. Firefox always comes up in debug mode. Thanks for your
 interest.

 $ ./start-tor-browser

 Launching Tor Browser Bundle for Linux in ./tor-browser_en-US

 (process:1534): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion
 `sys_page_size == 0' failed
 Jun 11 22:56:32.833 [notice] Tor v0.2.4.22 (git-345e00dc68a052fe) running
 on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable and OpenSSL 1.0.1h.
 Jun 11 22:56:32.834 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Jun 11 22:56:32.835 [notice] Read configuration file "./tor-browser_en-
 US/Data/Tor/torrc-defaults".
 Jun 11 22:56:32.835 [notice] Read configuration file "./tor-browser_en-
 US/Data/Tor/torrc".
 Jun 11 22:56:32.854 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
 Jun 11 22:56:32.855 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9151
 Jun 11 22:56:32.000 [notice] Pluggable transport proxy (fte exec
 ./Tor/PluggableTransports/fteproxy.bin --managed) does not provide any
 needed transports and will not be launched.
 Jun 11 22:56:32.000 [notice] Pluggable transport proxy (obfs2,obfs3 exec
 ./Tor/PluggableTransports/obfsproxy.bin managed) does not provide any
 needed transports and will not be launched.
 Jun 11 22:56:32.000 [notice] Pluggable transport proxy (flashproxy exec
 ./Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-client --register :0 :9000) does not
 provide any needed transports and will not be launched.
 Jun 11 22:56:32.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file ./tor-browser_en-
 US/Data/Tor/geoip.
 Jun 11 22:56:33.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file ./tor-browser_en-
 US/Data/Tor/geoip6.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 5%: Connecting to directory
 server.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] We now have enough directory information to
 build circuits.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor
 network.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] New control connection opened.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] Pluggable transport proxy (fte exec
 ./Tor/PluggableTransports/fteproxy.bin --managed) does not provide any
 needed transports and will not be launched.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] Pluggable transport proxy (obfs2,obfs3 exec
 ./Tor/PluggableTransports/obfsproxy.bin managed) does not provide any
 needed transports and will not be launched.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] Pluggable transport proxy (flashproxy exec
 ./Tor/PluggableTransports/flashproxy-client --register :0 :9000) does not
 provide any needed transports and will not be launched.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with
 first hop.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] New control connection opened.
 Jun 11 22:56:35.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit.
 Jun 11 22:56:36.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks
 like client functionality is working.
 Jun 11 22:56:36.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done.


 $ ps ax | grep firefox
  1534 pts/0    Sl+    0:06 ./Browser/firefox -no-remote -profile
 Data/Browser/profile.default


 $ strace -p 1534
 Process 1534 attached
 futex(0x9fe5af48, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 1, NULL

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