[tbb-bugs] #24764 [Applications/Tor Browser]: OSX 10.13.2 (17C88) - Instant crash on startup

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#24764: OSX 10.13.2 (17C88) - Instant crash on startup
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 Reporter:  thomasd3                  |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Very High                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Critical                  |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by thomasd3):

 Here we can clearly see the error:

 [thomas:/Applications] $ cat ~/test
 (version 1)
 (allow default)

 [thomas:/Applications] $ sandbox-exec -f ~/test
 TorBrowser.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox
 Jan 01 05:19:57.444 [notice] Tor 0.3.2.7-rc running on Darwin with
 Libevent 2.0.22-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2n, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma N/A, and
 Libzstd N/A.
 Jan 01 05:19:57.444 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn
 how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
 Jan 01 05:19:57.444 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/Applications/TorBrowser.app/Contents/Resources/TorBrowser/Tor/torrc-
 defaults".
 Jan 01 05:19:57.444 [notice] Read configuration file
 "/Users/thomas/Library/Application Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc".
 Jan 01 05:19:57.447 [warn] Couldn't set maximum number of file
 descriptors: Invalid argument
 Jan 01 05:19:57.447 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Problem with
 ConnLimit value. See logs for details.
 Jan 01 05:19:57.447 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
 1514780397600   addons.webextension.{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
 WARN    Loading extension '{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}':
 Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.1: Unknown permission
 "privacy"
 1514780397600   addons.webextension.{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
 WARN    Loading extension '{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}':
 Reading manifest: Error processing permissions.4: Unknown permission
 "unlimitedStorage"
 1514780397600   addons.webextension.https-everywhere-eff at eff.org
 WARN    Loading extension 'https-everywhere-eff at eff.org': Reading
 manifest: Error processing devtools_page: An unexpected property was found
 in the WebExtension manifest.
 1514780397700   addons.webextension.https-everywhere-eff at eff.org
 WARN    Please specify whether you want browser_style or not in your
 browser_action options.
 Illegal AddressMatcher: [xpconnect wrapped nsIPrefBranch] -- TypeError:
 s.split is not a function
 Illegal AddressMatcher: [xpconnect wrapped nsIPrefBranch] -- TypeError:
 s.split is not a function
 2018-01-01 05:20:43.368 firefox[7480:751136] IMKInputSession
 [0x7fd82cc99cd0
 presentFunctionRowItemTextInputViewWithEndpoint:completionHandler:] :
 [self textInputContext]=0x7fd8333d9bf0 *NO* NSRemoteViewController to
 client, NSError=Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection from
 pid 0" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection from pid 0},
 com.apple.inputmethod.EmojiFunctionRowItem
 2018-01-01 05:20:49.185 firefox[7480:751136] IMKInputSession
 [0x7fd83315f7e0
 presentFunctionRowItemTextInputViewWithEndpoint:completionHandler:] :
 [self textInputContext]=0x7fd8333d9bf0 *NO* NSRemoteViewController to
 client, NSError=Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection from
 pid 0" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection from pid 0},
 com.apple.inputmethod.EmojiFunctionRowItem

 It goes back to com.apple.inputmethod.EmojiFunctionRowItem

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