Bogus assertion, see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243151 --- xpcom/threads/nsThread.cpp Sun Oct 5 21:42:05 2003 +++ xpcom/threads/nsThread.cpp Mon Aug 8 00:33:45 2005 @@ -374,5 +374,4 @@ status = PR_NewThreadPrivateIndex(&nsThread::kIThreadSelfIndex, nsThread::Exit); if (status != PR_SUCCESS) return NS_ERROR_FAILURE; - NS_ASSERTION(nsThread::kIThreadSelfIndex != 0, "couldn't get thread private index"); }