On Thursday 02 April 2015 13:48:23 The Wanderer wrote: > On 04/02/2015 at 01:29 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 02 April 2015 09:34:36 Petter Adsen wrote: > >> On Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:24:19 -0400 > >> > >> > >> petter@monster:~/Downloads/firefox$ ls -l firefox > >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 petter petter 147776 mars 27 04:51 firefox > > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 gene gene 147776 Mar 26 23:51 firefox> > > > >> petter@monster:~/Downloads/firefox$ ldd firefox > >> linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffcfabd4000) > >> libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 > >> (0x00007f281ae50000) > >> libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 > >> (0x00007f281ac4c000) > >> librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 > >> (0x00007f281aa43000) > >> libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 > >> (0x00007f281a734000) > >> libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 > >> (0x00007f281a42c000) > >> libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 > >> (0x00007f281a215000) > >> libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 > >> (0x00007f2819e4b000) > >> /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f281b091000) > > > > whereas here: > > gene@coyote:~/bin/firefox-37/firefox$ ldd firefox > > not a dynamic executable > > I also tried a sudo ldd firefox and got exactly the same response. > > > > Now, is not ldd itself an executable? > > gene@coyote:~/bin/firefox-37/firefox$ ldd /usr/bin/ldd > > not a dynamic executable > > WTH???? > > $ file /usr/bin/ldd > /usr/bin/ldd: Bourne-Again shell script, ASCII text executable > > If you want to test ldd, try it on /bin/true or suchlike - or at least > check with file first, to make sure that what you're testing it on is > actually a binary file. > > >> And see what you get. Note that this isn't a Debian machine, so > >> you won't get the same library versions, but they should be > >> similar. If you have the same version of FF that I dl'ed, then the > >> md5sums should be identical. Otherwise, something is corrupted. > >> > >>> And iceweasel has recovered. No history but prefs are intact > >>> ???? > >> > >> Didn't you start this thread by saying you deleted your history? > >> > >> :) > > > > Yes, but all it had been able to do after the re-install was start 2 > > copies, spinning its wheels with 1 of my phenoms cores pegged out > > and north of 150C for temps. And it was just cleaned & regreased > > with Artic Silver in Oct 2014. One of my annual rites. > > My guess is that it was parsing (and partly choking on) some part of > your user profile, and that the reason it "came back" is that it > managed to finish that process. > > Normally that shouldn't require nearly that long or nearly that much > system load, but in some cases it may be possible.
Apparently so. But I don't recall launching it again after killing it for the 5th+ time. I'd gone to bed around midnight, the ^%#@! phone woke me up about 3:45, and when I'd checked see if ther was a message, no, recycled most of a cuppa, and came in here to find it on-screen and idle surprised me. > If you want to guarantee avoiding that entirely, the only way to do it > that I know of is to remove the entire Firefox profile > (~/.mozilla/firefox/profiledirname) and start from scratch. That would > remove all of your preferences and extensions (as well as your > history, et cetera), however, so it's a considerably more drastic move > - and not one I'd consider for myself, without _extensive_ research > into possible alternatives. Same attitude here, Wanderer. Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201504021513.42483.ghesk...@wdtv.com