On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:00:59PM -0500, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote:
> On Sun, 15 May 2011 06:47:54 +0200
> "Timo Schoeler" <timo.schoe...@riscworks.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > -- Urspr. Mitt. --
> > Betreff: Re: xxxterm and firefox35 May 11 snapshot
> > Von: Tomas Bodzar <tomas.bod...@gmail.com>
> > Datum: 15.05.2011 01:38
> >
> > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard <eagir...@cox.net>
> > wrote:
> > > On Sat, 14 May 2011 11:15:43 -0400
> > > Ted Unangst <ted.unan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard
> > >> <eagir...@cox.net> wrote:
> > >> > xxxterm closes when attempting to open any page other than :fav
> > >> >
> > >> > Firefox opens momentarily is started in safe mode, but closes
> > >> > almost immediately.
> > >>
> > >> Delete all packages, reinstall them. B This happens when firefox
> > >> and gtk are built on separate days. B The pkg system does a good
> > >> job tracking version numbers, but the contents of a pkg can depend
> > >> in subtle ways on what else is installed and that's not reflected
> > >> in the version number.
> > >
> > > Deleted all (that was ugly) and reinstalled (same). B Now, firefox35
> > > complains that it's already running, even though it's not.
> >
> > Did you delete all of those . directories in your home as well? Like
> > .mozilla, .gconf, .gcond, .config and others?
>
> I deleted the hidden directories listed above, but not every single
> hidden directory. Firefox and xxxterm are still misbehaving.
>
> e.g.: FF blows up changing pages in FaceBook and any page at National
> Review. xxxterm blows up trying to go to Gmail.
>
> Wondering if I need to wait for packages to bump. Or if even that will
> suffice.
Why don't you try the other remedy, which has been reported to work
for other people?
-Otto
