Re: Firefox won't start
Hello Joe! Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 03:21:11PM -0400 you wrote: > I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I got firefox3 > to compile with no errors. But now when I either select Firefox from > the menu or start it from a terminal window nothing happens. Firefox > does not start and there's no indication of any problems. When I use ps > to see if it's hung I see nothing. Ideas? Been there. Destroying ~/.mozilla (which had the right permissions) did it for me. -- DoubleF No virus detected in this message. Ehrm, wait a minute... /kernel: pid 56921 (antivirus), uid 32000: exited on signal 9 Oh yes, no virus:) pgpX0ReJ90N9Y.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: Firefox won't start
On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 16:25 -0400, Joe Tseng wrote: > You got it!!! I type in "firefox3" in the terminal and the prompt comes > right back. > Does it run sufficiently to return a version? %firefox3 -version Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2008 mozilla.org Try starting firefox in safe mode: %firefox3 -safe-mode Use the -help option to see other command-line options: %firefox3 -help ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Firefox won't start
You got it!!! I type in "firefox3" in the terminal and the prompt comes right back. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Firefox won't start Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:22:59 -0400 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:21:11 -0400 > Subject: Firefox won't start > > I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I got firefox3 to > compile with no errors. But now when I either select Firefox from the menu > or start it from a terminal window nothing happens. Firefox does not start > and there's no indication of any problems. When I use ps to see if it's hung > I see nothing. Ideas? > what command are you using to start firefox 3? I just installed it for first time and found you have to use the command "firefox3" to get it to run -Sean _ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Firefox won't start
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:21:11 -0400 > Subject: Firefox won't start > > I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I got firefox3 to > compile with no errors. But now when I either select Firefox from the menu > or start it from a terminal window nothing happens. Firefox does not start > and there's no indication of any problems. When I use ps to see if it's hung > I see nothing. Ideas? > what command are you using to start firefox 3? I just installed it for first time and found you have to use the command "firefox3" to get it to run -Sean ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
Joe Tseng wrote: I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I got firefox3 to compile with no errors. But now when I either select Firefox from the menu or start it from a terminal window nothing happens. Firefox does not start and there's no indication of any problems. When I use ps to see if it's hung I see nothing. Ideas? tia, - Joe Check out the permissions on your ~/.mozilla directory. Sometimes (I believe if you use sudo to compile / upgrade firefox), this directory is created with root/wheel ownership and restrictive permissions ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:21:11 -0400 Joe Tseng wrote: > I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I got firefox3 > to compile with no errors. But now when I either select Firefox from > the menu or start it from a terminal window nothing happens. Firefox > does not start and there's no indication of any problems. When I use > ps to see if it's hung I see nothing. Ideas? Launch it from xterm and see (post here) what happens. WBR -- bsam ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Joe Tseng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Joe Tseng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Firefox won't start > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 12:21 PM > I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I > got firefox3 to compile with no errors. But now when I > either select Firefox from the menu or start it from a > terminal window nothing happens. Firefox does not start and > there's no indication of any problems. When I use ps to > see if it's hung I see nothing. Ideas? > > tia, > > - Joe > i just cant remember if this one is a linux port. in that case you'd need to kldload linux and try again ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Firefox won't start
I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I got firefox3 to compile with no errors. But now when I either select Firefox from the menu or start it from a terminal window nothing happens. Firefox does not start and there's no indication of any problems. When I use ps to see if it's hung I see nothing. Ideas? tia, - Joe _ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start (again!)
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 05:50:37PM -0500, Chris wrote:
> >On a RELENG_5 system from June 30th (source and ports),
> >firefox-1.0.4 won't start. It just hangs in the kserel state.
> >This is on a diskless system using NFS.
> >
> >Running truss(1) on the hanging firefox-bin process shows:
> >
> >kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f)
> >kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0)
> >kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f)
> >kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f)
> >kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0)
> >kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f)
> >kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f)
> >kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0)
> >...
> >
> >When starting, firefox generates a GNOME Warning:
> >
> >Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has wrapped in
> >calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?)
> >
>
> C'mon - we two can't be the only ones with this issue...
It's actually quite strange; and seems to be gconfd-2 related
somehow.
If the file system hosting /var/tmp is a nearly empty memory file
system (created by /etc/rc.d/var); everything runs just fine.
But if it is NFS mounted; gconfd-2 start before firefox-bin
reaches this kselrel state. This gconfd-2 then start polluting
/var/tmp with huge amounts of orbit-${USER}-* files.
In this case, killing gconfd-2, cleaning up the mess and disabling
gconfd-2 like this (I didn't yet find a more sensible way to do it;
this is just from memory):
$ rm -rf ~/.gconf ~/.gconfd
$ rm -rf /var/tmp/orbit-${USER}*
$ rm -rf /var/tmp/gconfd-${USER}
$ rm -rf /var/tmp/orbit-${USER}
$ mkdir /var/tmp/gconfd-${USER}
results in firefox-bin starting. It complains that it can't connect
to gconfd-2 (which doesn't start), because some file is missing
(IIRC something like /var/tmp/gconfd-${USER}/lock/ior), but that
doesn't seem to prevent firefox from running without any further
problems.
I've noticed this by chance, because gconfd-2 kept complaining
about permissions of orbit-${USER} files to syslog, generating
even more network traffic from the diskless workstation.
So, to sumarize: on a clean (memory) /var/tmp file system, gconfd-2
works as it should and firefox starts without problems. On an NFS
mounted /var/tmp file system that contains orbit-* files, gconfd-2
starts polluting the directory (and syslog) with huge amounts of
orbit-* files (and messages), thus prevening firefox from starting.
Preventing gconfd-2 from starting (somehow), lets firefox complaining
about it, but it enables firefox to start nonetheless.
Very strange indeed.
Regards,
-cpghost.
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Re: Firefox won't start (again!)
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, cpghost wrote: On a RELENG_5 system from June 30th (source and ports), firefox-1.0.4 won't start. It just hangs in the kserel state. This is on a diskless system using NFS. Running truss(1) on the hanging firefox-bin process shows: kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0) ... When starting, firefox generates a GNOME Warning: Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?) But thunderbird does the same, though it doesn't hang. /etc/libmap.conf is empty. Any idea? Thanks, -cpghost. C'mon - we two can't be the only ones with this issue... - # firefox (firefox-bin:80350): Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has wrappe d in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?) The program 'Gecko' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)'. (Details: serial 1338 error_code 9 request_code 150 minor_code 4) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) # -- Best regards, Chris When a broken appliance is demonstrated for the repairman, it will work perfectly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Firefox won't start (again!)
On a RELENG_5 system from June 30th (source and ports), firefox-1.0.4 won't start. It just hangs in the kserel state. This is on a diskless system using NFS. Running truss(1) on the hanging firefox-bin process shows: kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 383 (0x17f) kse_release(0x8065fa4) = 0 (0x0) ... When starting, firefox generates a GNOME Warning: Gdk-WARNING **: gdk_property_get(): length value has wrapped in calculation (did you pass G_MAXLONG?) But thunderbird does the same, though it doesn't hang. /etc/libmap.conf is empty. Any idea? Thanks, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http:/www.cordula.ws/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
On Saturday 09 April 2005 11:15, Fridtjof Busse wrote: > * "N.J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I just installed FreeBSD 5.4RC, everything works so fine. Just > > > firefox won't work (running xfce), neither the package nor the > > > port. I can only start it as root, under a normal user nothing > > > happens at all. /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox quits after a second and no > > > firefox. > > > > Had same problem under 5.3. Tracked it down to permissions problems > > when I gave root a new shell (with umask 077 instead of 022). > > > > Run find on /usr and see if there are any files/dirs with perms of > > 600/700 that look like they should be public. (I believe in my case it > > was some gconf dirs.) > > Nope, 'find /usr -perm 700' and 'find /usr -perm 600' show up nothing > unusual. Just three files from xdm. > Still no firefox :( I'd suggest you to run firefox under gdb or with truss. So far I had quite a few programs not starting up properly and in many cases it would exit just after accessing a file and then you know where to look. Or it gets a signal. Daniela -- It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
* "N.J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I just installed FreeBSD 5.4RC, everything works so fine. Just > > firefox won't work (running xfce), neither the package nor the > > port. I can only start it as root, under a normal user nothing > > happens at all. /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox quits after a second and no > > firefox. > > Had same problem under 5.3. Tracked it down to permissions problems > when I gave root a new shell (with umask 077 instead of 022). > > Run find on /usr and see if there are any files/dirs with perms of > 600/700 that look like they should be public. (I believe in my case it > was some gconf dirs.) Nope, 'find /usr -perm 700' and 'find /usr -perm 600' show up nothing unusual. Just three files from xdm. Still no firefox :( -- Fridtjof Busse "Some things don't need the thought people give them." -Hobbes ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
* "N.J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I just installed FreeBSD 5.4RC, everything works so fine. Just > > firefox won't work (running xfce), neither the package nor the > > port. I can only start it as root, under a normal user nothing > > happens at all. /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox quits after a second and no > > firefox. > > Had same problem under 5.3. Tracked it down to permissions problems > when I gave root a new shell (with umask 077 instead of 022). > > Run find on /usr and see if there are any files/dirs with perms of > 600/700 that look like they should be public. (I believe in my case it > was some gconf dirs.) I'll look into this, thanks. But how can a package have wrong permissions? I installed the port (after deleting everything 'pkg_add -r firefox' installed) after I noticed the package didn't work. -- Fridtjof Busse "Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis." George W. Bush April 15, 2000 Comment made on NBC's Meet the Press. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
* Fridtjof Busse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-04-08 18:32:49 +0200]: > I just installed FreeBSD 5.4RC, everything works so fine. Just firefox > won't work (running xfce), neither the package nor the port. I can > only start it as root, under a normal user nothing happens at all. > /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox quits after a second and no firefox. Had same problem under 5.3. Tracked it down to permissions problems when I gave root a new shell (with umask 077 instead of 022). Run find on /usr and see if there are any files/dirs with perms of 600/700 that look like they should be public. (I believe in my case it was some gconf dirs.) hth, Thomas -- N.J. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
* jason henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >I'm starting it from commandline. It doesn't print any errors and > >exits after a second. > >Under root, it starts and gives me debugging messages. > > Does it do a core dump? What options did you use to compile? Are > your dependancies out of date? There was just a big gnome update, > see freebsd.org/gnome for an update script. It's a fresh 5.4RC installation, so I doubt there's anything out of date. Package behaves the same as the port (I cimpiled after the package wouldn't work, no special options). I simply run firefox, nothing happens: $ which firefox /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox $ firefox $ No window, no process, nothing. But: /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/firefox-bin also exits, complaining about missing libmozjs.so (ldd show me that the library is in fact not found). libmozjs.so exists: /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/libmozjs.so But why does it work as root then (running the firefox-script, not firefox-bin directly)? -- Fridtjof Busse Fry: "Hey, you guys, the most amazing thing happened, it's two-for-one Tuesday at Krispy Kreme! Plus there's mermaids." ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
Fridtjof Busse wrote: * Mike Jeays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I just installed FreeBSD 5.4RC, everything works so fine. Just firefox won't work (running xfce), neither the package nor the port. I can only start it as root, under a normal user nothing happens at all. /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox quits after a second and no firefox. How can I fix this? Thanks. At a guess, you may have created some configuration files owned by root the first time you started it. Try hunting them down and deleting them, and start firefox from a user account again. At first run, I tried to start firefox under the local user of course. When that wouldn't work , I searched Google and found an old bug about similiar behavior that suggested running firefox as root the first time. Didn't help, so I'm stuck since it's uite some time I used FreeBSD. Also try running firefox from a command line in an xterm, if you haven't already done so, and see if there are any helpful error messages. I'm starting it from commandline. It doesn't print any errors and exits after a second. Under root, it starts and gives me debugging messages. Does it do a core dump? What options did you use to compile? Are your dependancies out of date? There was just a big gnome update, see freebsd.org/gnome for an update script. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
* Mike Jeays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I just installed FreeBSD 5.4RC, everything works so fine. > > Just firefox won't work (running xfce), neither the package nor the > > port. I can only start it as root, under a normal user nothing > > happens at all. /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox quits after a second and no > > firefox. How can I fix this? > > Thanks. > > At a guess, you may have created some configuration files owned by > root the first time you started it. Try hunting them down and > deleting them, and start firefox from a user account again. At first run, I tried to start firefox under the local user of course. When that wouldn't work , I searched Google and found an old bug about similiar behavior that suggested running firefox as root the first time. Didn't help, so I'm stuck since it's uite some time I used FreeBSD. > Also try running firefox from a command line in an xterm, if you > haven't already done so, and see if there are any helpful error > messages. I'm starting it from commandline. It doesn't print any errors and exits after a second. Under root, it starts and gives me debugging messages. -- Fridtjof Busse BOFH Excuse #122: because Bill Gates is a Jehovah's witness and so nothing can work on St. Swithin's day. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox won't start
On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 12:32, Fridtjof Busse wrote: > Hi > I just installed FreeBSD 5.4RC, everything works so fine. > Just firefox won't work (running xfce), neither the package nor the > port. I can only start it as root, under a normal user nothing happens > at all. /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox quits after a second and no firefox. > How can I fix this? > Thanks. At a guess, you may have created some configuration files owned by root the first time you started it. Try hunting them down and deleting them, and start firefox from a user account again. Also try running firefox from a command line in an xterm, if you haven't already done so, and see if there are any helpful error messages. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Firefox won't start
Hi I just installed FreeBSD 5.4RC, everything works so fine. Just firefox won't work (running xfce), neither the package nor the port. I can only start it as root, under a normal user nothing happens at all. /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox quits after a second and no firefox. How can I fix this? Thanks. -- Fridtjof Busse "Endorsing products is the American way of expressing individuality." -Calvin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
