Re: [gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?
On 13/01/2015 08:34, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Alan, first choice would be to get the ghostery plugin running, so Is this a problem of the plugin, a wrong permissions setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo box? I have no idea really, I'd never heard of the plugin till you posted You want the plugin to work, that is plan A. I just gave you a way to get back to your previous setup that works, that is plan D :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?
Brian Hesdorfer zerop...@gmail.com [15-01-13 14:49]: On 1/13/2015 12:53 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start and a reinstallations ends with this error message (popup): Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot modify the needed file. Is this a proble of the plugin, a wrong permissions setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo box? How can I fix it -- a downgrade to the previous version (34.0.5-r1) is not possible, since one had decided to remove that version from the ebuilds ??? Best regards, mcc Have you run firefox from a terminal? Sometimes it prints out extra lines that explain error messages better. If that doesn't help, I'd try removing the addon, restarting firefox, and installing it again. Hi Brian, ...I created a new profile and reinstalled everything... I am on the way to successfull new start... sigh best mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?
On 1/13/2015 12:53 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start and a reinstallations ends with this error message (popup): Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot modify the needed file. Is this a proble of the plugin, a wrong permissions setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo box? How can I fix it -- a downgrade to the previous version (34.0.5-r1) is not possible, since one had decided to remove that version from the ebuilds ??? Best regards, mcc Have you run firefox from a terminal? Sometimes it prints out extra lines that explain error messages better. If that doesn't help, I'd try removing the addon, restarting firefox, and installing it again.
[gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?
Hi, emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start and a reinstallations ends with this error message (popup): Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot modify the needed file. Is this a proble of the plugin, a wrong permissions setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo box? How can I fix it -- a downgrade to the previous version (34.0.5-r1) is not possible, since one had decided to remove that version from the ebuilds ??? Best regards, mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?
On 13/01/2015 07:53, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start and a reinstallations ends with this error message (popup): Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot modify the needed file. Is this a proble of the plugin, a wrong permissions setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo box? How can I fix it -- a downgrade to the previous version (34.0.5-r1) is not possible, since one had decided to remove that version from the ebuilds ??? If you can't get the plugin to work, you *can* downgrade, the ebuild is in the gentoo attic along with every other ebuild ever published in the tree :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?
Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com [15-01-13 07:28]: On 13/01/2015 07:53, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start and a reinstallations ends with this error message (popup): Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot modify the needed file. Is this a proble of the plugin, a wrong permissions setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo box? How can I fix it -- a downgrade to the previous version (34.0.5-r1) is not possible, since one had decided to remove that version from the ebuilds ??? If you can't get the plugin to work, you *can* downgrade, the ebuild is in the gentoo attic along with every other ebuild ever published in the tree :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com Hi Alan, first choice would be to get the ghostery plugin running, so Is this a problem of the plugin, a wrong permissions setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo box? Best mcc
