Two Buggy Browsers
daniel mcfarland
daniel.mcfarland at gmail.com
Wed Aug 11 18:20:56 UTC 2010
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Nathan Bahn <nathan.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Angus MacGyver <
> macgyver at calibre-solutions.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 13:46 -0400, Nathan Bahn wrote:
>> >
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>> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:32 PM, daniel mcfarland
>> > <daniel.mcfarland at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Nathan Bahn
>> > <nathan.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Angus MacGyver
>> > <macgyver at calibre-solutions.co.uk> wrote:
>> > [...]
>> > As to the firefox..
>> >
>> > Have you tried to execute it from the command
>> > line ?
>> >
>> >
>> > Quoting PeteVG
>> > 2) Try running Firefox from the command line
>> > by opening a terminal,
>> > typing "firefox", and hitting Enter. Watch
>> > the terminal output, as it
>> > may give you hints as to why Firefox is
>> > crashing.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Do that and post any output...
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > AM
>> >
>> >
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>> > A.M.--
>> >
>> >
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~$ ls ~/
>> > AdbeRdr9.3.3-1_i486linux_enu.bin examples.desktop
>> > Podcasts
>> > Adobe Firefox
>> > Public
>> > AdobeReader.desktop
>> > Firefox_wallpaper.png Templates
>> > Azureus Downloads hs_err_pid25054.log
>> > troubleshoot.txt
>> > bin hs_err_pid25604.log
>> > Videos
>> > Desktop Music
>> > Documents Pictures
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~$ cd ~/Firefox
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~/Firefox$ ls
>> > application.ini libfreebl3.so LICENSE
>> > blocklist.xml libmozjs.so modules
>> > browserconfig.properties libnspr4.so
>> > mozilla-xremote-client
>> > chrome libnss3.so
>> > platform.ini
>> > components libnssckbi.so
>> > plugin-container
>> > crashreporter libnssdbm3.chk plugins
>> > crashreporter.ini libnssdbm3.so
>> > README.txt
>> > crashreporter-override.ini libnssutil3.so
>> > removed-files
>> > defaults libplc4.so res
>> > dependentlibs.list libplds4.so
>> > run-mozilla.sh
>> > dictionaries libsmime3.so
>> > searchplugins
>> > extensions libsoftokn3.chk
>> > Throbber-small.gif
>> > firefox libsoftokn3.so
>> > update.locale
>> > firefox-bin libsqlite3.so updater
>> > greprefs libssl3.so
>> > updater.ini
>> > icons libxpcom.so
>> > libfreebl3.chk libxul.so
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~/Firefox$ firefox
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~/Firefox$
>> >
>> >
>> > A window keeps popping up saying that FF is already
>> > running.....
>> >
>> >
>> > --N.B.
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>> > attachments.
>> > See
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>> > & http://www.openoffice.org (Nathan Bahn)
>> >
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>> >
>> > Run this :
>> >
>> >
>> > "ps -ef f | grep firefox | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' |
>> > xargs kill ; firefox"
>> >
>> >
>> > Then send us the result.
>> >
>> >
>> > kthxbye
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>> > kthxbye--
>> >
>> >
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~$ ps -ef f | grep firefox | grep -v grep | awk
>> > '{print $2}' | xargs kill ; firefox
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~$ ~/Firefox/firefox
>> > NPP_GetValue 1
>> > NPP_GetValue 2
>> > Attempting to load the system libmoon
>> > NPP_GetValue()
>> > NPP_GetValue()
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~$
>> >
>> >
>> > I get a window saying that FF crashed.
>> >
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>>
>> DOH!!!!
>> I missed something..
>>
>> And here is the thing..
>>
>> This appears to be not a "system" version of Firefox, but a stand-alone
>> copy in your home directory..
>>
>> For a normal setup, firefox should be started from /usr/bin/firefox, not
>> ~/Firefox/firefox (~ meaning *your* home directory - sorry if you know
>> this, don't know how much you do, so putting anyway)
>>
>> macgyver at executor:/home/macgyver> which firefox
>> /usr/bin/firefox
>>
>>
>> Unless there is a really compelling reason to use one specifically in
>> your own home directory, I would try to use the system one..
>>
>> Try running the "which firefox" command to make sure you get the
>> same /usr/bin/firefox as myself (also a 10.04 LTS user)
>>
>> Try running that version, see what happens...
>>
>>
>> If you don't get that, but something else, then the pathing may well be
>> a bit broken, and a re-install of firefox from Synaptic might be the
>> best course of action.
>>
>>
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> Daniel McFarland & Angus MacGyver--
>
> I have completely uninstalled, and then reinstalled (via Synaptic Package
> Manager) FF. The damned thing won't execute! It wasn't an issue for me
> until recently -- I've been able to use Chromium -- when I went to this
> webpage (
> http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=164061&sessionid=1&key=83AA8E95C2CA30D0D5A5A3AC3FBA8E4E&eventuserid=39463704 )
> and found that Chromium isn't supported for that particular media player; FF
> is, so now I'm trying to troubleshoot FF.
>
> I've gotta go; when I get back, I'll try your suggestions. Thanks for
> everything.
>
> --N.B.
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> http://www.openoffice.org (Nathan Bahn)
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apt-get install firefox
... it's not complicated.
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