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:
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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>> >
>> >          Run this :
>> >
>> >
>> >           "ps -ef f | grep firefox | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' |
>> >         xargs kill ; firefox"
>> >
>> >
>> >           Then send us the result.
>> >
>> >
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>> > kthxbye--
>> >
>> >
>> > nat at nat-desktop:~$ 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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> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html &
> http://www.openoffice.org (Nathan Bahn)
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  apt-get install firefox

  ... it's not complicated.
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