Two Buggy Browsers

[Nathan Bahn]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:23 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 08/11/2010 11:22 PM, Nathan Bahn wrote:
> ...
> > Daniel McFarland & Chris Jones--
> >
> > First, as to my reasoning for a manual download of FF:  I couldn't think
> of
> > anything else to do.  It will not execute (and no, I have no idea as to
> why
> > it won't start).  So this is what I get from the terminal after reloading
> > from the Synaptic Package Manager:
> >
> > *nat at nat-desktop:~$** ls*
> > AdbeRdr9.3.3-1_i486linux_enu.bin  Documents              Pictures
> > Adobe                             examples.desktop       Podcasts
> > AdobeReader.desktop               Firefox_wallpaper.png  Public
> > Azureus Downloads                 hs_err_pid25054.log    Templates
> > bin                               hs_err_pid25604.log    troubleshoot.txt
> > Desktop                           Music                  Videos
> > *nat at nat-desktop:~$* *cd bin*
> > n*at at nat-desktop:~/bin$* *ls*
> > *Firefox*
> > *nat at nat-desktop:~/bin$* *Firefox*
> > No command 'Firefox' found, did you mean:
> >  Command 'firefox' from package 'firefox' (main)
> > Firefox: command not found
> > *nat at nat-desktop:~/bin$* *firefox*
> > nat at nat-desktop:~/bin$ *kill firefox*
> > bash: kill: firefox: arguments must be process or job IDs
> > nat at nat-desktop:~/bin$
> >
> > The only reason that I'm going through this pain is that I would like to
> > very much watch this multi-media presentation here (
> >
> http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=164061&sessionid=1&key=83AA8E95C2CA30D0D5A5A3AC3FBA8E4E&eventuserid=39463704
> )
> > and FF is the only viable option.
>
> Ummm...
> Nothing to do with Flash or Firefox:
>
> I can view the presentation with flash turned completely off using both
> SeaMonkey (from a home folder) or Firefox (both Ubuntu version &
> Standard Firefox from a home folder).
>
> Standard Firefox (from a home folder)
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722
> Firefox/3.6.8
>
> Ubuntu Firefox
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100723
> Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.8
>
> SeaMonkey (from a home folder)
> Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11)
> Gecko/20100701 Lightning/1.0b1 SeaMonkey/2.0.6
>
> Now, you may have to install the appropriate codecs/plugins to hear the
> sound:
>
> Choose Media Format
>        Real Media Audio (16k)
>        Windows Media Audio (16k)
>
> This is your problem:
> nat at nat-desktop:~/Firefox$ firefox
> that will try to run your Ubuntu firefox (which is apparently borked a
> this time).
>
> To run Firefox from:
> nat at nat-desktop:~/Firefox$
>
> $ cd ~/Firefox
> $ ./firefox
>
> To test to see if it is a profile issue:
>
> $ ./firefox -P
> and create a new test profile & try from there.
>
>
>
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NoOp--

nat at nat-desktop:~$ ls
AdbeRdr9.3.3-1_i486linux_enu.bin  hs_err_pid25054.log
Adobe                             hs_err_pid25604.log
AdobeReader.desktop               Music
Azureus Downloads                 Pictures
bin                               Podcasts
Desktop                           Public
Documents                         RealPlayer11GOLD
examples.desktop                  RealPlayer11GOLD.rpm
firefox                           Templates
firefox-3.6.8.tar (1)             troubleshoot.txt
firefox-3.6.8.tar (1).bz2         Videos
Firefox_wallpaper.png
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
NPP_GetValue 1
NPP_GetValue 2
Attempting to load the system libmoon
NPP_GetValue()
NPP_GetValue()
nat at nat-desktop:~/firefox$ ./firefox -P
nat at nat-desktop:~/firefox$ ./firefox -P
NPP_GetValue 1
NPP_GetValue 2
Attempting to load the system libmoon
NPP_GetValue()
NPP_GetValue()
nat at nat-desktop:~/firefox$

FF still crashing -- haven't yet tried your other suggestion about the
codecs.

--N.B.
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