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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: floppy on September 12, 2011, 02:36:20 AM

Title: (solved)Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 4.0.2 with Xor
Post by: floppy on September 12, 2011, 02:36:20 AM

hello,
Firefox 6.0.2 was on my PC...
By clicking on Firefox "OnDemand" (Conky is on the screen), something happens with the "tce-load", then "loop", then "firefox-bin" processes.
The TinyCoreSystem Stats, page file systems, indicate a /dev/loop34 16.9M 100% /tmp/tcloop/firefox.  When I click on the wbar firefox logo, nothing start. tce is on hda2. mc bzImage + MCfile are on hda1.

On the same PC, on another HDD (hdd), I have another test version of MC3.8.4 on hdd1 (for testing new applications, making new setups, like alsa on boot..before I overtake the setups on my "active and productive MC with xorg", common home hdd3 with the problem HDD above, tce on hdd2): in this case firefox is running (version in the TCE directory is 15.07.2011 = 5.0.1).

Is the newest version of Firefox buggy?

I copied back the older Firefox on my computer into the active system.
.. and it works again.

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 3.8.4 with Xorg)
Post by: curaga on September 12, 2011, 08:27:15 AM

It would be useful to post command-line output from trying to start firefox (6.0.2).

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 3.8.4 with Xorg)
Post by: floppy on September 18, 2011, 10:09:56 AM

Quote from: curaga on September 12, 2011, 08:27:15 AM

trying to start firefox (6.0.2).

how in a command line?

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 3.8.4 with Xorg)
Post by: Rich on September 18, 2011, 10:31:39 AM

Hi floppy
Try maybe  firefox ?
If that gives you  File not found, try  usr/local/firefox-official/firefox

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 3.8.4 with Xorg)
Post by: roberts on September 18, 2011, 10:48:37 AM

libxcb.tcz was missing from the dep file. Corrected.

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 3.8.4 with Xorg)
Post by: floppy on November 08, 2011, 01:59:55 PM

the issue is back: I updated my pc (by error?) with the latest firefox and it dont start with mc4.0.2 and xorg7.4 on my box (firefox is ondemand; by clicking on the firefox icone, the firefox name jump into the application menue, but clicking on firefox in this application menue dont make it starting). So, where can I find an older firefox in this forum? (and will try later a start with usr/local/firefox-official/firefox and post if Isee any error).

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 4.0.2 with Xorg)
Post by: gerald_clark on November 08, 2011, 02:22:20 PM

Try starting it in an xterm and see what error you get.

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 4.0.2 with Xorg)
Post by: floppy on November 09, 2011, 04:42:12 PM

in a terminal, I tried different things. here it is

> ls /usr/local/firefox-official/firefox
/usr/local/firefox-official/firefox

> usr/local/firefox-official/firefox
sh: usr/local/firefox-official/firefox: not found

> /usr/local/firefox-official/firefox
Illegal instruction

> firefox   (in prompt of /home/tc/)
Illegal instruction

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 4.0.2 with Xorg)
Post by: gerald_clark on November 09, 2011, 04:45:56 PM

Sounds like you have a 586 class processor and Firefox requires pentium.

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 4.0.2 with Xorg)
Post by: floppy on November 09, 2011, 04:57:08 PM

I have an AMD K6-III; firefox runs before the latest update (I need it only for internet banking). So, where can I find an older version?

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 4.0.2 with Xorg)
Post by: curaga on November 10, 2011, 10:44:17 AM

We only keep one version of the official Firefox, but there are many versions of the unofficial codenamed builds (minefield, shiretoko etc).

Title: Re: Firefox 5.0.1 ok; 6.0.2 not starting anymore on my PC (MC 4.0.2 with Xorg)
Post by: floppy on December 04, 2011, 11:08:28 AM

Quote from: curaga on November 10, 2011, 10:44:17 AM

We only keep one version of the official Firefox, but there are many versions of the unofficial codenamed builds (minefield, shiretoko etc).

Thanks, I moved to minefield6. Everything fine now.