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Mnemia Guru
Joined: 17 May 2002 Posts: 476
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:37 am Post subject: |
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Pwnz3r wrote: | I've left Firefox 0.9 open for around four hours without problems. Perhaps it's an extension that makes it use so many clock cycles after a while? |
From source or the binary build? I didn't have any extensions installed, btw. |
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RockCrusha Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 91
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 3:00 am Post subject: |
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why does firefox 0.9 automatically maximize when i load it?
i'm running fluxbox. am i the only one who has noticed this?
how can i disable it? |
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10drill Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 104 Location: 0{here}1
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:00 am Post subject: |
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I've been holding off going to 0.9 for a bit as it sounds like people have had problems compiling and running. This morning I felt brave and went for it...compiled (using portage ebuild) and runs perfectly! Faster, prettier, and no problems at all (yet?). Fonts are antialiased and all settings imported correctly. Hooray. |
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Mirrorball Apprentice
Joined: 25 Apr 2003 Posts: 235 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:10 am Post subject: |
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And all the problems I had disappeared. I'm using Firefox 0.9 now without a problem.
Edit: This is my 666th post! |
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viperlin Veteran
Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Posts: 1319 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Mirrorball wrote: | And all the problems I had disappeared. I'm using Firefox 0.9 now without a problem.
Edit: This is my 666th post! |
how |
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placeholder Advocate
Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 2500
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Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Mnemia wrote: | Pwnz3r wrote: | I've left Firefox 0.9 open for around four hours without problems. Perhaps it's an extension that makes it use so many clock cycles after a while? |
From source or the binary build? I didn't have any extensions installed, btw. |
I installed it from the source. |
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Milez Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 116 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:23 am Post subject: Firefox |
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Yeah, I've had no problem with 0.9 so far, using the -r1 ebuild.
I have a question for yall - when I right click on links, the first option is open in new window...
How can I rearrange this menu to make the first option "Open in new tab"?
By the way, I think it's poor design to come up with a superior feature, then discount that feature by making its use sort of a back-up choice.
Miles _________________ -=Miles Stoudenmire=-
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firephoto Veteran
Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 1612 Location: +48° 5' 23.40", -119° 48' 30.00"
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:29 am Post subject: |
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You can just middle click links if you want to open them in a new tab. I'm not sure how you rearange the right click menu. |
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Milez Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 21 Aug 2002 Posts: 116 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:55 am Post subject: Thanks |
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Yeah, that's a good tip, thanks.
Still, anyone know about the menus? _________________ -=Miles Stoudenmire=-
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placeholder Advocate
Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 2500
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Not sure about the menus. However, I've had a Firefox window opened from about 16:00 to now[01:04] and haven't had any trouble with it. I compiled it from the source of course. |
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10drill Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 104 Location: 0{here}1
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Still, anyone know about the menus? |
Have you looked at any of the tabbed browsing extensions here? |
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Malakai Apprentice
Joined: 24 Dec 2002 Posts: 299
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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For those of you who are suffering from some of the more serious bugs in 0.9, the dev's are doing a 0.9.1 bugfix release. It's in beta now, it should be final in the next day or three. Keep an eye on the firefox frontpage and/or the mozillazine forums for more info.
Current thread by ben (the lead firefox dev) on the subject:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=90193 |
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NegaBenji Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 90
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry for the stupid questions, I'm new to this - I unmasked the 0.9 version as described in this thread, and now when I emerge search firefox I get "Latest version available: 0.9-r1" instead of 0.8-r2. But is this the rc1 pre-0.9 release candidate, or the most recent version after the 0.9 release? I don't want to go compiling an old pre-release version when 0.9 is actually out.
And along those lines, I downloaded the 0.9 tarball and dropped it into /usr/portage/distfiles. What do I do now to install it? |
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viperlin Veteran
Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Posts: 1319 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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NegaBenji wrote: | Sorry for the stupid questions, I'm new to this - I unmasked the 0.9 version as described in this thread, and now when I emerge search firefox I get "Latest version available: 0.9-r1" instead of 0.8-r2. But is this the rc1 pre-0.9 release candidate, or the most recent version after the 0.9 release? I don't want to go compiling an old pre-release version when 0.9 is actually out.
And along those lines, I downloaded the 0.9 tarball and dropped it into /usr/portage/distfiles. What do I do now to install it? |
look at portage manual
rc1 is release cadidate
r1 is after. |
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Drake Mallard n00b
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 16
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Shadowfiend wrote: | Well, the browser is fine, but using the GTK-Qt theme with it is not-so-good... All menus have dark background that render the text totally illegible. Hovering over the items works as it should, though there's sometimes some distortion. |
I had this same problem, also with GTK-Qt. Except that I didn't just get dark menu backgrounds--some of them looked like random video memory was being used for the background (including previously rendered webpages and xmms' current skin!). Had the same problem with both source built and precompiled binary. I wonder what's to blame, GTK-Qt or Firefox?
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robertclemens n00b
Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 4
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:11 am Post subject: firefox |
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Firefox is neat, but I'm starting to see more and more sites that only work (decently enough anyway) in IE.
<rant>
Makes me want to ebuild all over their nuts.
</rant>
Just a thought. _________________ --
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web hosting: http://solidsolutions.net
online shopping: http://ishopper.biz |
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Mnemia Guru
Joined: 17 May 2002 Posts: 476
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:25 am Post subject: Re: firefox |
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robertclemens wrote: | Firefox is neat, but I'm starting to see more and more sites that only work (decently enough anyway) in IE.
<rant>
Makes me want to ebuild all over their nuts.
</rant>
Just a thought. |
You're seeing more and more sites that only work in IE? Where are you surfing? Because I'm definitely seeing fewer and fewer sites that use stupid Javascript to block all the non-MS browsers. |
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syscrash Guru
Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 541
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Firefox 0.9.1 is out! I will try to bump the ebuild, perhaps it will Just Work (tm). |
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khiloa Guru
Joined: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 333 Location: Florence, SC
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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syscrash2k wrote: | Firefox 0.9.1 is out! I will try to bump the ebuild, perhaps it will Just Work (tm). |
If I emerge 0.9.2 then 0.9.3 will come out tomorrow! _________________ Registered Linux user #398059! |
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syscrash Guru
Joined: 14 Apr 2003 Posts: 541
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Alright, I compiled it (merely version bumped the ebuild), and it works. It was a bit flakey at first, though:
- I had to run it as root first.
- I had to chmod 777 -R /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox to get it to run as a normal user.
Apart from that, its great |
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fourwood Apprentice
Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 197
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Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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I copied the 0.9-r1 ebuild to 0.9.1 and am currently building it. We'll see how it works. |
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Beetle B. Guru
Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 524
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 1:43 am Post subject: |
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Didn't work for me:
Code: | g++: Internal error: Killed (program as)
Please submit a full bug report.
See <URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/> for instructions.
cc1plus
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Broken
pipe
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error
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gmake[4]: *** [nsFontMetricsGTK.o] Error 1
gmake[4]: *** Deleting file `nsFontMetricsGTK.o'
gmake[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1/work/mozilla/gfx/src/gtk'
gmake[3]: *** [libs] Error 2
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1/work/mozilla/gfx/src'
gmake[2]: *** [libs] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1/work/mozilla/gfx'
gmake[1]: *** [tier_9] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1/work/mozilla'
make: *** [default] Error 2
!!! ERROR: net-www/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 202, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)
ortage/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1/work/mozilla/gfx/src'
gmake[2]: *** [libs] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1/work/mozilla/gfx'
gmake[1]: *** [tier_9] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1/work/mozilla'
make: *** [default] Error 2
!!! ERROR: net-www/mozilla-firefox-0.9.1-r1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 202, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)
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I uninstalled 0.9 first. I did not delete my profile directory (although I emptied out the extensions directory).
For those who are complaining about having to start as root initially, see the ebuild regarding a firefox-${PV}-init-tar.bz2. You should have it for 0.9, and should copy it to 0.9.1. Some files in there also have the version 0.9, change them to 0.9.1. Hopefully that will fix the problem. _________________ Beetle B.
Please update the table of equivalents.
A Firefox guide. |
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Beetle B. Guru
Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 524
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:24 am Post subject: |
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Hmm... Tried again and it worked. (Still did not delete Profile folder with the exception of extensions).
Only weird thing I see is that I have an extra folder in my personal toolbar folder that I don't recall being there...
Didn't have to log in as root to run it. _________________ Beetle B.
Please update the table of equivalents.
A Firefox guide. |
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viperlin Veteran
Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Posts: 1319 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:32 am Post subject: |
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version bumped ebuild
had to run as root
after installing useragent extention i get
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*** nsExtensionManager::_finishOperations - failure, catching exception so finalize window can close
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so somehow it's not closing and the extention needs a restart to work, firefox is not listed as a running proc after i close it |
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Beetle B. Guru
Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 524
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:33 am Post subject: |
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It just got into portage, although they still use the old init file (although I suspect that the old one works fine and one won't have to be root to run Firefox initially with it). _________________ Beetle B.
Please update the table of equivalents.
A Firefox guide. |
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