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rkfsm
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Joined: 03 Jun 2005
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Location: Charleston, SC, USA
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 Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 9:54 am Post subject: Firefox won't start |
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Hi,
If I download Firefox from the website and run it from my home directory, everything runs fine.
If I emerge firefox, it does not run. There are no error messages or any other symptom. There is just no window.
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$ emerge --info
Portage 2.1.9.42 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.4.5, libc-0-r0, 2.6.36-gentoo-r8 i686)
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System uname: Linux-2.6.36-gentoo-r8-i686-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_X2_Dual_Core_Processor_5000+-with-gentoo-1.12.14
Timestamp of tree: Mon, 02 May 2011 20:30:01 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash: 4.1_p9
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3
dev-lang/python: 2.7.1-r1, 3.1.3-r1
dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r9
dev-util/cmake: 2.8.4-r1
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.14-r1
sys-apps/sandbox: 2.4
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1
sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.5
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r1
sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10
sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 2.6.36.1
sys-libs/glibc: 2.11.3
virtual/os-headers: 0
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=k8 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=k8 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache distlocks fixlafiles fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS=""
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.netnitco.net http://gentoo.mirrors.hoobly.com/ http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo"
LANG="C"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 3dnowext X aalib acl amr berkdb bidi bl bluetooth bs2b bzip2 cairo cdda cdparanoia cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups cxx dbus device-mapper dga directfb dri dvb dvdr esd extras fbcon fontconfig fortran ftp gdbm gdu ggi gif gnome gnome-keyring gphoto2 gpm gsm gtk iconv ios ipv6 jack jadetex java joystick jpeg jpeg2k ladspa libcaca libmpeg2 lir modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly opengl openmp pam pcre perl png policykit pppd python readline samba session sqlite ssl static-libs sysfs tcpd tk truetype unicode x86 xinerama xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
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yoshi314
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 11:13 am Post subject: |
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try running firefox from terminal, e.g. xterm.
might be a linking bug in xulrunner caused by updates.
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rkfsm
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Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Posts: 100
Location: Charleston, SC, USA
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| Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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I did. There's no error. It's also a new install.
Also, it is not crashing. It is terminating normally before it shows a window.
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$ firefox -h
Usage: firefox [ options ... ] [URL]
where options include:
X11 options
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--no-xshm Don't use X shared memory extension
--xim-preedit=STYLE
--xim-status=STYLE
--g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal
Firefox options
-h or -help Print this message.
-v or -version Print Firefox version.
-P <profile> Start with <profile>.
-migration Start with migration wizard.
-ProfileManager Start with ProfileManager.
-no-remote Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
-UILocale <locale> Start with <locale> resources as UI Locale.
-safe-mode Disables extensions and themes for this session.
-jsconsole Open the Error console.
-browser Open a browser window.
-private Enable private browsing mode.
-setDefaultBrowser Set this app as the default browser.
$ firefox
$ firefox -safe-mode
$ firefox && echo "It returned a zero"
It returned a zero
$ firefox --Iamnotavalidoption
$
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rkfsm
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Location: Charleston, SC, USA
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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gentoo_ram
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Joined: 25 Oct 2007
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Location: San Diego, California USA
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| Trying running it with strace to see if you can get a clue based on the output. Also, check the 'ps' output and make sure you don't have old firefox processes hanging out in the background. That could prevent you from running a new one. |
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rkfsm
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Location: Charleston, SC, USA
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| The program exits with an exit code of zero, so there's no output. I have also made sure that there's no other instances running. |
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baaann
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Location: uk
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| Relating to Yoshi314's post, have you run to confirm that linking is consistent? |
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v_andal
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| And don't forget to check which program is actually executed when you call "firefox". |
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soth
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Joined: 12 Sep 2003
Posts: 207
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| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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I got the exact same behavior.
strace does not render anything useful from what I can tell. I can see that preferences is being read and soon after it unlinks the lock file and then exits.
I tried revdep-rebuild and reemerged both firefox and xulrunner.
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www-client/firefox-3.6.20 USE="alsa dbus ipc java libnotify -bindist -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -debug -gnome -startup-notification -system-sqlite -wifi" |
Also tried to remove my ~/.mozilla directory.
Tried to start as root.
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user@hostl ~ > which firefox
/usr/bin/firefox
user@host ~ > ls -l /usr/bin/firefox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 okt 6 21:24 /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox
user@host ~ > file /usr/lib64/firefox/firefox
/usr/lib64/firefox/firefox: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, stripped
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Seems the lads over herehttps://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-893300-start-0.html have found a solution.
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