Firefox dies on start (X Window System Error)
Oh boy oh boy.....
After a lot of google searching and forum searching I'm still lost on this one. Out of the blue one day, my firefox installation ceased to continue to work. What could have possibly cause this, I don't know in the slightest. I turned my machine back on one morning and firefox was no longer there for me. :( Staringly Mozilla still runs perfectly (Version:) Code:
% mozilla --version Code:
% thunderbird --version Code:
% /usr/bin/firefox --version Here's some information for you all gtk-config --version 1.2.10 % glib-config --version 1.2.10 Code:
% Xorg -version Code:
% /usr/bin/firefox Remove everything related to mozilla or firefox. I removed all directories that mozilla or firefox resided in (~/.mozilla/, /usr/share/, /usr/bin, etc). I then installed from package Mozilla and ran it. That still runs. Firefox installed from package still doesn't run. EDIT(added kde information) I typically use Fluxbox 1.0r3, NOT logging in with KDM. I tried using KDM and then loading a kde session and firefox will run. I then tried using KDM and loading a Fluxbox session and Firefox will run. ? My .xinitrc looks like this when using startx: Code:
exec xmms -p& File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0_06 That did work on Firefox when Firefox was working. Has anyone else experienced this problem and can offer some assistance? |
Ooh, ooohh! I think I know exactly what you're talking about. I've found that Gmail and other JavaScript-intensive pages would crash Firefox with the same error messages. Have you been messing with your xorg.conf lately (maybe trying to follow Dugan's "How to Properly Set Up Slackware")?
My solution: remove the DRI and composite lines in xorg.conf or if you don't feel like doing that, generate a new one by running xorgsetup. |
aquaboogie90,
Funny you should mention those things. My firefox would crash before I could even get to any page at all before. What I just did was run xorgsetup. as opposed to my typical xorgconfig, and it fixed it right up. I wonder why that is:confused: |
Don't know, but I'm glad it worked! :p
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None of this works for me - except using Opera, Seamonkey or Konquerer when Firefox dies on a site. Only FF dies for me and only after the latest upgrade. It seems related to how FF tries to load videos, audios and other multimedia files. I have no solution and I have tried everything that I can find on the web, including at the Mozilla site.
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