Mozilla 1.5 and Firebird 0.7 don't wanna play nice with RH 9

emgee · 01-17-2004, 08:20 PM

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Originally posted by Vlad_M

<snippage has happened>

Firebird 0.7 doesn't seem to require installation (just unpacking the tarball), so I tried to run it from the /root dirctory on my RH 8 partition.

This is where the things get very very odd - firebird would sometimes work flawlessly, and sometimes it would try load the homepage, I would press ESC to stop it, and then it would just freeze, usuallt when I want to enter an URL in the address bar.

Are you sure it's Firebird and not your installation method? Have you had success installing other large GUI packages in /root? What happens if you install Firebird under /user, where it would probably be more comfortable? Or try it under your own home?

/root on my machine is on the / which is also the boot partition and is pretty danged small: about 100 MB. I'm not sure all of Firebird would even fit in my /root: there isn't much free space on that partition. OTOH, I've got gigs free on /home and on /usr.

Just a thought.

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emgee

RedHatMasta · 01-17-2004, 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by Vlad_M
This looks interesting. Care to elaborate? Share it with us?

wooops sorry:
**or at least wouldn't tell**

r_jensen11 · 01-17-2004, 10:11 PM

All I had to do was su, then run the command firebird(I made a script just like netscape, but had it pointing to /usr/local/lib/MozillaFirebird/blah" instead of Netscape's path.

scottpioso · 01-17-2004, 10:25 PM

Hmm,

I'm interested in knowing if you all agree with my opinions and suggestions that I made in the previous page? The reason I suggested this guy take a Unix class was because that's what I did and it helped me immensely when I started learning Linux.

I just want to be sure that I'm not a lone wolf in my opinions. Thanks.

Vlad_M · 01-18-2004, 02:50 AM

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Originally posted by RedHatMasta
wooops sorry:
**or at least wouldn't tell**

That's definitely not in the community spirit.

Scottpioso: I don't know if the UNIX class is really neccessary, there is plenty documentation and online material that one can use to get to grips with *any* aspect of linux. But I suppose it all depends on how one prefers to internalise stuff - personally I can't remember anything unless I read it, others learn much easier through auditory methods.

scottpioso · 01-18-2004, 07:12 AM

Hi Vlad,

I was only suggesting a Unix class because Unix gives you the foundation to build from. I started on Unix and gradually worked my way over to Linux. It's just my opinion that having a basic understanding of Unix can help when learning Linux is all that I'm saying. After all, Linux is based on the Unix kernel but further developed into a robust operating system.

Vlad_M · 01-18-2004, 04:08 PM

You're 100% right. However, in my country any such classes (if taken outside of university syllabi) are quite expensive. So, in my opinion, it is not worth paying for such a class when there is a wealth of free information available online.

In case that such a class is offered free, or cheap, then by all means, take it!!! But that, in my mind, goes for any class, not just Unix.

scottpioso · 01-18-2004, 05:47 PM

Hey Vlad,

Yes, in the US, we have similiar issues. Those are at privately run colleges and universities. However, there are public institutions as well where people can take classes very inexpensively.