[SOLVED] Firefox 3.5 Not Loading - Page 4

olego · 07-13-2009, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by willysr

I for some times have been using Mozilla's package rather Slackware's package due to inability to do automatic updates

I use the localized russian package from the firefox.com instead of the Patrick's one.
But anyway I can't uncomment the libsafe.so because of broken nvidia bianry drivers (> 180.xx.xx).

P.S. Why are You use automatic update? You run Your browser as root? I think the usage of the packaging system of the distro is the better choice - it give You ability to control You files.

willysr · 07-13-2009, 04:11 AM

i changed the ownership of the firefox directory to my user, so i'm able to update it as i want to, since i'm the only user on my system

olego · 07-13-2009, 04:46 AM

Hello, fellows! I suggest one more solution!

Uncomment the libsafe.so in the /etc/ld.so.preload and try to run the firefox as:
LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
This should solve the issue with firefox.

But I can't solve NVidia binary drivers bug. It's not compatible with libsafe.so

willysr · 07-13-2009, 08:18 AM

it is suggested on Mozilla's Bugzilla too

Olego: i had no problem running legacy version of NVidia drivers. I think it may be an issue for newer version only. I'm running 96.43.11 here

olego · 07-13-2009, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willysr

Olego: i had no problem running legacy version of NVidia drivers. I think it may be an issue for newer version only. I'm running 96.43.11 here

At the home I have a quite old computer with old video card. And successfully run 2.6.29.2 with nvidia-96.43.11.

At work my GeForce 9500GT need latest drivers, not the legacy. So I haven't the choice =(
I can switch to x11 nv driver, but many years ago I had unhappy expirience with it and since that time I use only nvidia binary drivers.

willysr · 07-13-2009, 11:34 AM

i thought 96.43.11 can only be used up to 2.6.28.x.
Great surprise to see it able to be used in 2.6.29

olego · 07-15-2009, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willysr

i thought 96.43.11 can only be used up to 2.6.28.x.
Great surprise to see it able to be used in 2.6.29

oleg@(pts/0)[~]$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
NVRM version: NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module 96.43.11 Mon Feb 23 15:29:05 PST 2009
GCC version: gcc версия 4.2.4
oleg@(pts/0)[~]$ uname -a
Linux oleg 2.6.29.2 #1 PREEMPT Sat May 9 04:58:35 EEST 2009 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

willysr · 07-15-2009, 10:47 AM

I think after libsafe is moved to /pasture, this won't be an issue again

Wardub · 07-17-2009, 01:58 AM

Now, that 3.5 has officially been released. I've always been confused on how to upgrade to a newer version. How do I replace 3.04, with 3.5 exactly?

Shingoshi · 07-18-2009, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olego

Hey fellows, I encounter this problem too. And I didn't find any solution. But today I upgraded kernel to 2.6.30.1 (custom build with some patches) and install suitable NVidia binary drivers - 185.18.14, and then encounter problems with starting kde. You can search these forums for keywords "nvidia libsafe" and see many interesting results.

So I commented out libsafe.so in the /etc/ld.so.preload and got working firefox 3.5!

Distro - Slackware x86 current

ENjoy!

I've looked for a file /etc/ld.so.preload, and can't find any such file in my /etc. So what is this file, and where does it come from? Maybe I'm missing more than one file on my system...

Shingoshi

Shingoshi · 07-18-2009, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willysr

I think after libsafe is moved to /pasture, this won't be an issue again

And I'm still having an issue with this. So what's up here...

My error is reported here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...7/#post3611596

Shingoshi

ROXR · 07-19-2009, 07:15 AM

Slackware64-current have got package from firefox 3.5 64 bits.

willysr · 07-22-2009, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shingoshi

I've looked for a file /etc/ld.so.preload, and can't find any such file in my /etc. So what is this file, and where does it come from? Maybe I'm missing more than one file on my system...

Shingoshi

It came from libsafe, which is now has been moved to /pasture directory (previously was in /extra)

Shingoshi · 07-22-2009, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willysr

It came from libsafe, which is now has been moved to /pasture directory (previously was in /extra)

Wondering why if I don't have this file, that I still can't start Firefox? But this morning I realized that I'm just going to have to disable most of the extensions and try starting it again. Hopefully I'll find out what's happening.

Shingoshi

SlackMaster · 10-20-2009, 03:20 PM

I had installed the libsafe package while testing an application that said it required libsafe. And then, of course, my Firefox stopped loading. Thanks to this thread, I was able figure out the source of the issue.

However, when I removed the libsafe package, it did NOT remove the libsafe library, nor the /etc/ld.so.preload file that the package had created. So Firefox still wouldn't load after I removed the libsafe package.

But note that the /etc/ld.so.preload file is just a manner of pre-loading the libsafe library. The real cause of this issue is that the libsafe library blocks Firefox from launching properly, and the libsafe library may be loaded some other way. To confirm this, I manually deleted the libsafe library from my system, without touching the /etc/ld.so.preload file, and Firefox loaded immediately on my next attempt.

So, to resolve this issue, I would recommend (examples are for Slackware-13.0):
1. Remove the libsafe package, if still installed:
removepkg libsafe-2.0.16-i386-1

2. Manually remove the libsafe library, if necessary:
rm /lib/libsafe.so.2*

3. Manually remove the /etc/ld.so.preload file:
rm /etc/ld.so.preload