Slackware 12.2 and bouncing firefox icon

arubin · 12-17-2008, 01:48 PM

Just upgraded to 12.2 as a fresh installation. I am very impressed.

One issue I have noted is that on starting firefox I get two firefox buttons appearing on the status bar and a bouncing firefox icon which persists for some seconds before disappearing along with the second firefox button.

This may be a firefox 3 rather than a slackware 12.2 issue.

I had thought that it might be an issue with my old .mozilla directory but I have tried deleting it and starting afresh and still get the problem.

mattydee · 12-17-2008, 01:57 PM

I've never found a solution to this problem nor have I really found an explanation to what causes this behavior.

A workaround: you can control the timeout for this at

Control Center - Appearance and Themes - Launch Feedback.

digger95 · 12-17-2008, 02:06 PM

arubin,

Control Center > Appearance and Themes > Launch Feedback:

1. From the dropdown box choose 'no busy cursor'.
2. Uncheck the box for launch feedback.

You can also disable launch feedback just for Firefox:

1. Right-click Firefox in the start menu and choose 'edit'.
2. Uncheck the box for launch feedback.

Dig

arubin · 12-17-2008, 02:26 PM

Thanks. That gets rid it though it would be nice to know what is causing it in the first place.

Eternal_Newbie · 12-17-2008, 03:12 PM

No idea why, but I have noticed it takes several seconds longer for FF3 to start under KDE than it does under XFCE, for some reason. I'm sure FF2 wasn't as bad. This is under Slackware 12.1, by the way. Switching off startup notification does not help.

adriv · 12-17-2008, 03:50 PM

Maybe you've turned on the session restore?
FF does load a bit slower on KDE than IceWM (which I use), so I can imagine it's also a bit faster on Xfce.

arubin · 12-17-2008, 04:18 PM

I never use session restore.

adriv · 12-17-2008, 04:27 PM

Maybe it helps if you uncheck "warn for reported attack sites" (or something like that, my FF speaks Dutch) under Security?

Toods · 12-18-2008, 03:42 AM

I read somewhere that recent versions of Firefox (v3) need the following added to the '.mozconfig' file priot to the build:

Quote:

ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification

vince4amy · 12-18-2008, 03:46 AM

I've also got this issue with Fx on Slackware. Though I disable the launch feedback in kcontrol. I'm also curious on what causes it to do this. Also it loads quicker on XFCE, but I'm sure this is because of the gtk elements.

dizzi · 12-18-2008, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by digger95

arubin,

Control Center > Appearance and Themes > Launch Feedback:

1. From the dropdown box choose 'no busy cursor'.
2. Uncheck the box for launch feedback.

You can also disable launch feedback just for Firefox:

1. Right-click Firefox in the start menu and choose 'edit'.
2. Uncheck the box for launch feedback.

Dig

Just upgraded to Slack 12.2 last night and immediately noticed the "bouncing icon" and the double Firefox instance on the task bar. I viewed it as a bit of an annoyance since it seemed to drag on.

Thanks for the fixes

.

Regards