[SOLVED] Slackware 13.37 32bit

igxz · 03-23-2012, 09:48 PM

recently installed 13.37 on my laptop, everything seemed fine except for Firefox and Thunderbird won't start, the symptom is when I start it, the tiny icon jump around the mouse cursor that looks like it's loading background, after couple of secs, it disappears then end of story. tried "ps" which is nothing there. Then I used slackpkg to upgrade all packages in hope to get this problem away, unfortunately, some thing happens to firefox v11.0 and thunderbired v11.0.

btw, put "/usr/lib/firefox-11.0" into /etc/ld.so.conf didn't work neither

any ideas?

thanks in advance

mattca · 03-23-2012, 10:02 PM

I've had this happen to me before (in a different distribution, so it may be a Firefox thing) and it turned out to be a corrupted profile. Try renaming ~/.mozilla/firefox to something else. If it starts it'll create a new default profile. If you had stuff saved in your profile you should be able to get it out by copying the files over to the new directory manually.

I hope that helps.

[edit: that's .mozilla, not mozilla]

mattca · 03-23-2012, 10:03 PM

Also, if you haven't already, try running them from the command line, so any error messages will be visible.

igxz · 03-23-2012, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattca

Also, if you haven't already, try running them from the command line, so any error messages will be visible.

this is what I got after run from command line, no idea what's about ?

Any advices?

Code:

root@darkstar:/home/igxz# firefox 
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-11.0/libxpcom.so:
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.
root@darkstar:/home/igxz# thunderbird
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/thunderbird-11.0/libxpcom.so:
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.

TobiSGD · 03-23-2012, 10:41 PM

You are missing a library. May it be that you don't have the recommended full installation?

igxz · 03-24-2012, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

You are missing a library. May it be that you don't have the recommended full installation?

it does look like missing libgtk-x11, been google around, can't find a appropriate way to guide me through how to get it installed, any advise where/how to start? thanks

TobiSGD · 03-24-2012, 05:00 AM

If you have the recommended full install (you didn't answer that question) it is already installed. If for whatever reasons not just install GTK+.

cwizardone · 03-24-2012, 06:47 AM

There is a thread on this, but sorry I can't remember just what the problem was, but you need to upgrade certain files to run Firefox or Thunderbird 11 (might have started with 10, I don't remember). I'll see if I can find it, but in the meantime try and search for it yourself.

tmmukunn · 03-24-2012, 07:31 AM

Code:

> grep libgtk /var/adm/packages/*
/var/adm/packages/gtk+-1.2.10-i486-5:usr/lib/libgtk.la
/var/adm/packages/gtk+-1.2.10-i486-5:usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0.9.1
/var/adm/packages/gtk+-1.2.10-i486-5:usr/lib/libgtk.a
/var/adm/packages/gtk+2-2.24.4-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.la
/var/adm/packages/gtk+2-2.24.4-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.4
/var/adm/packages/gtkspell-2.0.16-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtkspell.so.0.0.0
/var/adm/packages/gtkspell-2.0.16-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtkspell.la

Look and make sure gtk+2 is installed. Could also be some dependency of that libgtk+2 dll isn't found either I believe..

igxz · 03-24-2012, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

If you have the recommended full install (you didn't answer that question) it is already installed. If for whatever reasons not just install GTK+.

if I remember correctly, I did full install, but somehow GTK+2 lib is missing.. how can I get it installed manually? pkgtool?

Code:

# grep libgtk /var/adm/packages/*
/var/adm/packages/gtkspell-2.0.16-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtkspell.so.0.0.0
/var/adm/packages/gtkspell-2.0.16-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtkspell.la

igxz · 03-24-2012, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmmukunn

Code:

> grep libgtk /var/adm/packages/*
/var/adm/packages/gtk+-1.2.10-i486-5:usr/lib/libgtk.la
/var/adm/packages/gtk+-1.2.10-i486-5:usr/lib/libgtk-1.2.so.0.9.1
/var/adm/packages/gtk+-1.2.10-i486-5:usr/lib/libgtk.a
/var/adm/packages/gtk+2-2.24.4-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.la
/var/adm/packages/gtk+2-2.24.4-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.4
/var/adm/packages/gtkspell-2.0.16-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtkspell.so.0.0.0
/var/adm/packages/gtkspell-2.0.16-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtkspell.la

Look and make sure gtk+2 is installed. Could also be some dependency of that libgtk+2 dll isn't found either I believe..

looks like GTK+2 lib is missing.. how can I get it installed manually? pkgtool?

Code:

# grep libgtk /var/adm/packages/*
/var/adm/packages/gtkspell-2.0.16-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtkspell.so.0.0.0
/var/adm/packages/gtkspell-2.0.16-i486-1:usr/lib/libgtkspell.la

igxz · 03-24-2012, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

If you have the recommended full install (you didn't answer that question) it is already installed. If for whatever reasons not just install GTK+.

doesn't look like GTK+2 is installed.

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igxz · 03-24-2012, 10:53 PM

managed to fixed the problem

1. download gtk+2 from http://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub...7/slackware/l/

2. installpkg gtk+2-2.24.4-i486-1.txz (didn't even know installpkg support txz extension, neat! )

3. done! Firefox v11 & Thunderbird v11 are fying :P

thanks in bundle to all of you guys contributed to this thread