Firefox missing libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0

phantom_cyph · 11-13-2008, 07:03 PM

Title says it pretty much. Firefox will not start and says:

Code:

symbol lookup error /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 undefined symbol: g_type_register_static_simple

I have gdk-pixbuf installed but that doesn't seem to be what it needs.

Oops. Almost forgot. System is Slackware.

phantom_cyph · 11-13-2008, 09:33 PM

Bump. There are very few results on google that have the same error as mine. Its like a page and a half, and the one that I think may have solved it is in some foreign language. I don't understand why the gdk that I have installed is not what is needed.

mogrady · 11-13-2008, 09:46 PM

Maybe this link will help:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion

You may need to download the library file first. I am finding the new version of FF a bit unstable but very fast.

Good luck, Michael

phantom_cyph · 11-13-2008, 10:03 PM

Unfortunately, the only library it mentions I already have installed.

phantom_cyph · 11-13-2008, 11:05 PM

I just tried to install Firefox 2.0.0.14 and I got the same thing.

mogrady · 11-13-2008, 11:09 PM

Uninstall all the FF you have, download a new version, and see wha Happ-end.

Good luck, Michael

phantom_cyph · 11-14-2008, 12:17 AM

Well, I have tried that. And another thing is, I'm not really installing it in the typical way. This is on a Slackware CD before it is made into an iso image. So it installs using the Slackware installer.

harry2006 · 11-14-2008, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mogrady

Uninstall all the FF you have, download a new version, and see wha Happ-end.

Good luck, Michael

i faced many a problems with FF that keep sticking/bugging even after you've done all taht you mentioned!!!