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']['HeBroken 12-09-2004 12:08 AM

FireFox1.0 Problem Mandrake 10.1
 
wats up all? well i just installed both the bin and the rpm and neither of them work. im in the terminal and type firefox and its comes out with this....

SCIM: im_module_init
free(): invalid pointer 0x8210040!

what does that mean?... any help will be appreciated. oh and one more question what will uninstall fire fox... rpm -?... thnx

z-vet 12-09-2004 12:18 AM

To remove Firefox use
Code:

rpm -e firefox
Then go to FF site and get a version without installer (archive file), just unpack it to your /usr/local/ as root and run - first as root and then as user.

']['HeBroken 12-09-2004 12:40 AM

well i can't find the progie without the installer....

z-vet 12-09-2004 12:59 AM

Link.
Or get an installer but be careful and choose a right path for installation. The best, imho, is /usr/local/firefox/.

']['HeBroken 12-09-2004 01:04 AM

when i was using the installer i clicked next and it would just error out.....

z-vet 12-09-2004 01:14 AM

I think you need to check if no parts of previous installs remains in your system... If anything is clean, get an archive and install. What was an error you've got?

reddazz 12-09-2004 01:53 AM

Configure urpmi on your system, using the instructions from the easyurpmi site. You can then use the graphical software module in the Mandrake Control Center and search for firefox or you can just type,

urpmi firefox (or mozilla-firefox)

in a console as root. To start firefox, run mozilla-firefox in a console or from the Mandrake menu. It works fine on my Mandrake system.

jsi386 12-09-2004 11:07 AM

Yeah, urpmi mozilla-firefox as root, that's what I did, it runs just fine.

']['HeBroken 12-09-2004 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by z-vet
To remove Firefox use
Code:

rpm -e firefox
Then go to FF site and get a version without installer (archive file), just unpack it to your /usr/local/ as root and run - first as root and then as user.

ok i got there now im getting this error when i type in ./firefox and i get other errors where it wont let me execute cause its a binary file... what to do....


Code:

[root@localhost firefox]# ls
browserconfig.properties*  firefox*      libnspr4.so*    libsoftokn3.chk*    LICENSE*                searchplugins/
chrome/                    firefox-bin*  libnss3.so*    libsoftokn3.so*      mozilla-xremote-client*  xpicleanup*
components/                greprefs/    libnssckbi.so*  libssl3.so*          plugins/
components.ini*            icons/        libplc4.so*    libxpcom_compat.so*  README.txt*
defaults/                  init.d/      libplds4.so*    libxpcom.so*        res/
extensions/                libmozjs.so*  libsmime3.so*  libxpistub.so*      run-mozilla.sh*
[root@localhost firefox]# ./firefox
SCIM: im_module_init
free(): invalid pointer 0x8b3c090!


reddazz 12-09-2004 10:05 PM

Is it so difficult to configure urpmi and get the official Mandrake version of Firefox. You will save yourself a lot of time and all those problems that you are experiencing if you follow the instructions in my previous post. It's sometimes frustrating when you have given someone the remedy to their problem and they don't even try to do what you have said.

z-vet 12-09-2004 10:26 PM

reddazz
I double it. You're absolutely right.

']['HeBroken 12-10-2004 12:11 AM

ok i have it installed. i installed it as root. but now the only problem i have now is i cant run it as a normal user.


$ su
[root@localhost.bobby:/] mozilla-firefox

^ that will run........ but when i try as myself it wont run i chmoded it already to u+rx .... what else must i do :D .... thanx... in advace.... thanx the both of you for you help as well....

z-vet 12-10-2004 02:55 AM

Where exactly you installed Firefox? It's /some/path/firefox/ isn't it? Inside this .../firefox/ directory there must be a file called firefox, it starts your app. Just create a shortcut to this file on desktop and you're done, i believe. Post a result here... :)

']['HeBroken 12-10-2004 02:38 PM

i installed it at /usr/local/



thats where it said to install or should i move it to /usr/bin ?.....

z-vet 12-10-2004 03:29 PM

No, /usr/local is allright. Did yo tried to run /usr/local/firefox as user?

']['HeBroken 12-10-2004 04:50 PM

^ sry i installed at usr/bin what should i do.....?

z-vet 12-10-2004 05:13 PM

/usr/bin/firefox/, i hope... Just move it to /usr/local/ .

reddazz 12-10-2004 07:03 PM

Since you insist on not using the official Firefox rpm from Mandrake as I suggested earlier, I'll help you out in another way. The $ sign used below just represents a normal user prompt so don't type it in or paste it.

1) Go to this mozilla ftp site.

2) Select the language that you want firefox to use (I chose en_GB coz I use British English). You'll then be in a folder with several firefox builds, download the one that does not have an installer (firefox-1.0.tar.gz).

3)Once you have downloaded firefox, change into the directory that you downloaded it.

4) untar firefox ($tar -zxvf firefox-1.0.tar.gz)

5) do $su -c "mv firefox /usr/lib/." (include the double quotes and when prompted for the root password enter it)

6) do $su -c "ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/."

Run "firefox" from a console window, it should work fine.

']['HeBroken 12-10-2004 08:45 PM

NICE thanx!!! worked like a dream!! thank you

masand 12-12-2004 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by reddazz
Since you insist on not using the official Firefox rpm from Mandrake as I suggested earlier, I'll help you out in another way. The $ sign used below just represents a normal user prompt so don't type it in or paste it.

1) Go to this mozilla ftp site.

2) Select the language that you want firefox to use (I chose en_GB coz I use British English). You'll then be in a folder with several firefox builds, download the one that does not have an installer (firefox-1.0.tar.gz).

3)Once you have downloaded firefox, change into the directory that you downloaded it.

4) untar firefox ($tar -zxvf firefox-1.0.tar.gz)

5) do $su -c "mv firefox /usr/lib/." (include the double quotes and when prompted for the root password enter it)

6) do $su -c "ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/."

Run "firefox" from a console window, it should work fine.

hey i tried that same method but same error msgs i have been getting
i tried installing the rpm from mandrake for firefox 1.0 but the same problem
any more suggestions??
regards

reddazz 12-13-2004 11:20 AM

Hi, I suggest you search on google coz I'm sure I've seen some other forums with a possible solution, but I can remember exactly where. SEarch for "SCIM: im_module_init"

masand 12-13-2004 01:37 PM

hey thannx!! i got one

for those who could not solve their
----
> scim -f x11 -c simple -ns socket -d
> export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
> export XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
> export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim

then, launch firefox-installer
-----

from
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules...0062&forum=1&9

regards

Elomis 12-29-2004 07:22 PM

No no no no no no no no.....
 
:tisk:
What can be really aggravating is when someone asks a question and gets an answer to something entirely different and hence useless. There's a real forum situation nowadays whereby people try to impart knowledge on what the time is and wind up explaining how to make a watch.

In any situation, to troubleshoot you look at what the actual trouble is, otherwise yer just shootin' :-)
The error message says:
Quote:

SCIM: im_module_init
free(): invalid pointer 0x8210040!
SCIM is a screwy Chinese IME for linux that has a habit of being uncooperative with ./whatever.bin scripts. If you don't speak Chinese, remove the software by:

1) run drakrpm-remove
2) search in the textbox on the top left for "SCIM" (without the quotes)
3) select all the results and click remove

Run your bin, it'll work like magic. This will also stop you having to do an RPM hunt when it comes time to install realplayer and some other software that make use of the bin format. Not everyone likes RPMs, you can have codependencies (x won't install without the dependency y, which depends on x) and they can generally be annoying. To be fair tho, they do make things easier to uninstall so consider what you will do before doing it.


Regards


E.

masand 12-29-2004 11:04 PM

hey thanks for the info
i did not know about SCIM and i looked for the possible solution around and found that one only.

now i have a better solution from ur side

regards

Jiawen 03-15-2005 12:21 AM

Re: No no no no no no no no.....
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Elomis SCIM is a screwy Chinese IME for linux that has a habit of being uncooperative with ./whatever.bin scripts. If you don't speak Chinese, remove the software by:
Trouble is, some of us need Chinese input. :(

masand 03-15-2005 12:26 AM

Re: Re: No no no no no no no no.....
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Jiawen
Trouble is, some of us need Chinese input. :(
then in that case u need to follow up with my post above

regards

cyborg_jt 03-15-2005 12:59 AM

I installed it to /usr/local and made a file firefox and it ran fine.
All I needed to do was create a link to ./firefox and it went ok, but since I have no internet connection yet can't test it.

Elomis 03-15-2005 03:59 PM

Re: Re: No no no no no no no no.....
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Jiawen
Trouble is, some of us need Chinese input. :(

我明白!


It's not very neat but you can remove scim with rpm -e scim , install firefox with either urpmi firefox or your script, then reinstall scim with urpmi scim . This also means you will install the most recent version of scim which may be more stable.


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