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Old 02-23-2004, 01:43 PM   #1
markkreuzz
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Unhappy why isn't firefox 0.8 working on my RH09???


Hello, i hope anyone can help me w/ my problem.. i have downloded & bzunzip my firefox o.8 on my PC and it doesn't seem to be working.. i have pentium-mmx 233mhz (@290). i have tried to run the firefox-bin,firefox, mozilla-sh, but nothing seems to be happening..?? Y?? but the amazing thing iz.. it runs on my friends machine that we both set up using the same distro and it works fine for him... if anyone can help me what to do or if theres a workaround for this.. i really like mozilla but don't want the extra weight.. btw.. mozilla runs ok for me...
 
Old 02-23-2004, 02:14 PM   #2
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hmm...have you tried out to start the mozilla-sh and give firefox-bin to it as a parameter?

this is quite an odd thing...I don't know what is going on, but earlier when I had both Mozilla (the whole pack) and Mozilla's Firebird (later Firefox) installed on my previous distro, I was only able to run firebird/fox through the mozilla-sh (like starting firebird/fox on the mozilla-sh or something).

don't know for sure....nowadays this works normally without the whole Mozilla stuff (plus another distro)
 
Old 02-23-2004, 03:07 PM   #3
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i686 thingie??

thanx for the reply..

u mean, like run "$run-mozilla-sh" from command line
or edit it.. or some other file ????
well.. i tried $run-mozilla-sh
and gives me "bashcmd) command not found"..

anyway my friends cpu is a celeron 900mhz.. and it really looks very nice..
im thinking maybe it's the i686 designation thingie??? like
"firefox-0.8-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
mine is "kernel 2.4.20-30 something on an i586..
 
Old 02-24-2004, 01:47 PM   #4
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well, since i can't seem 2 get this working on my machine... i guess i should try looking for some alternatives...
can anyone please suggest me what other good light graphical browsers out there ???
well while i wait for any replies, (if any) ill try compiling this stuff from source...
 
Old 02-24-2004, 02:45 PM   #5
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well imo Mozilla Firefox is the best one out there... I've tried Galeon, Mozilla (the "original"), Konqueror, Opera....it's a long list. but anyway...

I meant that maybe you should try running the run-mozilla.sh (I just checked the name) and give firefox to it as an argument. so first see where the sh-file lies (suppose you've run updatedb after installing mozilla, or that it's been a day or something so that it's run automatically)

the $ sign means the command line here, so don't write it so do like this (in terminal):

$ locate run-mozilla.sh

now you should get the path where that file is. it's the "base" of mozilla or something..then, look where your firefox's binary lies:

$ locate firefox-bin

and you should get the path to your firefox's binary file. then let's combine these two...on the command below, the /path/to/run-mozilla.sh stands for the path you got from "locate run-mozilla.sh" and /the/path/to/firefox-bin stands for the path you got from "locate firefox-bin" above...so you use the two paths we located above with this line:

$ /path/to/run-mozilla.sh /the/path/to/firefox-bin

(remember to give the full paths to your run-mozilla.sh and firefox-bin and _not_ to use those I wrote above!) this should start the run-mozilla.sh and tell _it_ to run the firefox's binary file....try and see if it starts, and if not, what it tells.

if you truly wish to use some other browser, try out Opera for example...altough I think you really should get this one working but post here what you get by following the directions I gave, either the results or (in case it didn't work or you didn't understand something...sorry if you don't...) anything else. I'll explain again if you missed something...

helping each other is part of linux's world
 
Old 02-24-2004, 05:24 PM   #6
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I had trouble with just the regular Firefox so I downloaded the Firefox with XFT and haven't had any troubles I just unzipped and ran firefox the file is located here:

http://mozilla.gnusoft.net/firefox/releases/0.8/

HTH
 
Old 02-25-2004, 12:31 PM   #7
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And firefox is working!!!!

anyway,bOuncer my mozilla is installed during the redhat-cdinstall so i just type $mozilla and wait about... a century.. & then appears
well i tried putting it path.
i did it like so...
$"/home/downloads/browser/fireme/run-mozilla.sh home/downloads/browser/fireme/firefox-bin"
---and it says
$"/path/to/me :line 451: 1101 Illegal instruction "$prog" $(1+"$@")}"
i wonder why???
oh well..

----thanx Jay for suggesting me of the GTK+xft version. i actually saw it when i was looking for the source files, and thought it was for a diff platform 0_o ...
but i still don't get it why the other 1 isn't running on mine... >
but hey!!! ive got firefox running anyway!!!! YAY!

BTW JayCnrs.. what is your hardware specs???
 
Old 02-25-2004, 10:13 PM   #8
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Just a small lappy:

Dell Inspiron 2650
1.6 Ghz Intel Celeron
256 MB DDR RAM
GeForce 2 Go Video
Onboard LAN 3 Com
Onboard i810 audio
Conexant Modem, which actually works with the free Linuxant driver before they started charging
Fedora Core 1

Everything here is working really well with Fedora Core 1 and I am just awaiting the stable version Fedora Core 2 .
 
Old 02-26-2004, 01:11 PM   #9
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Thanx for the replies form the community
i'm happily using my firefox now...

i hope i (++other newbies) get the same helpfulness and eagerness every time i encounter some problem simple or complicated on my linuz boxens... very nice community.. ill also 'try' to give something back by helping others even so called stupid questions (as long as it is in default human tolerance level), and also not spamming, trolling or even flaming each other to a crisps...

anyway JayCnrs... you have a very nice laptop/notebook.. nothing very extravagant... just right for Normal users... and i almost worked at DELL tech support but did'nt quit got in due to my bad english... (or something else?? geez i wonder Y??).. well enough chatiing.. i must conserve DB space for other people in need... ::CHEERS:: happy keybording !!! or whatever you do with your box as long as its not crack...
 
  


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