Can't run firefox

kosmonaft · 09-12-2006, 03:09 AM

When I run 'firefox' in my terminal, I get this error: "/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_object_compat_control"

This forums has always been very helpful. Maybe you guys could crack this one as well?

Wim Sturkenboom · 09-12-2006, 03:34 AM

Check if there's not a 'wrapper' around it somewhere on your system. I can't check for Firefox, but for Mozilla, the program is /usr/lib/......../mozilla-bin (similar to your firefox). There is however a script in /usr/bin that will start mozilla.

Code:

wim@btd-techweb01:~/commandcentre/inc/rfs$ ls -l /usr/bin/mozilla
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root bin 4205 2004-12-22 03:19 /usr/bin/mozilla*
wim@btd-techweb01:~/commandcentre/inc/rfs$

This script sets up the complete environment before starting mozilla.

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kosmonaft · 09-14-2006, 02:20 AM

Apparently I get the same error when I try to run xchat as well, so looks like it's a broader issue than just firefox. Looks like there is something wrong with the libpango library. The question is what?

MultiLinux · 09-14-2006, 02:09 PM

Is your X server running?

Randux · 09-14-2006, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kosmonaft

Apparently I get the same error when I try to run xchat as well, so looks like it's a broader issue than just firefox. Looks like there is something wrong with the libpango library. The question is what?

Are you running 10.2 vanilla or current or ...?

dracolich · 09-14-2006, 02:31 PM

What file did you use to install Firefox? I recently tried the newest libpango out of -current and got errors too. When I went back to the version that came with 10.2 the errors were gone.

Randux · 09-14-2006, 02:33 PM

That's why I was asking. Because there are a lot of problems if you try to mix new stuff with old pango.

dracolich · 09-14-2006, 03:31 PM

[QUOTE]...mix new stuff with old pango.[\QUOTE]

In my case it was new stuff with new pango. Now that I'm back at my linux computer I can tell you version numbers. I was trying firefox-1.5.0.4 (I run 1.5.0.6 now) with pango 1.12.3 and was getting similar errors. I cahanged it back to 1.10.2 and firefox was happy again. I'll wait til the official release of 11 before upgrading pango. Maybe a downgrade will work for you.

Randux · 09-14-2006, 03:34 PM

Ok, you can't mix anything with any pango :P

kosmonaft · 09-15-2006, 11:31 AM

Yeah, you guys were right on. The latest pango was a misfit. I installed pango 1.10.2 which comes with 10.2 and everything worked fine.