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Linux local 3.2.2 #2 Sun Jan 29 16:13:26 CST 2012 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
firefox -v
Mozilla Firefox 12.0
cat /etc/slackware-version
Slackware 13.37.0
I am using the Firefox 12.0 binary from releases.mozilla.org because I have always had problems installing the official packages and I have extracted it onto /opt/firefox.
When I go into Help> Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory and I click on "Open Directory" nothing happens. I have deleted the old profile and recreated one but to no avail.
It's a minor hassle but I wonder if anybody has had the same issue. Thanks
If you start firefox from a command prompt, do you get error messages? If so what are they?
should start the profile manager from a command prompt.
Code:
bash-4.1$ firefox -ProfileManager
(firefox:4016): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 'gtk-go-back-ltr'. The 'hicolor' theme
was not found either, perhaps you need to install it.
You can get a copy from:
http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases
It seems you need the hicolor-icon-theme that's part of a default full Slackware install (which may be a part of the explanation as to why firefox from the Slackware repo's hasn't been working for you):
It seems you need the hicolor-icon-theme that's part of a default full Slackware install
Thanks. I have installed it now with slackpkg but no changes!
Quote:
Originally Posted by TommyC7
(which may be a part of the explanation as to why firefox from the Slackware repo's hasn't been working for you)
The last default installation I tried was FF 11.0 and I had this error:
Code:
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-11.0/libxpcom.so:
libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM
This is why I have defaulted to the pre-made binary, which otherwise is working quite well.
Quote:
Originally Posted by TommyC7
Using the default gui method:
Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory > Open Directory also provides no results for me as well.
Which version of FF are you using and where did you get it from? This looks like a [Mozilla] bug to me.
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
Posts: 7,680
Rep:
I have the same behaviour (Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory > Open Directory also provides no results) on Debian using Nightly and Aurora builds under XFCE.
Can't check Slack right now but I suspect it would be the same.
Thanks. I have installed it now with slackpkg but no changes!
I think you have to rebuild firefox after you get the library. I don't think it'll magically work right after you just build only the dependency.
Quote:
The last default installation I tried was FF 11.0 and I had this error:
Code:
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-11.0/libxpcom.so:
libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM
This is why I have defaulted to the pre-made binary, which otherwise is working quite well.
Code:
# slackpkg file-search libxpcom.so
Looking for libxpcom.so in package list. Please wait... DONE
The list below shows the packages that contains "libxpcom\.so" file.
[ installed ] - mozilla-firefox-12.0-x86_64-1
[ installed ] - mozilla-thunderbird-12.0-x86_64-1
[uninstalled] - seamonkey-2.9-x86_64-1
You can search specific packages using "slackpkg search package".
Looks like it's part of the mozilla-firefox package from your Slackware mirror. At least it seems to be a part of mine anyways. I'm using Firefox 12.
libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I have installed the latest FF 12.00 from the -current repo:
Code:
bash-4.1$ ls /var/log/packages/|grep mozilla
mozilla-firefox-12.0-i486-1
Now I have two binaries, one in /opt/firefox/firefox, linked from /usr/local/bin/firefox, and the other in /usr/bin/firefox.
Code:
bash-4.1$ which firefox
/usr/local/bin/firefox
bash-4.1$ ls -al /usr/local/bin/firefox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Apr 28 08:57 /usr/local/bin/firefox -> /opt/firefox/firefox
This works fine, but:
Code:
bash-4.1$ ls -al /usr/bin/firefox
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Apr 30 12:31 /usr/bin/firefox -> /usr/lib/firefox-12.0/firefox
bash-4.1$ /usr/lib/firefox-12.0/firefox
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-12.0/libxpcom.so:
libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM
bash-4.1$ su -c 'slackpkg file-search libxul.so'
Password:
Looking for libxul.so in package list. Please wait... DONE
The list below shows the packages that contains "libxul\.so" file.
[ installed ] - mozilla-firefox-12.0-i486-1
[uninstalled] - mozilla-thunderbird-12.0-i486-1
[uninstalled] - seamonkey-2.9-i486-1
You can search specific packages using "slackpkg search package".
ldd /usr/lib/firefox-12.0/libxul.so|grep not
/usr/lib/firefox-12.0/libxul.so: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found (required by /usr/lib/firefox-12.0/libxul.so)
libsmime3.so => not found
libssl3.so => not found
libnss3.so => not found
libnssutil3.so => not found
libmozsqlite3.so => not found
libplds4.so => not found
libplc4.so => not found
libnspr4.so => not found
libmozalloc.so => not found
libstartup-notification-1.so.0 => not found
Quote:
Originally Posted by ponce
is there any reason why haven't you installed firefox-12.0 from the patches folder? I think you should bash-4.1# upgradepkg /tmp/mozilla-firefox-12.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz use that and not the one built on -current...
Code:
upgradepkg /tmp/mozilla-firefox-12.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
bash-4.1$ /usr/bin/firefox
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-12.0/libxpcom.so:
libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.
On slackware you really need seamonkey or seamonkey-solibs installed for the shared mozilla libraries that firefox uses
Code:
slackpkg install seamonkey-solibs
bash-4.1$ /usr/bin/firefox
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/firefox-12.0/libxpcom.so:
libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.
Ok, I'm giving up on this. I'll stick with the Mozilla binary.
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