From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Sep 12 19:18:00 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0188BD8D82 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:18:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@woodcruft.co.uk) Received: from auth.a.painless.aa.net.uk (auth.a.painless.aa.net.uk [90.155.4.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BA95E97 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:17:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@woodcruft.co.uk) Received: from woodcruft.co.uk ([81.187.49.114] helo=lime.woodcruft.co.uk) by a.painless.aa.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1bjWjs-0000WU-2M; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 20:17:56 +0100 Received: by lime.woodcruft.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6B93A402; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 20:17:47 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 20:17:47 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: "O. Hartmann" Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Firefox: firefox dies quietly. How to debug? Message-ID: <20160912191747.GA94256@lime.woodcruft.co.uk> Reply-To: Frank Shute Mail-Followup-To: "O. Hartmann" , Polytropon , freebsd-questions References: <20160912162645.179d0b09@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <20160912165450.84b4e347.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160912175546.140cfb81.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160912175546.140cfb81.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-PRERELEASE amd64 X-Organisation: 'woodcruft.co.uk' User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:18:00 -0000 On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 05:55:46PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > > Am Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:54:50 +0200 > Polytropon schrieb: > > > On Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:26:45 +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > > > The intention is to autologin a user and start via xinit a X11 session > > > with Firefox. So far. Autologin works, I can start the X11/wmaker > > > session and also open xterm, xpdf as clients. But I can not start > > > firefox or libreoffice - they die quietly. > > > > > > I do not see anything in the X11 logs nor do I see logs on the console > > > telling me something irregularyly has happened. I tried to look for some > > > "verbosity" flags on firefox, but I didn't find anything suitable. > > > > > > Does someone here know how to make firefox a bit more verbose? > > > > One of the easiest ways is to start Firefox from inside a > > regular X terminal (classic xterm program works fine) to > > capture possible text output (if nothing is logged in the > > file ~/.xsession-errors, or if there is "too much noise" > > inside that file to determine what messages belong to the > > Firefox startup process). > > Firefox is started manually while I develop and configure, so I already have > a xterm open and start firefox from within. The curious thing is, that there > is no ~/.xsession-errors nor is there any other type of output (even no > console, no /var/log/messages). $ firefox -h shows the args you can start Firefox with, some of which might be useful to you. Failing that, I'd probably fire an email off in the direction of gecko@ and ask them how they go about debugging it. Starting off with a fresh Firefox profile might be worth a try, if you're not doing that already. > > > > > For a more verbose output, run "truss firefox" in xterm. > > This should provide you a good impression of what's happening. > > > > > > I'll try this next time, thanks for the tipp. > > Greetings, > Oliver Regards, -- Frank https://woodcruft.co.uk/