Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:06:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> To: epilogue@allstream.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox will not start after javaplugin install failed. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0406230202390.15855@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> In-Reply-To: <20040622120750.6074c9ea@localhost> References: <40D3752A.8000809@atopia.net> <40D46636.1020909@mac.com> <40D74EBA.2010402@atopia.net> <cb9e0fa70406220836b9db54d@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0406221741280.4884@Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE> <20040622120750.6074c9ea@localhost>
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 epilogue@allstream.net wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:44:28 +0200 (CEST) > Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE> wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > I stumbled upon a page that complained that I had to install a java > > plugin to view the page. I do have a java jvm installed but din't think > > and clicked the webpage and told it to install that Linux plugin, since > > it would probably work better than the Windows one anyway. > > > > Now, afterwards Firefox just wont start! > > > > It says: > > bash-2.05b$ firefox > > firefox-bin: Fatal IO error 78 (Function not implemented) on X server > > :0.0. > > bash-2.05b$ > > > > Anyone know what that means? Is there one smart way I can fix what the > > install have destroyed? I did a 'make deinstall; make reinstall' but it > > didn't help. > > heya andreas, > > my guess would be that your java install added a few files that are not > recognized by the port 'deinstall' mechanism (because they're not listed in > the firefox port), so it leaves them and the directories intact. so, when > you reinstall, these files are still kicking around. > > you're probably going to want to deinstall firefox and watch for messages > which complain about not being able to remove directories. look for these > and any other firefox folders which still have content, then manually > delete them. (probably somewhere under/usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/...) I probably had a brainmelt earlier tonight. That was sound advice, and would probably have worked fine. But I happened to press 'rm -fr /usr/X11R6/lib' instead... Now I have been working awhile to get that back, and have no idea what might be missing more. At least Firefox is working again, but now I broke KDE! *sigh* I think I'll need to sleep on this. Thanks anyway, I should have done as you suggested, after sleeping. /andreas
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