From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 23 00:06:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1425616A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:06:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pernis.its.uu.se (pernis.its.uu.se [130.238.4.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C5743D5E for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:06:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ante@Update.UU.SE) Received: by pernis.its.uu.se (Postfix, from userid 205) id 9EA50173AA; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:06:41 +0200 (MSZ) Received: from pernis.its.uu.se(127.0.0.1) by pernis.its.uu.se via virus-scan id s420; Wed, 23 Jun 04 02:06:32 +0200 Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.25]) by pernis.its.uu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DF519BA; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:06:32 +0200 (MSZ) Received: by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix, from userid 30086) id 7408738029; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:06:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6461C5C002; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:06:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 02:06:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Davour To: epilogue@allstream.net In-Reply-To: <20040622120750.6074c9ea@localhost> Message-ID: References: <40D3752A.8000809@atopia.net> <40D46636.1020909@mac.com> <40D74EBA.2010402@atopia.net> <20040622120750.6074c9ea@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox will not start after javaplugin install failed. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:06:44 -0000 On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 epilogue@allstream.net wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:44:28 +0200 (CEST) > Andreas Davour 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