Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:25:50 -0000 (UTC) From: craig001@lerwick.hopto.org To: "Warren Liddell" <shinjii@maydias.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Programs loading but sitting in limbo whilst not displaying Message-ID: <1472.192.168.0.146.1233102350.squirrel@lerwick.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <200901281017.10613.shinjii@maydias.com> References: <200901281017.10613.shinjii@maydias.com>
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> Im running FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE AMD64 KDE4.1.4 and recently for no reason i can > think of when i try and load FireFox or Thunderbird, according to my process > list, the applications are running, but yet they dont ever show up in KDE to > use//liaise with. I have even started them from command line but again, > nothing, it just sits there, no error msg, but process list again, sais there > running. > > I have tried recompiling both ports with no success and im runnin gout of > theorys as to whats happening. > > Any ideas/thoughts welcomed. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Warren I also had this problem, I resolved it by; portupgrade -Rf firefox My understanding is that this goes and forcibly builds all of the ports that firefox depends on, then firefox itself. If you run the commands with truss it will give you some debug information on what it is getting stuck on. Kind Regards Craig Butler
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