From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 00:55:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B35A4106566C for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:55:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: from lerwick.hopto.org (81-178-20-70.dsl.pipex.com [81.178.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0BC28FC0C for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:55:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: (qmail 98587 invoked by uid 98); 28 Jan 2009 00:25:56 +0000 Received: from 10.0.0.2 by polaris.lerwick.hopto.org (envelope-from , uid 82) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (clamdscan: 0.88.4/1789. hbedv: 7.1.1.11/6.35.1.178. f-prot: 4.6.6/3.16.14. spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:RC:1(10.0.0.2):. Processed in 5.669157 secs); 28 Jan 2009 00:25:56 -0000 Received: from lerwick.hopto.org (10.0.0.2) by lerwick.hopto.org with SMTP; 28 Jan 2009 00:25:50 +0000 Received: from 192.168.0.146 (SquirrelMail authenticated user lug) by lerwick.hopto.org with HTTP; Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:25:50 -0000 (UTC) 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> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:25:50 -0000 (UTC) From: craig001@lerwick.hopto.org To: "Warren Liddell" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Programs loading but sitting in limbo whilst not displaying X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:55:36 -0000 > 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