From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 18 18:07:00 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 856D01065670 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:07:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steinex@nognu.de) Received: from mail-ew0-f220.google.com (mail-ew0-f220.google.com [209.85.219.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B1158FC12 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:06:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steinex@nognu.de) Received: by ewy20 with SMTP id 20so1268542ewy.43 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.210.65.16 with SMTP id n16mr2969272eba.87.1247940419184; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:06:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nognu.de (pD9EA8D30.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.234.141.48]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm1038814eye.18.2009.07.18.11.06.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:06:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:06:58 +0200 From: Frank Steinborn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090718180658.GG50723@nognu.de> References: <20090718170201.GB50723@nognu.de> <20090718170255.GA14493@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718171753.GC50723@nognu.de> <20090718171529.GA49435@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718172841.GD50723@nognu.de> <20090718173625.GA39307@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718174827.GE50723@nognu.de> <20090718174356.GA41149@kokopelli.hydra> <20090718175358.GF50723@nognu.de> <20090718175137.GA95790@kokopelli.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090718175137.GA95790@kokopelli.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Subject: Re: upgrade from Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5 -- now that it's installed, it won't run 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: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:07:00 -0000 Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 07:53:58PM +0200, Frank Steinborn wrote: > > Chad Perrin wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 07:48:27PM +0200, Frank Steinborn wrote: > > > > > > > > Now this is strange... it should be available. See the sem(4) manpage. > > > > No idea how to help from this point except to advice you to rebuild > > > > your kernel and see if the module becomes available. It is definitely > > > > needed for running Firefox 3.5. > > > > > > Isn't there some way to get it using CVS or Subversion? I can't imagine > > > how a standard module would just be *missing*. > > > > Me neither. You can do the following: > > > > cd /usr/src/sys/modules/sem && make install clean > > Actually, right after that last email of mine, I tracked down sem in src, > and built it. Then: > > # kldload sem > > # kldstat -v|grep sem.ko > 14 1 0xc621c000 4000 sem.ko > > > firefox3 > Fatal error 'Recurse on a private mutex.' at line 986 in file > /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_mutex.c (errno = 2) > Abort trap Ok, now this seems to be a problem with libpthread-stuff. The problem only exists in 6.x. Sorry that I did not mention that earlier, but it just crossed my mind right now... However, someone is working at it. He also mentions some workarounds you could try. Please read the thread "www/firefox35 coredumps every time at startup" on ports@. Frank