From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 21 13:20:55 2003 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 2FCC716A4BF for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas2x.cos.agilent.com (msgbas2x.cos.agilent.com [192.25.240.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2EC43F93 for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:20:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ctuffli@cre85086tuf.rose.agilent.com) Received: from relcos2.cos.agilent.com (relcos2.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.237]) by msgbas2x.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F3DA1E58; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:20:53 -0600 (MDT) Received: from rtl.rose.agilent.com (rtl.rose.agilent.com [130.30.179.189]) by relcos2.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1A1C550; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:20:52 -0600 (MDT) Received: from cre85086tuf.rose.agilent.com (cre85086tuf.rose.agilent.com [130.30.174.150])ESMTP id NAA18776; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:20:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by cre85086tuf.rose.agilent.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 93C0919DFA0; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:19:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 13:19:26 -0700 From: Chuck Tuffli To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20030821201926.GB83203@cre85086tuf.rose.agilent.com> References: <20030820223958.GB82000@cre85086tuf.rose.agilent.com> <1061420495.703.80.camel@gyros> <20030821032903.GA82235@cre85086tuf.rose.agilent.com> <20030821034804.GA89089@rot13.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030821034804.GA89089@rot13.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: FreeBSD User Questions List Subject: Re: mozilla-firebird dependency on gnomecontrolcenter? 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: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:20:55 -0000 On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 08:48:04PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 08:29:03PM -0700, Chuck Tuffli wrote: > > Ok, I did a cvsup of ports-base and the build completed without the > > strangeness I saw earlier. Now when I run firebird, nothing happens > > (i.e. no browser window, no message stating an error, no core dump, > > and nothing logged to dmesg). > > > > Since there aren't any error messages, I'm not sure what info to send > > you. The machine is running 4.8-RELEASE with Linux compatibility built > > into the kernel. "firebird -v" reports > > > > [92] firebird -v > > Mozilla 1.5a, Copyright (c) 2003 mozilla.org > > This is a FAQ. > > When you update mozilla you often need to remove your old .mozilla > directory (save the bookmarks.html if you like). They are not very > careful to maintain backwards compatibility. This is a brand new system that has never had a .mozilla dir > mozilla is also VERY sensitive to being built with consistent library > interfaces - if you have stale headers lying around on the system, or > old/mismatched versions of the dependencies, it can become confused in > this fashion. > > Kris Would you suspect this to be a problem on a brand new 4.8 install (i.e. there has never been anything else on this disk)? Maybe it doesn't build with a stock 4.8 version of ports? Has anyone ever tried this? -- Chuck Tuffli