From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 21:23:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE1731065675 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:23:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (alchemy.franken.de [194.94.249.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52F1E8FC1C for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:23:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/ALCHEMY.FRANKEN.DE) with ESMTP id m2HLNnwB032393; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:23:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m2HLNnBI032392; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:23:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:23:49 +0100 From: Marius Strobl To: AIJAZ BAIG Message-ID: <20080317212349.GB32129@alchemy.franken.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: segmentation fault with firefox, seamonkey X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:23:50 -0000 On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:36:36PM +0100, AIJAZ BAIG wrote: > Hi.. > > I have been able to finally get the X11 up and running thnks to the > xorg.conf file supplied by gheorgie on freeBSD 7,0. So I installed xfce4 > using sysinstall. I am now trying to install firefox. After installing > firefox using sysinstall, whenever i use it, it never starts and a seg-fault > occurs (with core dump). > > This is also true with seamonkey as the very same thing happens. Is it > because xfce4 couldn't ascertain my domain name as when it starts it gives > me a warning that it couldn't ascertain my domain name (i supplied the > hostname myself during install)? > > Where should I check the log of whats actually happening with them (as the > dumped core file is not human readable)? The pre-compiled packages of Gecko based stuff offered for 7.0-RELEASE basically all suffer from the same problem; you need to compile it youself with rev. 1.30 of ports/www/mozilla/Makefile.common in place. > > Additionally, my cursor seems really fluttery when I use emacs (also > installed from the ports collection). Should I lower the refresh rates in > xorg.conf file? > No idea on this one, sorry. Marius