Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:24:23 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Steven Plehier" <steven@plehier.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD%20Port:%20www/firefox Message-ID: <op.s0d2axxd9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <437C8F7D.9070607@plehier.net> References: <437C8F7D.9070607@plehier.net>
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:11:09 -0600, Steven Plehier <steven@plehier.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I recently had an issue starting firefox 107-4,1 on 6.0-STABLE running > on sparc64. The installation (using ports) went - relatively, some gmake > errors - well but I was unable to start firefox. What are errors of gmake? Why are you trying to start firefox if it will not install due to failure of build (gmake)? > I found the issue to be this line in the firefox script: > > moz_libdir="/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/fake/lib/firefox" > > I changed it to moz_libdir="/usr/X11R6/lib/firefox" and now it works > fine. Is there a specific reason why the lib dir is pointing to a ports > directory instead of X11R6/lib? The same goes for the mre dir one line > below. If you are trying to start firefox inside the www/firefox/work/ then I doubt that it will working. Mine has the successed installation of firefox and the moz_libdir is correct. ========================================= # grep moz_libdir /usr/X11R6/bin/firefox moz_libdir="/usr/X11R6/lib/firefox" # pkg_info | grep firefox firefox-1.0.7_4,1 ========================================= /me goes to class for the test now... Cheers, Mezz > Thanks > > Steven -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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