From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 04:37:19 2004 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 293D116A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 04:37:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F7B43D5E for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 04:37:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i35Bb1Jb010735 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:37:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i35Bb0Se010729; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:37:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:37:00 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Malcolm Kay Message-ID: <20040405113700.GB68885@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Malcolm Kay , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200404052029.55868.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200404052029.55868.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040323, clamav-milter version 0.70a cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mozilla -- No running window. 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: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 11:37:19 -0000 --z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 08:29:55PM +0930, Malcolm Kay wrote: > I installed mozilla-gtk2-1.4 from the packages on the > distribution disk. This appeared to proceed OK. But when I attempt > to run mozilla from an xterm: > QuoVadis:> mozilla > I get the message: > No running window. > and mozilla appears to do nothing further. The 'No running window' message is entirely normal -- all that means is that Mozilla has checked to make sure there isn't another instance of itself already running in your session. If there was, it would simply make that instance open a new window on any URL you gave it on the command line. The next part -- no Mozilla window appearing -- is definitely incorrect behaviour. You will need to wait for a while for Mozilla to get itself sorted out if this is the first time you've ever run it, but no longer than five minutes maximum. If you've done that, and there is still nothing apparently happening, can you check and see if there if are any Mozilla processes actually running: # ps -auxww | grep moz If there are, you'll have to kill them off before retrying. If Mozilla is absolutely failing to start (which can be tricky to detect as it runs beneath a layer of shell scripts) finding out why has to be a good step. Double check that the Mozilla binary has all of the shlibs it needs available: % ldd /usr/X11R6/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin If that's all OK, the next thing to try is moving aside any ~/.mozilla directory you may have particularly if it was created by an older version of Mozilla. Sometimes files generated by the older versions give the newer ones problems. Then try running mozilla again. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAcUTcdtESqEQa7a0RAh07AJ9kVGkdiX/R2PsvcxodsiqsuCmY7wCfZ+V4 XAMuamezOddqdmBm44skcZc= =AGLy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --z6Eq5LdranGa6ru8--