From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 05:20:36 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 D969C16A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 05:20:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3352243D5D for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 05:20:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp38-176.lns1.adl1.internode.on.net [150.101.38.176])i35CKXwn077578; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 21:50:34 +0930 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Malcolm Kay Organization: at home To: Matthew Seaman Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 21:50:32 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <200404052029.55868.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <20040405113700.GB68885@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040405113700.GB68885@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200404052150.32555.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> 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 12:20:37 -0000 On Monday 05 April 2004 21:07, Matthew Seaman wrote: > 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. Understood (now). For somwone new to the application it is somewhat crypt= ic. > > 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. Five minutes is a very long time in the computer world; at least for prog= ram=20 initialisation. I was probably too impatient. I'll do a clean up and try again tomorrow -= - the machine in question is at work while I'm addressing these questions f= rom home. Thanks -- I'll let you know when it works -- thanks again. Malcolm Kay