Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:32:46 -0700 From: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox - *** loading the extensions datasource Message-ID: <1087576366.3530.2.camel@server.mcneil.com> In-Reply-To: <1087575670.878.7.camel@gyros> References: <1087545571.70951.4.camel@server.mcneil.com> <1087575670.878.7.camel@gyros>
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On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 09:21, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 03:59, Sean McNeil wrote: > > OK, > > > > So I have firefox working as root and it doesn't print anything when I > > run it. > > > > As my regular user, it print the > > > > *** loading the extensions datasource > > > > and then core dumps. I think I have some old cruft somewhere, but I > > can't find it. I deleted everything in /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins > > and I tried it from a new account that didn't have any gnome usage > > before I tried to run firefox. I get the same thing: message then core > > dump. > > > > Where could these extensions be and how can I purge them. Also, why > > would root not try to load them? > > The extensions are kept in the main Firefox directory. Try removing > /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/chrome/chrome.rdf and > /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/extensions, then run it as root, > then try running it as a normal user again. > > Joe OK, that did it somehow. rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/chrome/chrome.rdf /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/extensions firefox (how to run 3 times before it worked again. 1st it core dumped, 2nd it hung) then as normal user, I had to tell it to import instead of ignore old settings. then it core dumped again in a different place saying I didn't have access to some files. Finally, it works. This has been a very interesting issue.
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