Re: [gentoo-amd64] firefox-bin crashing a few times every day

[Mark Knecht]

On Nov 12, 2007 12:36 AM, Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>
> 2007/11/12, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>:
> > On Nov 11, 2007 2:52 PM, Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> wrote:
> > >
> > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > the system configs are normal too.... the only thing that i can advise
> you
> > > to do is try the mozilla-firefox instead of mozilla-firefox-bin. don't
> > > uninstall the bin since it can coexhist with the non bin package.... try
> > > that (some hours of compilation) and see what it does.
> > >
> >
> > Humm....mozilla-firefox hasn't been much of an option for me in the
> > past. Too many problems with web-based media not playing without all
> > the wincodecs stuff. Maybe this has improved? I've used firefox-bin
> > really to get Flash, Java and wincodecs. I don't care which one I use.
> > I just want a good user experience when I'm browsing around and run
> > into something interesting.
>
> the only stuff on amd64 that needs some more things to do is:
> 1. firefox 32 bit plugins
> 2. win32codecs.
> at the end of the email i'll tell you how to install them and make them work
> flawlessly.
>
> > I really only run the AMD64 version of Gentoo because a few years ago
> > when I bought this system it seemed like an interesting thing to try
> > out and at the time I had a Linux laptop running 32-bit Gentoo in case
> > I ran into problems. Then a guy on the web found me and wanted to buy
> > my 2 year old laptop for more than I paid for it (he wanted a backup
> > machine) so I sold it and no longer have that backup.
> >
> > As an everyday, normal desktop user-type I really don't know that
> > running 64bit Gentoo offers me any advantages and has shown to have
> > significant disadvantages, at least the way I build the comparison
> > list. I wonder in what usage model do people here see a measurable
> > advantage running 64-bit over 32-bit Gentoo?
>
> it depends. for example i like to have the software that runs on my machine
> to use all of its capabilities.
>
> > I've stuck with it for a long time, and I hate to give up, but maybe
> > it's time to just pack it in and rebuild the machine.
> >
> > I'll keep poking around at this.
>
> for win32codecs you just have to emerge the win32codecs and you've done.
> there's really no other real thing to do.
> for the mediaplayer plugin install mplayer + mplayer-plugin and you'll have
> firefox run it without issues. mplayer is also useful for some videos that
> xine plays in the wrong way (mainly h264 with ac3 that has some issues with
> the subtitles and mplayer doesn't).
> install mozilla-firefox (not bin).
> as for java and firefox: install emul-linux-java (that you already have)
> for flash and firefox: install netscape-flash and nspluginwrapper and then
> do:
>  nspluginwrapper -v -i /usr/lib32/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>
> restart your mozilla-firefox (not the bin version). and you should be able
> to run flash, java, mediaplayer plugins on firefox amd64.
> if you still have problems just ask.
>

Thanks Beso, and Jeffery also.

OK, I'm doing a little catch up on system maintenance. I did an emerge
-DuN mozilla-firefox and picked up a few new updates. I did a
revdep-rebuild on some libraries and it looks like I'm ready to roll
with Firefox itself.

Now, should I rebuild Firefox? Here's how it is currently built:

lightning ~ # emerge -pvDuN mozilla-firefox

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB
lightning ~ # emerge -pv mozilla-firefox

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.9  USE="gnome java
-bindist -debug -filepicker -ipv6 -mozdevelop -moznopango
-restrict-javascript -xforms -xinerama -xprint" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be
-bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy
-fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn
-nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk
-sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
lightning ~ #


QUESTION: Will the mplayerplug-in support Yahoo Video?

http://video.yahoo.com/

That's telling me I need Flash 8.0. I have Flash 9.0 installed so I'm
not clear what the problem is here:

lightning ~ # eix -I flash
[I] net-www/netscape-flash
     Available versions:  [M]7.0.68 {M}9.0.48.0!m 9.0.48.0-r1!m
{M}(~)9.0.60.0_beta082207!m (~)9.0.60.0_beta100107!m {debug}
     Installed versions:  9.0.60.0_beta100107!m(05:54:44 PM 10/19/2007)
     Homepage:            http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/
     Description:         Adobe Flash Player

lightning ~ #

thanks,
Mark
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