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On 10/29/07, Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> try setting off java, clear everything from cache to cookies of passwords, |
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> disable addons and the restart it and see if it crashes. if it doesn't for |
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> some time enable one add-on per time and try it out for some time. if it |
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> doesn't crashes then add another addon. |
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> the last thing is to see if you have the x86 emuls installed if you are on |
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> 64bit arch (java,sound,base,xorg) then see if you have the plugins compiled |
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> for 32 bit (you should have it that way since they are available on 32bit |
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> except mplayer). another thing is to have the last stable version of gtk+. |
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> that should fix the issues. |
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> if that doesn't work either try also compiling the mozilla-firefox package |
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> (and start it via firefox and not firefox-bin). if that's stable with the |
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> same .mozilla directory then there's something wrong in the firefox-bin |
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> package. |
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> i'd suggest you install ccache before compiling if you don't yet use it and |
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> to add the option --buildpkg to emerge, so that you can have the firefox |
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> package built for your particular system. this is useful also for long time |
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> compiling packages as gtk+,qt or kdelibs and kdebase. if you'd later need to |
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> reinstall them (for example the expat-2 update) you can install them in a |
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> matter of little time. just be aware that the packaging requires additional |
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> disk space to package the files once they're compiled. |
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> i didn't experience crashes in the last 6 months. |
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Beso, |
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I'll spend some time finding Gentoo manuals to see if I can figure |
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out what you're talking about. It sounds like great stuff but probably |
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way above my skill set. It may take some time. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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> 2007/10/29, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>: |
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> > (Watch out for top posting! I've rearranged the text here.) |
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> > |
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> > On 10/29/07, Javi Moreno <vierito5@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > > On 10/29/07, Mark Knecht < markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Hi, |
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> > > > I'm wondering if anyone else is suffering the problems I am with |
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> > > > firefox-bin crashing a few times every day. It seems to be more or |
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> > > > less repeatable. After logging into Gnome for the first time if I have |
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> > > > two tabs and attempt to drag one tab to a different location then it |
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> > > > crashes. Not every time, but often. When I start firefox-bin a second |
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> > > > time it recognizes that it crashed, restarts the previous session, and |
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> > > > at this point it doesn't crash if I drag tabs around. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I have also had this happen multiple times hitting an Attach File |
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> > > > button in GMail. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I will say that this seems to have started roughly after the last |
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> > > > time I wrote to the list asking about Java & Flash support. I changed |
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> > > > a number of things at that time & I can go back and look them up if |
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> > > > folks think it's really involved. However this seems a strange thing |
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> > > > to blame on Java or Flash. That work is still in .bash_history so I |
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> > > > can at least get a rough idea of what I was doing if it seems |
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> > > > important. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > There is little to configure for firefox-bin itself. I've attached |
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> > > > the emerge command for reference. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I've tried running firefox-bin in a terminal but I don't get any |
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> > > > info. I should probably learn how to use something like gdb but I'm |
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> > > > resistant. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Anyway, I'm mainly looking for ideas about what to consider looking |
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> > > > at to fix this. It's getting frustrating. It crashed 4 times |
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> > > > yesterday. |
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> > > > |
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> > <SNIP> |
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> > > |
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> > > It also happens to me many times, only with the 32bit versión in my |
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> 64bit |
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> > > machine. |
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> > > In my case, it's random, when entering diferents websites, at diferent |
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> > > times, with diferent actions, some days 10 ten times, some weeks never |
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> and |
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> > > so on. |
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> > > |
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> > Yes, sounds very much like my problems. Mostly it's pretty random. |
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> > Clicking on some random link on random web sites can set it off. All |
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> > sort of little things make it happen. The only semi-consistent thing |
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> > I've found that's sort of repeatable from day to day is the |
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> > rearranging of tabs. That will almost always make it happen after |
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> > logging in the first time of the day. |
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> > Thanks for the feedback. |
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> > |
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> > - Mark |
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> -- |
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> dott. ing. beso |
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