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From: Peter <pete4abw@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Java crashes firefox
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:29:17
Message-Id: pan.2006.03.11.14.16.48.288289@comcast.net
1 All of a sudden, when I go to a page with a Java application,
2 mozilla-firefox crashes. Run from a terminal, this message is shown:
3
4 peter@mars ~/.mozilla $ firefox
5 No running windows found
6 java_vm process: could not find Java VM symbols
7 INTERNAL ERROR on Browser End: Could not read ack from child process
8 System error?:: No such file or directory
9 firefox-bin exited with non-zero status (255)
10
11 peter@mars ~/.mozilla $ set |grep -i ^j
12 JAVAC=/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.10/bin/javac
13 JAVA_HOME=/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.10
14 JDK_HOME=/opt/sun-jdk-1.4.2.10
15
16 * www-client/mozilla-firefox [ Masked ]
17 Latest version available: 1.5.0.1-r2
18 Latest version installed: 1.0.7-r2
19
20 * dev-java/sun-jdk
21 Latest version available: 1.4.2.10-r2
22 Latest version installed: 1.4.2.10-r2
23 Size of downloaded files: 35,604 kB
24 Homepage: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/
25 Description: Sun's J2SE Development Kit
26 License: sun-bcla-java-vm
27
28 I notice that all the 1.0.7 versions of firefox are masked too.
29
30 When I do about:plugins in firefox, the entire Java applet shows as
31 enabled.
32
33 (from about:plugins)
34 Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_10-b03
35
36 File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
37 Java(TM) Plug-in 1.4.2_10
38
39 followed by all active mimetypes.
40
41 I did not update firefox or java recently. Although I did update to gcc
42 3.4.5 from 3.4.4.
43
44 I am sure it's something minor, but before I waste time recompiling,
45 downloading etc, perhaps there's a notice I missed somewhere?
46
47 Any guidance appreciated. TIA
48
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50 Peter
51
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