Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

[Dale]

Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 09 Jul 2011 02:49:55 Dale wrote:
>
>> OK.  Back to the original thread.
>>
>> Here we go again.  Everything seems to work EXCEPT Firefox.  When I log
>> into KDE, I can run Seamonkey, Kpat, Konqueror, Konsole, gkrellm and
>> such but as soon as I start Firefox, it locks up tight.  Tight enough
>> that the kernel panics and it resets since Neil informed me how to set
>> that up.  Thanks Neil!
>>
>> On Firefox, I have unmerged both nspluginwrapper&  adobe-flash.  Still
>> does the same.  I also tried the unstable version of Firefox 3 and even
>> the unstable Firefox 4.  I don't think it is Firefox itself but
>> something that Firefox accesses or loads up.  Keep in mind, when I
>> upgraded Firefox it also pulled in new xulrunner packages as well.  Is
>> there anything else I should unmerge?  Keep in mind, I can't open
>> Firefox.  Should I try to run Firefox as root to see if it locks up then
>> too?
>>
> Personally I would not run FF as root.  It should run as plain user and be
> able to access all that it needs to do its job.  What you haven't told us is
> if you have tried the stable FF version 3.6.17 and if you are also getting the
> same problems with the www-client/firefox-bin?
>

3.6.17 was what I had if I recall correctly.  I had whatever was the 
stable version.  I then went up to the unstable version of 3 then to the 
4 version.  All did the same.  That's why I don't think it is Firefox 
itself but maybe something it loads or accesses.  Thing is, as I went up 
versions, it pulled in different versions of xulrunner and such that 
Firefox depends on.  I doubt that many versions can all have the same 
problem and it only affect me.  Just sort of sounds odd.

As for running as root, I meant as a test not a permanent thing.  If I 
did open it as root, I would have my router turned off, just to be safe.

This is weird as heck.  A program leading a kernel panic.  It's a head 
scratcher.

Dale

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