[csw-users] firefox problem

[Dan O'Callaghan]

I never found out what was wrong but i resolved it by upgrading ALL my
installed CSW packages, so i guess it was a problem with one of
firefox's dependencies. 

cheers
DanO

On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 14:06 +0100, Dan O'Callaghan wrote:
> Hi
> I've removed firefox & mozilla.
> I've deleted all directories that mention firefox & mozilla in /opt/csw
> & /home, including the .mozzila .firefox.
> i've checked gconf folders and can't find anything referencing mozilla
> or firefox.
> 
> I've also tried logging in as another user and i still get the same
> error messages, so it's nothing in my home directory.
> 
> anyone got any further ideas to try??????
> Does anyone know where the extensions are installed and what files make
> reference to them??
> 
> cheers
> 
> 
> DanO
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 10:31 -0400, Robert Stampfli wrote: 
> > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 12:38:12PM +0100, Dan O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > I'm having trouble with firefox.
> > > I've loaded a couple of extensions, and i now can't run firefox.
> > > 
> > > I've un-installed firefox and done a search through /opt/csw and home
> > > and deleted all references to firefox - managed to find my profile and
> > > zap that too. I've re-installed and still get the same problem (see
> > > errors below)
> > > 
> > > Is the below message really a problem with extensions?
> > > Where are they located so that i can delete them?
> > > 
> > > ~$firefox &
> > > [1] 8029
> > > ~$*** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > *** loading the extensions datasource
> > > 
> > > (Gecko:8070): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Configuration file
> > > `/opt/csw/etc/gnome-vfs -2.0/modules/cdemenu-module.conf' was not found:
> > > Too many open files
> > 
> > I have this problem, too, although in a slightly different
> > context.  I can run firefox fine from my main account.  However,
> > I am unable to invoke it from a second account, and I can't
> > figure out why.  I get these rolling "loading the extensions
> > datasource" messages for a while (I think 25 of them) and then
> > it bails without the final message you see.  But, since I rarely
> > use my secondary account, I have not bothered to delve into it
> > in detail.
> > 
> > I've also had some problems with extensions.  Some just don't
> > work, but I've never had firefox refuse to come up.
> > 
> > Were you running as root when you loaded the extensions?
> > If not, all the changes should be under your home directory.
> > Unfortunately, firefox seems to store things in a number of
> > diverse places:
> > 
> > 		~/.mozilla/firefox
> > 		~/.firefox
> > 		~/.gconfd
> > 		~/.gconf-csw
> > 
> > Fortunately, all but the first seems benign.  Here's what I would
> > suggest:  Try moving .mozilla/firefox to .mozilla/firefox.save
> > and then restart firefox.  If this works, then you can selectively
> > restore things like your bookmarks and reload the extensions
> > that work, staying away from the ones that break things.  If it
> > doesn't, well, I dunno.
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > 
> > Rob
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> 
> 
> 
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