[csw-users] Now a Problem Using FireFox

[Fred Strickland]

Good evening,
 
I tried this again.  I used the ftp instructions from http://www.ehow.com/how_2284571_firefox-via-ftp-windows-xp.html and worked through the file system.  I am not sure what 7.0b-whatever is about.  So I went with 6.0.2.  I downloaded the file into /tmp.  I used the tarball extract instructions from http://sunfreeware.com/README.firefox6  I was surprised how easy it was.  I typed firefox at the terminal and Firefox opened up.  Very nice.  Somehow, I don't think I should have had a real program inside a tmp folder.  So where do you store your Firefox folder?  Do you have it at the top level?  Or do you have it inside /opt or another location?
 
That is odd.  There is an error message appearing in the same terminal window that I used to fire up Firefox:
 
  (Gecko:973): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to find default local directory monitor type

I am not sure what that is about.  I look forward to your next message.
 
Thank you,
 
Fred
 


> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:39:41 +0200
> From: skayser at opencsw.org
> To: fredstrickland at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [csw-users] Now a Problem Using FireFox
> 
> Fred,
> 
> * Fred Strickland <fredstrickland at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Good evening Ssebastian,
> > 
> > I have pulled several things together. I will number these in order to
> > keep things straight.
> 
> sorry for the late reply. I'd suggest to keep posting to users at . That
> way more people than just me can help you out.
> 
> > 3. You gave me a URL that you havv used. I tried to follow it, but it
> > does not work.
> 
> Yes, the Mozilla guys tend to remove or move old versions. Just keep an
> eye on the more recent versions (as you did below).
> 
> > Seems to be listed twice:
> > [3]http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest-6.0/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/
> > 
> > I see the tarball directory:
> > 
> > 
> > [4]http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/contrib/solaris_tarball/
> > 
> > firefox-6.0.1.en-US.solaris-10-fcs-sparc.complete.mar 31-Aug-2011
> > 10:36 29M == I am not sure what this is.
> > firefox-6.0.1.en-US.solaris-10-fcs-sparc.tar.bz2 31-Aug-2011
> > 10:36 29M
> 
> Don't worry about the two different archive types. Just use the .tar.bz2
> in case the pkgadd version doesn't work for you.
> 
> > 5. When the installation started, I was presented with an option to
> > select some programs in addition to the FireFox program. The installation
> > went through without any problems.
> > 
> > 6. When I tried to launch the program, here is what happen:
> > 
> > $ firefox
> > ld.so.1: firefox-bin: fatal: libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: open failed: No such
> > file or directory
> > ld.so.1: firefox-bin: fatal: libcairo.so.2: open failed: No such file or
> > directory
> > ld.so.1: firefox-bin: fatal: relocation error: file
> > /opt/sfw/lib/firefox/libxul.so: symbol g_slice_set_config: referenced
> > symbol not found
> > Killed
> > $
> >
> > 7. Those messages sound similar. I am wondering if I should have agreed
> > to installing those other programs. I am thinking about removing
> > firefox-6.01.en-US.solaris-10-fcs-sparc-pkg.bz2
> > package and then redo the installation with the additional options. Am I
> > thinking on the correct lines for solving my problem?
> 
> Yes, when using the pkgadd version, you need to install all the packages
> that come with the download. They contain libraries which are needed by
> Firefox. In the invocation above, firefox-bin can't find some of these
> required libraries.
> 
> Sebastian
 		 	   		  
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