Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (287 mails)

[Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 19 August 2004 00:52, Juerg Schneider wrote:
> Hello Chris
>
> On Wednesday 18 August 2004 18.28, cms wrote:
> > On Wednesday 18 August 2004 12:09, cms wrote:
> > > I could use some help as well. I just upgraded to Mozilla Firefox
> > > v-0.9.3 on one of my desktop PCs using SuSE's rpm,
> > > MozillaFirefox-0.9.3-0.1.i586.rpm. Now Firefox won't start. I'm
> > > sure the fix is very easy. I just can't seem to find the answer
> > > right now.
> >
> > Please disregard. Premature post.
> >
> > xhost + and restarting X fixed the problem just like SuSE Portal
> > says. <sigh>
>
> What the hell has a 'xhost +' to do with a browser start?

Why the hell haven't you read the following file? ;P

http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/projects/mozilla/firefox/README-0.9.x

The problem and the solution is explained there. If you follow the 
instructions like I did, you will enjoy Firefox in no time like I do now. ;)

> 'xhost +' opens your X to the world. I don't beleve, that SuSE Portal
> suggest this. 

It is *very* temporary. You should now by now as you should have read the file 
I mentioned. ;)

> Du you run Firefox as a different user? In this case 'sux' is 
> the better choice.

Maybe that is a good alternative.

Cheers,

Leen