Hi: On a suse 9.1 machine, here is what happens:
sux ... # firefox-installer
GUI installer runs; admin selects /opt/firefox as install location; installer completes successfully. Firefox runs automatically as root; closed by admin.
/opt/firefox/firefox& [1] 5655
At this point, the GUI "Import Wizard" shows, and I click "Next", "Finish". It goes away, then before the main Firefox app can display this happens: anok@ting:~> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client! (firefox-bin:5671): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: [1]+ Exit 1 /opt/firefox/firefox So I try this, which results in a mess: anok@ting:~> xhost +local:localhost non-network local connections being added to access control list anok@ting:~> /opt/firefox/firefox& [1] 5685 anok@ting:~> *** nsExtensionManager::_disableObsoleteExtensions - failure, catching exception so finalize window can close *** loading the extensions datasource ...infinite times *** loading the extensions datasource Ctrl-C *** loading the extensions datasource ...infinite times *** loading the extensions datasource This cannot be stopped, and after a few minutes finally results in: anok@ting:~> (firefox-bin:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Success (firefox-bin:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Success (firefox-bin:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Success anok@ting:~> (Gecko:5701): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot create pipe for GnomeVFSProcess initialization: Too many open files *** loading the extensions datasource (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Success (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Success (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Success (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Success (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files (Gecko:5701): Gdk-WARNING **: Error converting from UTF-8 to STRING: Could not open converter from 'UTF-8' to 'ISO-8859-1': Too many open files Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh: line 451: 5701 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"} [1]+ Exit 139 /opt/firefox/firefox anok@ting:~> anok@ting:~> So that's it. I guess I won't be running the Firefox vanilla on this machine. Have to use a Suse customized version. -- _____________________ Christopher R. Carlen crobc@sbcglobal.net SuSE 9.1 Linux 2.6.5