I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm I had to install (backup) to to fix it. Anyone out there able to help? Blushingly yours, Harry G
On 5/14/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm I had to install (backup) to to fix it.
Anyone out there able to help?
Blushingly yours,
Harry G
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Have you tried a Google search with the terms of your original query? I'm assuming that you asked it on here. Sorry but I'm too new to this list to have seen the original but I do know tha there is a way of searching the archives with Google, hence my suggestion :-) If I were more knowledgable I would help further :-)) -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 11:36 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/14/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm I had to install (backup) to to fix it.
Anyone out there able to help?
Blushingly yours,
Harry G
Have you tried a Google search with the terms of your original query? I'm assuming that you asked it on here. Sorry but I'm too new to this list to have seen the original but I do know tha there is a way of searching the archives with Google, hence my suggestion :-)
If I were more knowledgable I would help further :-))
Search the list archives on google with: site:list.suse.com <arg1> <arg2> <arg3> ... Each additional arg will help narrow the search. If you add [SLE] as an arg it will keep the search to this list. At least that has been my experience. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Sunday 15 May 2005 06:49 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 11:36 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/14/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm I had to install (backup) to to fix it.
Anyone out there able to help?
Blushingly yours,
Harry G
Have you tried a Google search with the terms of your original query? I'm assuming that you asked it on here. Sorry but I'm too new to this list to have seen the original but I do know tha there is a way of searching the archives with Google, hence my suggestion :-)
If I were more knowledgable I would help further :-))
Search the list archives on google with:
site:list.suse.com <arg1> <arg2> <arg3> ...
Each additional arg will help narrow the search. If you add [SLE] as an arg it will keep the search to this list. At least that has been my experience.
The main problem is my browsers won't work. Harry G
On 5/15/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sunday 15 May 2005 06:49 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 11:36 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/14/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm I had to install (backup) to to fix it.
Anyone out there able to help?
Blushingly yours,
Harry G
Have you tried a Google search with the terms of your original query? I'm assuming that you asked it on here. Sorry but I'm too new to this list to have seen the original but I do know tha there is a way of searching the archives with Google, hence my suggestion :-)
If I were more knowledgable I would help further :-))
Search the list archives on google with:
site:list.suse.com <arg1> <arg2> <arg3> ...
Each additional arg will help narrow the search. If you add [SLE] as an arg it will keep the search to this list. At least that has been my experience.
The main problem is my browsers won't work.
Harry G
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Ah, now this one has cropped up more than once on here :-) -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/15/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sunday 15 May 2005 06:49 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 11:36 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/14/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm I had to install (backup) to to fix it.
Anyone out there able to help?
Blushingly yours,
Harry G
Have you tried a Google search with the terms of your original query? I'm assuming that you asked it on here. Sorry but I'm too new to this list to have seen the original but I do know tha there is a way of searching the archives with Google, hence my suggestion :-)
If I were more knowledgable I would help further :-))
Search the list archives on google with:
site:list.suse.com <arg1> <arg2> <arg3> ...
Each additional arg will help narrow the search. If you add [SLE] as an arg it will keep the search to this list. At least that has been my experience.
The main problem is my browsers won't work.
Harry G
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Ah, now this one has cropped up more than once on here :-)
Yes indeed it has. I did the latest YOU update this afternoon and once again thunderbird fails! There is no error message involved; just the thunderbird icon scrolling on the desktop icon and then thunderbird appearing on the desktop for a portion of a second, then ending. Last time it was a removal of thunderbird followed by a re-installation. The problem affected both thunderbird and firefox last time and I've not attempted to re-install firefox in the meantime, using mozilla instead. This time mozilla was unaffected. About three to five days after the last time this problem occurred there was an unannounced fix, in the form of another update, that was provided courtesy of YOU. I'm thinking this might occur again, but it sure would be nice if this was occurring. Meanwhile, since this is in my office machine, I'll play with it and report back what solution set I find. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 17:29, David Johanson wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/15/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sunday 15 May 2005 06:49 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 11:36 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/14/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm I had to install (backup) to to fix it.
Anyone out there able to help?
Blushingly yours,
Harry G
Have you tried a Google search with the terms of your original query? I'm assuming that you asked it on here. Sorry but I'm too new to this list to have seen the original but I do know tha there is a way of searching the archives with Google, hence my suggestion :-)
If I were more knowledgable I would help further :-))
Search the list archives on google with:
site:list.suse.com <arg1> <arg2> <arg3> ...
Each additional arg will help narrow the search. If you add [SLE] as an arg it will keep the search to this list. At least that has been my experience.
The main problem is my browsers won't work.
Harry G
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Ah, now this one has cropped up more than once on here :-)
Yes indeed it has. I did the latest YOU update this afternoon and once again thunderbird fails!
There is no error message involved; just the thunderbird icon scrolling on the desktop icon and then thunderbird appearing on the desktop for a portion of a second, then ending.
Last time it was a removal of thunderbird followed by a re-installation. The problem affected both thunderbird and firefox last time and I've not attempted to re-install firefox in the meantime, using mozilla instead. This time mozilla was unaffected.
About three to five days after the last time this problem occurred there was an unannounced fix, in the form of another update, that was provided courtesy of YOU. I'm thinking this might occur again, but it sure would be nice if this was occurring. Meanwhile, since this is in my office machine, I'll play with it and report back what solution set I find.
dave
Upon up a terminal and launch thunderbird from that, and see if there is an error message. When my apps misbehave, I find that this is a good way of finding out what it's doing.
Mike McMullin wrote:
On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 17:29, David Johanson wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/15/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sunday 15 May 2005 06:49 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 11:36 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/14/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
>I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not >launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do >with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in >the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm >I had to install (backup) to to fix it. > >Anyone out there able to help? > >Blushingly yours, > >Harry G
Have you tried a Google search with the terms of your original query? I'm assuming that you asked it on here. Sorry but I'm too new to this list to have seen the original but I do know tha there is a way of searching the archives with Google, hence my suggestion :-)
If I were more knowledgable I would help further :-))
Search the list archives on google with:
site:list.suse.com <arg1> <arg2> <arg3> ...
Each additional arg will help narrow the search. If you add [SLE] as an arg it will keep the search to this list. At least that has been my experience.
The main problem is my browsers won't work.
Harry G
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Ah, now this one has cropped up more than once on here :-)
Yes indeed it has. I did the latest YOU update this afternoon and once again thunderbird fails!
There is no error message involved; just the thunderbird icon scrolling on the desktop icon and then thunderbird appearing on the desktop for a portion of a second, then ending.
Last time it was a removal of thunderbird followed by a re-installation. The problem affected both thunderbird and firefox last time and I've not attempted to re-install firefox in the meantime, using mozilla instead. This time mozilla was unaffected.
About three to five days after the last time this problem occurred there was an unannounced fix, in the form of another update, that was provided courtesy of YOU. I'm thinking this might occur again, but it sure would be nice if this was occurring. Meanwhile, since this is in my office machine, I'll play with it and report back what solution set I find.
dave
Upon up a terminal and launch thunderbird from that, and see if there is an error message. When my apps misbehave, I find that this is a good way of finding out what it's doing.
And the result is: (Gecko:9530): Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkdraw.c: line 204 (gdk_drawable_get_depth): assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed (Gecko:9530): Gdk-CRITICAL **: file gdkwindow-x11.c: line 2510 (gdk_window_set_back_pixmap): assertion `pixmap == NULL || gdk_drawable_get_depth (window) == gdk_drawable_get_depth (pixmap)' failed The program 'Gecko' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter)'. (Details: serial 1474 error_code 4 request_code 56 minor_code 0) (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously; that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it. To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.) The 2 Gecko lines repeat 9 times before jumping to the line starting "The Program ...." and then returning to the shell prompt. Somehow it would seem that the updates are messing with the Gecko engine. I'm not familiar enough with Gecko to know how to hack the problem, but hopefully this will help someone at SuSE to perhaps post a fix in the next couple of days. The error message, BTW, make sense, in that thunderbird appears in the system tray rotating around for maybe 10 seconds, then rapidly displays on the desktop for a portion of a second, and then ends. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
On 5/17/05, David Johanson <dcjohan@patriot.net> wrote:
The error message, BTW, make sense, in that thunderbird appears in the system tray rotating around for maybe 10 seconds, then rapidly displays on the desktop for a portion of a second, and then ends.
dave --
Exactly what I was getting with Firefox. I ended up completely deleting Firefox (I don't have Thunderbird installed) and then re-installing an older version from the DVD/CD. At this point in time I'm sorry but I don't remember whether I have downloaded directly from Mozilla or not but I suspect I did and this worked (Ithink). Sorry for being vague about that last bit. -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
On Sunday 15 May 2005 06:49 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 11:36 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 5/14/05, Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> wrote:
I did a Yast update on my 9.2 system, and once again one user can not launch a browser. The last time I was informed it was something to do with a gcc update, but I deleted the info. So, bing as I grew up in the 60-70's, most brain cells are gone, and I can not remember the rpm I had to install (backup) to to fix it.
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I finally figured out it was the gtk-qt-engine-0.5-9.3.i586.rpm I had to backup to last time. Reinstalled, but still no go. When trying to launch Firefox from a term I get: MozPlugger: Failed to execute m4. MozPlugger: Failed to execute m4. (Gecko:6820): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 1579 (g_object_unref): assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed /usr/bin/firefox: line 254: 6820 Segmentation fault $MOZ_PROGRAM $MOZ_LANG Appears to me to be a glib issue(?) but I don't understand what. What do you folks think? Harry G
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