(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55) I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic. When I try to run it using the bash command "MozillaFirebird", a window appears for about 2-3 seconds and then disappears. Help shows about a gazillion options. Can anyone tell me the minimum I need to do to start Firebird and make it actually do something? Any assistance will be appreciated. Don Henson
(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55)
wow that's an old build of firebird..
I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic. When I try to run it using the bash command "MozillaFirebird", a window appears for about 2-3 seconds and then disappears. Help shows about a gazillion options. Can anyone tell me the minimum I need to do to start Firebird and make it actually do something? Any assistance will be appreciated.
um.. dunno. they recently fixed a bug that popped up with the gtk2+xft nightly builds, but no window would ever pop up for that. personally, i just get a new nightly every week or so and run it out of my home directory (as i'm the only one on that box who might use it). they have two builds for linux: the basic one and the spiffy gtk2+xft build. the spiffy build looks much nicer, but i've had problems with it on some systems. when all else fails, i grab the basic one, which i haven't had any problems with since very early on (like in the .2 days). -- trey
Donald Henson wrote:
(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55)
I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic. When I try to run it using the bash command "MozillaFirebird", a window appears for about 2-3 seconds and then disappears. Help shows about a gazillion options. Can anyone tell me the minimum I need to do to start Firebird and make it actually do something? Any assistance will be appreciated.
Don Henson
Do you mean the window disappears and the program stops? Does it create the subdirectory ~/.phoenix? I run MozillaFirebird with no other args like you describe and it works under KDE and SUSE 9.0. -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 14:50, Jim Sabatke wrote:
Donald Henson wrote:
(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55)
I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic. When I try to run it using the bash command "MozillaFirebird", a window appears for about 2-3 seconds and then disappears. Help shows about a gazillion options. Can anyone tell me the minimum I need to do to start Firebird and make it actually do something? Any assistance will be appreciated.
Don Henson
Do you mean the window disappears and the program stops? Does it create the subdirectory ~/.phoenix?
Yes to both questions.
I run MozillaFirebird with no other args like you describe and it works under KDE and SUSE 9.0.
I'm running Gnome (2.2.2) under GDM. Shouldn't Firebird run under either? Don Henson
Donald Henson wrote:
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 14:50, Jim Sabatke wrote:
Donald Henson wrote:
(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55)
I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic. When I try to run it using the bash command "MozillaFirebird", a window appears for about 2-3 seconds and then disappears. Help shows about a gazillion options. Can anyone tell me the minimum I need to do to start Firebird and make it actually do something? Any assistance will be appreciated.
Don Henson
Do you mean the window disappears and the program stops? Does it create the subdirectory ~/.phoenix?
Yes to both questions.
I run MozillaFirebird with no other args like you describe and it works under KDE and SUSE 9.0.
I'm running Gnome (2.2.2) under GDM. Shouldn't Firebird run under either?
Don Henson
I would think it should. I would recommend trying the other advice you received about trying a newer version, possibly the one off the SUSE disks. Sorry I can't pinpoint anything more helpful. These kinds of problems are really difficult to analyze over the email medium. -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
On Monday 22 December 2003 9:35 pm, Donald Henson wrote:
(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55)
I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic.
why??? what was wrong with the version that comes with the distro???
When I try to run it using the bash command "MozillaFirebird", a window appears for about 2-3 seconds and then disappears. Help shows about a gazillion options. Can anyone tell me the minimum I need to do to start Firebird and make it actually do something? Any assistance will be appreciated.
get rid of it and use the one that comes on the SuSE discs... it's been built with xft support and IIRC, the gtk2 support...
Don Henson
Paul Cooke wrote: [snip]
get rid of it and use the one that comes on the SuSE discs... it's been built with xft support and IIRC, the gtk2 support...
FWIW, the Firebird team are due to release version 0.8 any day now. I think they were hoping for pre-Christmas but at any rate by the end of the month. I'm using a recent build from cvs and it's working very well. :) Fish
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 15:51, Paul Cooke wrote:
On Monday 22 December 2003 9:35 pm, Donald Henson wrote:
(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55)
I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic.
why??? what was wrong with the version that comes with the distro???
Didn't know one came with the distro. It certainly didn't install. I'll check out the distro disks and see what I can find.
When I try to run it using the bash command "MozillaFirebird", a window appears for about 2-3 seconds and then disappears. Help shows about a gazillion options. Can anyone tell me the minimum I need to do to start Firebird and make it actually do something? Any assistance will be appreciated.
get rid of it and use the one that comes on the SuSE discs... it's been built with xft support and IIRC, the gtk2 support...
Don Henson
Butrus orman wrote:
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 16:35, Donald Henson wrote:
(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55)
I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic. When I
what is the difference b/w mozilla and mozilla-firebird
The way I understand it, Mozilla is splitting up its apps. Firebird is the browser and Thunderbird is the email client. I believe Mozilla, as a monolithic app, is eventually going to go away. -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 16:35, Butrus orman wrote:
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 16:35, Donald Henson wrote:
(SuSE 9.0, Gnome 2.2.2, Firebird 0.6.1-55)
I decided to try MozillaFirebird. I installed it via Synaptic. When I
what is the difference b/w mozilla and mozilla-firebird
As I understand it, Mozilla has roughly the same features as Netscape Navigator including web browser, e-mail client, an HTML editor, and probably some other stuff I'm not familiar with. Firebird is web browser only and is reportedly "really neat". Don Henson
*** Reply to message from Donald Henson <wepin@wepin.com> on Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:13:41 -0700*** Would it be possible for you to send just one copy to the list? I am getting two of everyone of them. TIA -- j nemo me impune lacessit wwEd it's just an afterthought; okay ? : You ain't learning nothing when you're talking.
To which one? You have three listed. Don Henson On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 14:55, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
*** Reply to message from Donald Henson <wepin@wepin.com> on Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:13:41 -0700***
Would it be possible for you to send just one copy to the list? I am getting two of everyone of them. TIA
-- j
nemo me impune lacessit wwEd
it's just an afterthought; okay ? : You ain't learning nothing when you're talking.
* Donald Henson <wepin@wepin.com> [12-23-03 17:29]:
To which one? You have three listed.
Consider what you are doing. Below is the header I rec'd from your post: Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:28:56 -0700 From: Donald Henson <wepin@wepin.com> To: jfweber@bellsouth.net Cc: mailing@suse.de, list@suse.de, SuSE Linux E <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Subject: Re: [SLE] Firebird Why on a mailing list do you mail TO the poster and CC multiple lists? Have you not read the trailer on every post here? (pertinent ones quoted below): For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com You did receive this information when you signed onto the list! This violation is so prevelant that I delete duplicate posts (matching msg id's) with procmail on receipt. The duplicates merely expand web traffic and should be considered the same as SPAN unless specifically requested by the poster... -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org
*** Reply to message from Patrick Shanahan <paka@wahoo.no-ip.org> on Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:37:56 -0500***
Consider what you are doing. Below is the header I rec'd from your post:
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:28:56 -0700 From: Donald Henson <wepin@wepin.com> To: jfweber@bellsouth.net Cc: mailing@suse.de, list@suse.de, SuSE Linux E <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
Thanx Pat, much more succinct , but possibly more informative, than mine to him. ( I may even steal it as a "form" message, similar to it's snailmail counterpart , if you don't mind. Excluding the header info in this one. :^) -- j nemo me impune lacessit wwEd it's just an afterthought; okay ? : Crime isn't black and white. It's various shades of Kray.
Don, You might try downloading and installing a more recent version. And just for the sake of variety, try installing it without Synaptic. I don't know why that would make a difference, but these are computers, after all. After you download the *.tar.gz file from the Mozilla site, log on as su and move the file to someplace like /usr/local. As superuser, use
tar -xzvf *.tar.gz
to unpack the file. It will unfold like petals on a flower, ready to use (whew! was that overwritten!). After you've unpacked it, cd to /usr/local/bin (or /usr/bin if you prefer) and set up a bogus executable (a.k.a. symbolic link) thusly:
ln -s /usr/local/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird MozillaFirebird
Then exit su, move back into your home directory, type MozillaFirebird at a prompt, and it should run. We'll stay tuned! Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts Science and technology correspondent | The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in Home: 508-520-3139 pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 16:50, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
Don,
You might try downloading and installing a more recent version. And just for the sake of variety, try installing it without Synaptic. I don't know why that would make a difference, but these are computers, after all. After you download the *.tar.gz file from the Mozilla site, log on as su and move the file to someplace like /usr/local. As superuser, use
tar -xzvf *.tar.gz
to unpack the file. It will unfold like petals on a flower, ready to use (whew! was that overwritten!). After you've unpacked it, cd to /usr/local/bin (or /usr/bin if you prefer) and set up a bogus executable (a.k.a. symbolic link) thusly:
ln -s /usr/local/MozillaFirebird/MozillaFirebird MozillaFirebird
Then exit su, move back into your home directory, type MozillaFirebird at a prompt, and it should run.
We'll stay tuned!
Pete
Thanks for the procedure but, quite honestly, I'm not *that* interested in Firebird. I'm quite happy with Galeon but I've seen enough comments about how great Firebird is that I thought I'd have a look. Sooner or later, I'll be able to get it easily. Don Henson
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