Re: [opensuse] Firefox dies when I try to do any print preview - CLOSED

On Dec 15, 2007 9:00 AM, Robert Lewis wrote:

On Dec 15, 2007 8:41 AM, Robert Lewis wrote:

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On Dec 14, 2007 11:40 PM, Clark P. Case wrote:

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On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 09:00 -0800, Robert Lewis wrote:

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On Dec 13, 2007 12:24 PM, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:

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Robert Lewis wrote:

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Firefox dies when I try to do any print preview.

One article I read says that the cause is that I need an updated gtx.

See: http://suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=40156 Which points me to: http://primates.ximian.com/~maw/builds/20071008/10.3-i386/ which is not in my repository settings.

However, when I search in YaST Software Management I don't find gtx installed at all nor do I see gtx being offered. I do see something called mpgtx. Not sure if that should be installed.

It's not gtx but gtk2 and if you apply all available updates for 10.3 you should be fine.

Wolfgang --

Hi Wolfgang,

Thanks for your response. However, I can tell you this.

Firefox dies when I try to do any print preview using SUSE 10.3 and Firefox 2.0.0.11. However, it worked with 2.0.0.10. I could always go back I suppose.

I found an update in YaST Software Management for gtx2 and installed it. I have almost every community repository turned on. In addition I think I have all available updates for 10.3 installed but It is not clear to me how to determine that.

Anyway, Firefox is still crashing on Print Preview. Not sure what to do next.

Cheers, Bob Bob,

I had this exact same problem back in July of 2006. What made it even more interesting is that if I logged in as root Firefox worked flawlessly. What I ended up doing was deleting the /.mozilla folder in he home directory of the user account that was exhibiting the problem and it worked from that point forward. You will loose bookmarks, but if you have backed those up you should be fine.....

HTH, Clark

I appreciate you and Wolfgang helping out here.

Clark: I tried it as root and it still crashes. I then tried deleting .mozilla and starting again and I still have the same crash, sigh!

Wolfgang: rpm -q --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-%{distribution}\n' gtk2 gtk2-2.12.0-9.2-GNOME:STABLE / openSUSE_10.3

Any ideas on what I should try next?

Cheers, Bob

I just found the following: On http://gtk.org/ I found the following line: Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.12.1 to 2.12.2 ==============================================

* Bugs fixed: 494776 text file with html causes lockeup 482531 firefox crashed on print preview [ IA__gdk_window_get_top

However, GTK_2.12.3 is now available. I can't find a SUSE compiled RPM of this as yet. Any ideas when/where it might become available. Maybe I should file a b/r asking for it?

I am now up and working with print screen. Thanks to everyone for your responses and help. I was not using the official version of GTK provided with openSUSE 10.3, which is gtk2-2.12.0-5.4. I was told: If you don't absolutely need to upgrade to GNOME:STABLE, I'd suggest to stick to the version provided on the DVD/OSS repository + online updates. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org