Firefox doesn't run in F10-KDE4.185 Live

linux guy linuxguy123 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 18 17:39:59 UTC 2008


Firefox doesn't run in F10-KDE4.185 Live on my machine.

If I run it from the command line, it immediately exits without any output.

# yum install firefox
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
fedora                                                   | 2.8 kB     00:00
fedora/primary_db                                        | 6.6 MB     00:13
updates                                                  | 2.3 kB     00:00
updates/primary_db                                       | 1.2 MB     00:02
kde                                                      | 2.1 kB     00:00
kde/primary_db                                           | 3.2 kB     00:00
kde-testing                                              | 1.9 kB     00:00
kde-testing/primary_db                                   | 5.2 kB     00:00
kde-unstable                                             | 1.9 kB     00:00
kde-unstable/primary_db                                  | 159 kB     00:00
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package firefox.i386 0:3.0.4-1.fc10 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.9.0.4 for package: firefox
--> Processing Dependency: libxul.so for package: firefox
--> Processing Dependency: system-bookmarks for package: firefox
--> Processing Dependency: libxpcom.so for package: firefox
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xulrunner.i386 0:1.9.0.4-1.fc10 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: mozilla-filesystem for package: xulrunner
---> Package fedora-bookmarks.noarch 0:10-1 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mozilla-filesystem.i386 0:1.9-2.fc10 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package                  Arch         Version               Repository    Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 firefox                  i386         3.0.4-1.fc10          fedora        12 M
Installing for dependencies:
 fedora-bookmarks         noarch       10-1                  fedora       3.9 k
 mozilla-filesystem       i386         1.9-2.fc10            fedora       3.0 k
 xulrunner                i386         1.9.0.4-1.fc10        fedora       9.1 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install      4 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 21 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/4): mozilla-filesystem-1.9-2.fc10.i386.rpm            | 3.0 kB     00:00
(2/4): fedora-bookmarks-10-1.noarch.rpm                  | 3.9 kB     00:00
(3/4): xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.fc10.i386.rpm                 | 9.1 MB     00:18
(4/4): firefox-3.0.4-1.fc10.i386.rpm                     |  12 MB     00:24
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                           479 kB/s |  21 MB     00:44
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : mozilla-filesystem                                       1/4
  Installing     : fedora-bookmarks                                         2/4
  Installing     : xulrunner                                                3/4
  Installing     : firefox                                                  4/4

Installed:
  firefox.i386 0:3.0.4-1.fc10

Dependency Installed:
  fedora-bookmarks.noarch 0:10-1       mozilla-filesystem.i386 0:1.9-2.fc10
  xulrunner.i386 0:1.9.0.4-1.fc10

Complete!


$ firefox
$

$ yum list firefox
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
firefox.i386                       3.0.4-1.fc10                        installed

$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.7-134.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Mon Dec 1
22:42:50 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

$ yum list kdelibs
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
kdelibs.i386                      6:4.1.85-5.fc10                      installed


The good news is that Konqueror can now access gmail !  Now if only we
could get it to view youtube videos again.



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