On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:33:47 Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
d_j_w46 wrote:
> I tried to start firefox on the command line,and this is what I get.
>
> [david@reddwarf ~]$ /usr/lib/firefox-3.0/firefox
> The program 'firefox' received an X Window System error.
> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'.
> (Details: serial 738 error_code 15 request_code 45 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.)
>
> I don't understand what is happening,how do I fix it.
>
> Thanks david
The Firefox script in /usr/bin sets some stuff up for the Firefox
binary. This may be your problem. Also, by command line, do you meen
in a X terminal, or a text login? (CLI)
Mikkel
I'm using the bash shell and the script in /usr/bin is over my head
david