kernel 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 problems

[Josh Coffman]

Hi all,

I'm having problems since updating the kernel to
kernel 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 and updating firefox to
1.0.7. Yesterday, I updated my system using yumex.

Symptoms:
  - Firefox won't completely render any pages. IT will
show partials like some table border. The URL isn't
even visible although I can see the text selection
highlight when I ctrl+L.
  - Epiphany won't start
  - GDM login reports a config error and shows a
fall-back login screen, but users can login.

Repos I used for the update:
  - fedora base
  - fedora updates-released
  - fedora extras
  - I was thinking I used dag also, but I see it is
not enabled.

I tried changing the GDM theme to the default, but
still have the same problem.

For firefox, I tried
remove/re-install/downgrade/update and it never got
better.

I don't know where to begin, so help is appreciated.

Thanks,
-j

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[Peter Teuben]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Josh Coffman wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having problems since updating the kernel to
> kernel 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 and updating firefox to
> 1.0.7. Yesterday, I updated my system using yumex.
>
> Symptoms:
> Firefox won't completely render any pages. IT will
>
> show partials like some table border. The URL isn't
> even visible although I can see the text selection
> highlight when I ctrl+L.
> Epiphany won't start
> GDM login reports a config error and shows a
>
> fall-back login screen, but users can login.
>
> Repos I used for the update:
> fedora base
> fedora updates-released
> fedora extras
> I was thinking I used dag also, but I see it is
>
> not enabled.
>
> I tried changing the GDM theme to the default, but
> still have the same problem.
>
> For firefox, I tried
> remove/re-install/downgrade/update and it never got
> better.
>
> I don't know where to begin, so help is appreciated.

did you try and use an older kernel to confirm it was the
kernel.  For a while i've had similar problem. I've been
totally mystified. GAIM would show many processes cloned,
which i initially thought was the cause of webpage getting
locked up (btw, i did find simple pages always works, but
the one that include various externally hosted ads etc. would
lock it up).

At some point when i thought all was well, i upgraded firefox:
and poof, all bad again. Startted with a new ~/.mozilla tree.
Still bad.

Odd thing is that mozilla worked fine, but firefox would lock
up. I did't try any of the other programs you mentioned.

I have stick to the 1398 kernel though, otherwise my APM
doesn't work. In both the newer ones APM is shot, and ACPI
isn't working for me (Dell Inspiron 8200)

- peter

[Josh Coffman]

--- Peter Teuben  wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Josh Coffman wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm having problems since updating the kernel to
> > kernel 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 and updating firefox to
> > 1.0.7. Yesterday, I updated my system using yumex.
> >
> > Symptoms:
> > Firefox won't completely render any pages. IT
>
> will
> > show partials like some table border. The URL
>
> isn't
> > even visible although I can see the text selection
> > highlight when I ctrl+L.
> > Epiphany won't start
> > GDM login reports a config error and shows a
> >
> > fall-back login screen, but users can login.
> >
> > Repos I used for the update:
> > fedora base
> > fedora updates-released
> > fedora extras
> > I was thinking I used dag also, but I see it
>
> is
> > not enabled.
> >
> > I tried changing the GDM theme to the default, but
> > still have the same problem.
> >
> > For firefox, I tried
> > remove/re-install/downgrade/update and it never
>
> got
> > better.
> >
> > I don't know where to begin, so help is
>
> appreciated.
>
> did you try and use an older kernel to confirm it
> was the
> kernel.  For a while i've had similar problem. I've
> been
> totally mystified. GAIM would show many processes
> cloned,
> which i initially thought was the cause of webpage
> getting
> locked up (btw, i did find simple pages always
> works, but
> the one that include various externally hosted ads
> etc. would
> lock it up).
>
> At some point when i thought all was well, i
> upgraded firefox:
> and poof, all bad again. Startted with a new
> ~/.mozilla tree.
> Still bad.
>
> Odd thing is that mozilla worked fine, but firefox
> would lock
> up. I did't try any of the other programs you
> mentioned.
>
> I have stick to the 1398 kernel though, otherwise my
> APM
> doesn't work. In both the newer ones APM is shot,
> and ACPI
> isn't working for me (Dell Inspiron 8200)

The fix mentioned in the firefox font thread seems to
fix my firefox problem. I currently booted on kernel
1447 and it still had the problem until I uncommented
the settings mentioned in the other thread.

I tried running epiphany from the command line and it
said it can't find shared object libgtkembedmoz.so.
There is a bugzilla bug that seems to describe the
problem, but I'm confused about the solution:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120220

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[Josh Coffman]

--- Josh Coffman  wrote:
> --- Peter Teuben  wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Josh Coffman wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm having problems since updating the kernel to
> > > kernel 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 and updating firefox to
> > > 1.0.7. Yesterday, I updated my system using
>
> yumex.
> > > Symptoms:
> > > Firefox won't completely render any pages.
>
> IT
> > will
> > > show partials like some table border. The URL
> >
> > isn't
> > > even visible although I can see the text
>
> selection
> > > highlight when I ctrl+L.
> > > Epiphany won't start
> > > GDM login reports a config error and shows a
> > >
> > > fall-back login screen, but users can login.
> > >
> > > Repos I used for the update:
> > > fedora base
> > > fedora updates-released
> > > fedora extras
> > > I was thinking I used dag also, but I see it
> >
> > is
> > > not enabled.
> > >
> > > I tried changing the GDM theme to the default,
>
> but
> > > still have the same problem.
> > >
> > > For firefox, I tried
> > > remove/re-install/downgrade/update and it never
> >
> > got
> > > better.
> > >
> > > I don't know where to begin, so help is
> >
> > appreciated.
> >
> > did you try and use an older kernel to confirm it
> > was the
> > kernel.  For a while i've had similar problem.
>
> I've
> > been
> > totally mystified. GAIM would show many processes
> > cloned,
> > which i initially thought was the cause of webpage
> > getting
> > locked up (btw, i did find simple pages always
> > works, but
> > the one that include various externally hosted ads
> > etc. would
> > lock it up).
> >
> > At some point when i thought all was well, i
> > upgraded firefox:
> > and poof, all bad again. Startted with a new
> > ~/.mozilla tree.
> > Still bad.
> >
> > Odd thing is that mozilla worked fine, but firefox
> > would lock
> > up. I did't try any of the other programs you
> > mentioned.
> >
> > I have stick to the 1398 kernel though, otherwise
>
> my
> > APM
> > doesn't work. In both the newer ones APM is shot,
> > and ACPI
> > isn't working for me (Dell Inspiron 8200)
>
> The fix mentioned in the firefox font thread seems
> to
> fix my firefox problem. I currently booted on kernel
> 1447 and it still had the problem until I
> uncommented
> the settings mentioned in the other thread.
>
> I tried running epiphany from the command line and
> it
> said it can't find shared object libgtkembedmoz.so.
> There is a bugzilla bug that seems to describe the
> problem, but I'm confused about the solution:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120220
>

I don't want this thread to just die. I need some
help.
I mentioned above a bug report with the solution to my
epiphany problem. Can someone translate it to the
uneducated? There is an attachment. Can I run it?
using sh?

Also, I still have the GDM problem. I'm happy to do
the work, but I don't know where to start. (GDM says
bad config settings even when selected the default
theme.) Where can I look for more information?

Thanks,
-j

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