Problem with 64bit Firefox and Thuderbird exiting

David W. Florence dwflo at comcast.net
Sun Apr 23 13:06:39 UTC 2006



Kam Leo wrote:
> On 4/22/06, David W. Florence <dwflo at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>     
>>> On 4/21/06, David W. Florence <dwflo at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hope someone can help.
>>>> Having this recurring problem with Firefox and Thunderbird exiting when
>>>> clicking on some URL referrals. Some sites will not display, the
>>>> applications will exit without any errors. Examples are planetamd64.com,
>>>> freashmeat.org and Fox News Gretawire.
>>>> Have posted a thread on the FedoraForum site, but no helpful replies.
>>>> Searched Bugzilla, but nothing there. Have installed all the latest
>>>> updates available, deleted profiles, did a fresh install of FC5 64bit,
>>>> you name it, I have done it!
>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> 1. Are you running x86_64?
>>>
>>>       
>> Yes, Fedora Core 5 x86_64
>>     
>>> 2. If x86_64 you need to run the 32-bit version of Firefox because
>>> 64-bit plugins are lacking.
>>>
>>>       
>> Never had this problem before. It all started after doing the first
>> update in FC5
>>     
>>> 3. What JRE and other plugins have you got installed?
>>>
>>>       
>> JRE 1.5.0_06, mozplugger-1.7.3-2.2.1, swfdec-0.3.5-3.lvn5,
>> libquicktime-0.9.8-15.rhfc5.at and RealPlayer-10.0.7.785-20060201
>>
>>     
>
> Those are all 32-bit plugins. Check with rpm to be sure you are still
> running the 32-bit version of Firefox.
They are all 64bit plugins, according to the rpm id.

Dave




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