Firefox doesn't start anymore

[TTr]

There must be some incompatibility with the libraries that you have in /usr/local/lib. I notices on my workstation, with only /usr/lib and /opt/firefox in the SHLIB_PATH, the firefox-bin binary was pulling libraries from /opt/gtk2.6 because the path was harcoded in the binary. Try cleaning up your SHLIB_PATH and use it with its original scripts or create a new 2-line script with the above commands to run firefox.

[H. van Niekerk]

>Try cleaning up your SHLIB_PATH and use it with its original scripts or create a new 2-line script with the above commands to run firefox.

I already created a new 2 line script with those 2 commands, logged out/in, opened terminal and started firefox with the new script : it works.

[TTr]

Try the following if you want to narraow down where the problem is

export SHLIB_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/local/bin:/opt/firefox
/opt/firefox/firefox-bin

If you get the errors again, then you have either a permissions issue in /usr/local/lib or one of the files in it, or the version of some of the libraries in there is not compatible with firefox.

[TTr]

The above should be /usr/local/lib not /usr/local/bin

[H. van Niekerk]

>If you get the errors again, then you have either a permissions issue in /usr/local/lib or one of the files in it, or the version of some of the libraries in there is not compatible with firefox.

The addition of /usr/local/lib gives no problem.

[TTr]

It would have to be in that order as shown above. Whatever it is, it points to a SHLIB_PATH issue or a permission issue with the libraries in use. You don't have a clean setup of the user shell environment. You should utilize the /etc/profile (which uses /etc/SHLIB_PATH, /etc/PATH, /etc/MANPATH) to setup the user environmnet. Everytime you use swinstall/swremove, these files get updated as needed. You should avoid editing startup scripts to set up their environment unless there is a conflict.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

This thread has taken a life of its own. It is its own community.

The installation of GIMP did some damage to firefox.

I recommend a test.

1) install gimp
2) install firefox and dependencies.

A reverse order thing to see if they are damaging each other or just damaging the user environment.

3) test gimp
4) test firefox

After reading through this lengthy thread, I believe its an environment issue.

I believe the time has come also that you rate the answers you have received and assign points.

A lot of people have made a lot of effort on your behalf.

None for me please.

SEP

[H. van Niekerk]

>The installation of GIMP did some damage to firefox

That is what I thought as well.

>I recommend a test.

Ok, I will do that.

>I believe the time has come also that you rate the answers you have received and assign points.
A lot of people have made a lot of effort on your behalf.
None for me please.

As far as I know I have assigned most answers with high points. If that didn't work through, I'm sorry for that. Apparently, I've done something wrong when assigning the points.

[H. van Niekerk]

OK, assigned the points. Will go on with the tests.

[H. van Niekerk]

OK, I've reinstalled Gimp with all dependencies. The result caused me to post a question previous to this lengthy thread because it gives this:

$ gimp &
[1] 4579
$
[1] + Memory fault(coredump) gimp &

After this I reinstalled Firefox and with the latest version of the startfirefox script, it starts fine.