On 11 Jan, walt wrote: > On 01/11/2010 01:51 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've tried (for the first time) to install the >> source version of firefox >> www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.7 >> with useflags >> alsa bindist dbus gnome java linguas_de linguas_en sqlite >> startup-notification >> >> It builds just fine, >> BUT >> when I start firefox I get only a tiny (real tiny!) >> window. When I enlarge it (dragging a vertex of the window) >> it's just empty. >> >> I have no idea what went wrong. >> (I have renamed ~/.firefox and ~/.mozilla >> but this doesn't help either) > > I've never been sure what the bindist flag does, exactly, but I have it > disabled > and firefox works normally. Enabling xulrunner saves some time and space if > you > intend to use other mozilla products like thunderbird, but it shouldn't be > necessary.
for version 3.5.7 xulrunner is used per default. > > Do you see any messages if you start firefox from a command prompt? Unfortunately, nothing. Is there any debug option? Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
