First, let me say I am impressed with Angstrom.  I had been using 
pdaXrom since I got my 3100 (replacing a 5500), but was frustrated with 
a number of bugs and the difficulty in upgrading.  Tried to upgrade to 
the latest pdaXrom, but had a miserable time.

Decided to try Angstrom, and was blown away by the fact that:

1) the installation instructions actually worked, and

2) so did most of the programs.

That last one is leading me here, though.  I use this machine as my sole 
connection to the net when traveling, so I need a full-featured browser 
and e-mail client.  In fact, I really, really want firefox and 
thunderbird.  I see that you have sylpheed, which I used to use, but I 
really prefer thunderbird.

Problem is, neither of these work.  Firefox 
(firefox_2.0.0.3-r1_armv5te.ipk) ends up segfaulting after printing the 
following to the console:

  WARNING: NS_ENSURE_TRUE(NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) failed, file 
nsChromeRegistry.cpp, line 1252

Thunderbird (thunderbird_1.0.7-r0_armv5te.ipk), similarly,

WARNING: NS_ENSURE_TRUE(NS_SUCCEEDED(rv)) failed, file nsINIParser.cpp, 
line 51
Illegal instruction

Initially I thought the problem was that gnome-vsf-dbus was not properly 
installed.  BTW, I could not install that using the feed, it complained 
that the server wasn't found.  So I downloaded it, uninstalled gnome-vfs 
, then managed a clean re-install of both.  Nevertheless, that did not 
change anything.

I get the same problem as regular user and within a root shell.  I am 
trying now to install the development versions.  Maybe that will be 
better, but I am just guessing.

I checked with bugzilla, and the firefox problem is there, with no 
replies.  I will post the thunderbird problem and a meto on firefox, but 
am hoping for help here.  I know I can use sylpheed instead, but prefer 
not to.  I see no real alternative for firefox, since I need a browser 
that can deal with my bank web site.

Thanks for the help, and for the great distribution.  I am a long-time 
debian user, and Angstrom feels really good.

-- 

David L. Johnson

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines."  --Ralph Waldo Emerson

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