> I have recently installed LFS 7.4, and I have > also installed various packages from the BLFS > book that are identified as compatible with > LFS 7.4. One of the packages I installed was > Firefox-23.0.1. I believe I have also installed > all the required and recommended dependencies > for it. > > When I first start up Firefox I get the following > message: > >> (process:1035): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion >> `sys_page_size == 0' failed > > When I go on a news site at: > www.cbc.ca/thenational/watch/, I get a bunch > of error messages like: > >> (plugin-container:1120): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_get_visual: >> assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed > >> (plugin-container:1120): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_colormap_new: assertion >> `GDK_IS_VISUAL (visual)' failed > >> (plugin-container:1120): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_colormap_alloc_colors: >> assertion `GDK_IS_COLORMAP (colormap)' failed > >> (plugin-container:1120): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_modify_bg: >> assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed > > These errors occur before I try to watch anything. > When I click on a video to watch it, Firefox hangs > up and I just have to kill the process. The final > logs I am able to see on the screen are lines like: > >> ###!!! [Parent][RPCChannel] Error: Channel error: cannot send/recv > > Before starting on LFS 7.4 I have been using > LFS 7.2 with Firefox-16.0.1, and I did not have > any problems watching videos on this site. > > Does anyone have an idea what the problem(s) might > be with Firefox-23.0.1? > > Richard
I found a solution to this problem (except for the first GLib-CRITICAL line, which I understand from your replies is a harmless bug). I experimented with two Flash plugins, the latest (and final, I guess) version 11.2.202.327, as well as version 10.3 r183, which I had used successfully in my LFS 7.2 system. Neither Flash plugin worked properly in my LFS 7.4 system. But I noticed that the older Flash plugin complained that it could not open the cURL library. I had installed cURL in my LFS 7.2 build (I can't remember now why), but I hadn't yet installed it in LFS 7.4, since I don't think I saw it mentioned as a required or recommended dependency for any of the packages that I installed (but it is listed as an optional dependency for Firefox). Anyway, when I installed curl-7.32.0, all the problems with the cbc site disappeared, and so far the Flash videos play just fine. By the way, is there a way to disable Java script in Firefox 23.0.1? It used to be a selection in edit -> preferences but I can't find it in this version of Firefox. Richard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
