On 01/06/2014 05:09 PM, Armin K. wrote:
> On 7.1.2014 0:43, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>> On 01/03/2014 08:07 PM, Armin K. wrote:
>>> On 01/04/2014 12:37 AM, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>>> On 01/03/2014 09:56 AM, Armin K. wrote:
>>>>> On 01/03/2014 05:29 PM, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>>>>> I am getting the error message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' 
>>>>>> failed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and Firefox does not open a window.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It appears that Mozilla bug 833117 has not been fixed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=833117
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can you add a work around such as installing an older version of Glib
>>>>>> and linking Firefox to it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am getting that message for more than a year now, but never had any
>>>>> issues that I'd notice. What is exactly a problem you have besides that
>>>>> message?
>>>>>
>>>> Although Firefox starts a process, it fails to open a window.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hm, looking on some bugs, you might have a problem with this
>>>
>>> ac_add_options --enable-shared-js
>>>
>>> If mozillajs package is installed, xulrunner might try to use it instead
>>> of its own. This option looks like copy/paste from my xulrunner config
>>> from the time when shared mozillajs from xulrunner was required to build
>>> gnome-shell.
>>>
>>> I don't have that switch in my latest builds so that's maybe the reason
>>> I don't hit the bug. Can you try without the switch?
>>>
>> Well, I didn't get this done for a while because my system quit.  It
>> appears that I had some memory that was dieing and was only still
>> working because it was ECC.
>>
>> So, now I have rebuilt with the above change and it made no difference. :-(
>>
>> I am also getting other messages besides the error:
>>
>> (process:14840): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion
>> 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
>>
>> (firefox:14840): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property
>> GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised
>>
>> (firefox:14840): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property
>> GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised
>>
>> (firefox:14840): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property
>> GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised
>>
>> (firefox:14840): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property
>> GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised
>>
>> It appears that Firefox and GLib are not working together.
>>
>> IIUC, you are using GLib-2.38.2 with no problems although you get the
>> error message.
>>
>
> Do you use binary AMD driver for your GPU? Some sites seem to mention
> that it might be causing the issue. Mozilla bug says that this issue
> (but doesn't mention that it's related to fglrx) is fixed in firefox
> nightly (28.0, at the time I believe).
>

No, I am using xf86-video-ati built from source.

Perhaps I screw up one of the many libraries.  I will go through them 
when I get around to it.

-- 
James Tyrer

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