Sian,
I have had the same problem .. Adam. [email protected] ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Send bug-gnuzilla mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnuzilla > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific than "Re: Contents of bug-gnuzilla digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Segmentation fault upon start-up (Dimitris > Arvanitis) > 2. Re: Segmentation fault upon start-up (Sian > Mountbatten) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:06:39 +0200 > From: Dimitris Arvanitis <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bug-gnuzilla] Segmentation fault upon start-up > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hallo! > > I am unable to start GNU IceCat (--version shows Mozilla > icecat 24.0). I use Debian GNU/Linux 7.6. This is what I > do: > > Download the IceCat 24.0 source and extract it. Download > the IceCat 24.0 64 bit source (since I use a 64 bit > system) and extract it to the same directory, overwriting > existing files. After solving some software dependencies > configure it by ./configure -prefix=/usr. Then compiling > it by make -j 2. Afterwards chmod +x > /build/unix/run-icecat.sh. No problems so far. Then sudo > checkinstall. Also no problems with the installation. > > But when trying to start IceCat it won't. When I type > icecat into a terminal it says Segmentation fault after > some seconds. I tried strace icecat and it showed many > errors saying something like > "[icecat-directory]/chrome/toolkit/[some > files/directories] does not exist". Indeed, only a file > chrome.manifest is existent in the chrome directory, but > no other files or directories. > > Could this be the error? Why are the directories and files > missing? At which point of the process are they generated? > Is there a way to fix it? Please note I am quite new to > GNU/Linux and thus to bug reporting. If you need any more > details please tell me. > > Best regards, > Dimitris > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:55:19 +0100 > From: Sian Mountbatten <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Segmentation fault upon > start-up Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Je Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:06:39 +0200 > Dimitris Arvanitis <[email protected]> skribis: > > > Hallo! > > > > I am unable to start GNU IceCat (--version shows Mozilla > > icecat 24.0). I use Debian GNU/Linux 7.6. This is what I > > do: > > Download the IceCat 24.0 source and extract it. Download > > the IceCat 24.0 64 bit source (since I use a 64 bit > > system) and extract it to the same directory, > > overwriting existing files. After solving some software > dependencies configure it by ./configure -prefix=/usr. > > Then compiling it by make -j 2. Afterwards chmod > > +x ./build/unix/run-icecat.sh. No problems so far. Then > > sudo checkinstall. Also no problems with the > > installation. > > But when trying to start IceCat it won't. When I type > > icecat into a terminal it says Segmentation fault after > > some seconds. I tried strace icecat and it showed many > > errors saying something like > "[icecat-directory]/chrome/toolkit/[some > > files/directories] does not exist". Indeed, only a file > > chrome.manifest is existent in the chrome directory, but > > no other files or directories. > > Could this be the error? Why are the directories and > > files missing? At which point of the process are they > > generated? Is there a way to fix it? Please note I am > > quite new to GNU/Linux and thus to bug reporting. If you > > need any more details please tell me. > > Best regards, > > Dimitris > > > > > > -- > > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > Dear Dimitris > > I am very interested that you succeeded in compiling > Icecat 24.0. Whenever I have tried to compile it, I get > the message "No more memory". Is it possible that you > could compile a 32-bit version of Icecat and make it > available to me? > > Sincerely > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > bug-gnuzilla mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnuzilla > > > End of bug-gnuzilla Digest, Vol 95, Issue 3 > ******************************************* -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
