Comment #8 on issue 987 by Ferd.Hampshire: Not compatible with Linux x86 GCC3
http://code.google.com/p/gears/issues/detail?id=987
On Ubuntu 10.04 netbook edition, I got the dreaded error message and began to follow dziamid's advice. However, all I needed to do was:
1) Install the xul-ext-gears package 2) Restart Firefox I didn't need to delete any files. You can always delete them later!
