On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 01:27:28PM -0600, Alan Feuerbacher wrote: > Now that I've got LFS 8.0 up and running with X, I'm trying to address > various issues: > Some of this belongs on blfs-support, although I'll comment now. But in general try to fix one problem at a time (firefox and thunderbird counts as one problem).
> ########### > Firefox (and Thunderbird) starts ok with root login, but not user login. > There is also an error message about "pixbuf" that I don't understand. Take > a look: > > #### > root [ ~ ]# firefox > > (firefox:4512): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not load a pixbuf from > /org/gtk/libgtk/theme/Adwaita/assets/check-symbolic.svg. > This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be > found. I've never seen that, but for gdk-pixbuf we have a Note if you installed using a DESTDIR method. Or perhaps shared-mime-info had a problem. > GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend. Your settings will > not be saved or > shared with other applications. That's normal! Once it is sorted, start firefox or thunderbird from a menu. > root [ ~ ]# su - lfs > > lfs [ ~ ]$ firefox > No protocol specified > Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused > Error: cannot open display: :0 That sounds like a problem related to su, i.e. the display is owned by root. After you sort out the pixbuf warning, try running startx as your regular user. ĸen -- I live in a city. I know sparrows from starlings. After that everything is a duck as far as I'm concerned. -- Monstrous Regiment -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
