On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 09:39:37 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Collins wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 08:45:26 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What does "will not start" mean?? > > > > > > On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, Collins wrote: > > > > I'm setting up other family members but getting varying > > > > results with mozilla: > > > > > > > > 1. Users collins,cecilia, coleen, and new (added in this > > > > order) all have the same setup, i.e. group users extra group > > > > wheel(needed for use of su on gentoo), home directory on > > > > /home/username, shell/bin/bash > > > > > > > > 2. All home directories have the same ownership > > > > (username.users) and correct permissions, and ownership and > > > > permissions look normal for all files on the respective users. > > > > > > > > 3. mozilla runs fine on collins and cecilia. > > > > > > > > 4. mozilla will not start on coleen and new. No error > > > > messages of any sort. The ~/.mozilla directory on each user > > > > looks similar, except that coleen and new haven't gotten far > > > > enough along to have all files present. > > > > > > > > 5. $PATH is the same for all users. > > > > > > > > 6. Perhaps a related glitch. On coleen and new I get font > > > > error messages when starting xfce, but other X programs start > > > > and run ok for these users. No font error messages when > > > > starting xfce on collins and cecilia. The xfce font > > > > specifications for all users are identical. > > > > > > > > 7. Successful users also have a ~/.netscape and ~/.netscape6 > > > > directory > > > > > > > > 8. /etc/passwd looks similar for each user. /etc/group has an > > > > entry for group wheel for each of these users. > > > > > > > > What am I missing? > > > > > > > > > > > > It means does not start, mozilla screen never appears, no error > > messages in the console, nothing in XFree.. erors, etc., but it > > does build all the usual ~/.mozilla, ~/.netscape... directories. > > The only hint is 'mozilla &' in a terminal window eventually > > returns 'exit11'. > > > > BTW, no user has a .bashrc, etc. Only the standare /etc stuff are > > used in starting bash. > > > > No similar problems found on moz bugzilla. > > I'd suggest running it through strace. BTW, which version of > mozilla is this? >
This is mozilla 1.2.1. I didn't have strace, so I emerged it and ran strace. mozilla was segfaulting while handling fonts. A lengthy analysis of a good strace (collins) and a failure (new) indicated differences in handling the ~/.fonts.cache-1 file. I tried rm'ing the file and tried again, but no joy. Next I copied over the /home/collins/.fonts.cache-1 file, and now mozilla will start. This could be an XFree problem (?). Now that a usable ~/.fonts-cache-1 file is present, the warning messages I got from xfce have disappeared as well. Does anyone know which packaged generates the .fonts.cache-1 file so that I could investigate further? -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Gentoo 1.4 sytem _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
