Daniel, It might be waiting for DNS timeouts. Make sure you have DNS_SERVER set in your lts.conf file.
Also, keep in mind the J-125 only has 32 or 64mb of ram, and the cpu is a whimply little 300mhz thing. The newer workstations are MUCH more powerful for this type of thing. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Daniel Ramaley wrote: > I've gotten Firefox to run! Well, sort of. It loads... eventually. I > haven't timed it, but i think it is on the order of 10 minutes. The > machine i'm running on isn't real fast, but it should certainly load it > faster than that (the machine is a Disklessworkstations.com Jammin > 125). Is there a trick to making Firefox load faster? I did an strace > and it seems to hang for a long time on a wait4 call. > > On Tuesday 01 February 2005 10:46 am, you wrote: > >Daniel, > > > >"strace" is your friend here. You can use it to trace the execution > > of firefox. It will spit out WAY more info than you need, but give > > it a try, and see what it shows. usually, the last 100 or so lines > > will give a pretty good idea of what it was doing when it failed. > > > >Jim McQuillan > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Daniel Ramaley wrote: > >> So far i've gotten Firefox installed (I downloaded it from > >> mozilla.org, installed to /usr/local/firefox, then moved it to the > >> LTSP server). I resolved all of its dependencies by copying library > >> files from another machine and rebuilding the ld.so.cache that the > >> clients see. However, when i run Firefox it just dies. I have X > >> start up with the Blackbox window manager and a single xterm (for > >> testing). From /proc/meminfo i can see that there is 28 MB RAM and > >> 64 MB swap free, which should be enough to get Firefox going. But > >> when i run /usr/local/firefox/firefox, it appears to be running, but > >> after a minute of not displaying anything i am dropped back to the > >> command prompt and Firefox isn't in the process list. Is there > >> something else i need to do for Firefox besides copying libraries it > >> depends on? > >> > >> On Tuesday 01 February 2005 09:41 am, you wrote: > >> >Daniel, > >> > > >> >We don't have a firefox package yet. It's on my list, but i've > >> > just not gotten that far yet. > >> > > >> >I have heard reports from several people who are running a local > >> >firefox. > >> > > >> >And, i've run it myself. I just stole the binaries and libraries > >> > from the host system. It took a while to get all the libraries, > >> > but 'ldd' and 'strace' are your friend, when figuring out the > >> > required libs and config files. > >> > > >> >Jim McQuillan > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> >On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Daniel Ramaley wrote: > >> >> Is there a canonical way to do local applications with LTSP 4.1? > >> >> With LTSP 3 there were local_apps and local_netscape packages > >> >> that made it relatively easy. I see no equivalent packages as > >> >> part of LTSP 4.1. I want to get Firefox running as a local app. > >> >> I've started working on it, but Firefox requires libraries that > >> >> aren't in LTSP. Before i break out the compiler i was just > >> >> wondering if there is an easier way. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Dan Ramaley > Digital Media Library Specialist > (515) 271-1934 > Cowles Library 140, Drake University > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
