On Dec 15, 2007 8:41 AM, Robert Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2007 11:40 PM, Clark P. Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 09:00 -0800, Robert Lewis wrote: > > > On Dec 13, 2007 12:24 PM, Wolfgang Rosenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Robert Lewis wrote: > > > > > Firefox dies when I try to do any print preview. > > > > > > > > > > One article I read says that the cause > > > > > is that I need an updated gtx. > > > > > > > > > > See: http://suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=40156 > > > > > Which points me to: > > > > > http://primates.ximian.com/~maw/builds/20071008/10.3-i386/ > > > > > which is not in my repository settings. > > > > > > > > > > However, when I search in YaST Software Management I > > > > > don't find gtx installed at all nor do I see gtx being > > > > > offered. I do see something called mpgtx. Not sure if > > > > > that should be installed. > > > > > > > > It's not gtx but gtk2 and if you apply all available updates for 10.3 > > > > you should be fine. > > > > > > > > Wolfgang > > > > -- > > > > > > Hi Wolfgang, > > > > > > Thanks for your response. However, I can tell you this. > > > > > > Firefox dies when I try to do any print preview > > > using SUSE 10.3 and Firefox 2.0.0.11. However, it worked with 2.0.0.10. > > > I could always go back I suppose. > > > > > > I found an update in YaST Software Management for gtx2 and installed it. > > > I have almost every community repository turned on. In addition I > > > think I have all > > > available updates for 10.3 installed but It is not clear to me how to > > > determine that. > > > > > > Anyway, Firefox is still crashing on Print Preview. Not sure what to do > > > next. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Bob > > Bob, > > > > I had this exact same problem back in July of 2006. What made it even > > more interesting is that if I logged in as root Firefox worked > > flawlessly. What I ended up doing was deleting the /.mozilla folder in > > he home directory of the user account that was exhibiting the problem > > and it worked from that point forward. You will loose bookmarks, but if > > you have backed those up you should be fine..... > > > > HTH, > > Clark > > > I appreciate you and Wolfgang helping out here. > > Clark: I tried it as root and it still crashes. I then tried > deleting .mozilla and starting again and I still have the same crash, > sigh! > > Wolfgang: > rpm -q --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-%{distribution}\n' gtk2 > gtk2-2.12.0-9.2-GNOME:STABLE / openSUSE_10.3 > > Any ideas on what I should try next? > > Cheers, > Bob > I just found the following: On http://gtk.org/ I found the following line: Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.12.1 to 2.12.2 ==============================================
* Bugs fixed: 494776 text file with html causes lockeup 482531 firefox crashed on print preview [ IA__gdk_window_get_top However, GTK_2.12.3 is now available. I can't find a SUSE compiled RPM of this as yet. Any ideas when/where it might become available. Maybe I should file a b/r asking for it? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
