On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 09:13:53AM +0300, Michael L. Wilson wrote: > Dear OpenBSD users, > > I've just acquired a Thinkpad x200 with the aim of transitioning into a > full-time OpenBSD user. The 5.5 release with the Xfce desktop works > flawlessly and I am very happy with this system. > > Nearly all of my software needs have been quite satisfactorily met using the > available packages. However, one minor niggle remains. I cannot seem to find > a suitable reference/citation manager for academic work. > > I am very fond of Zotero, but Firefox on OpenBSD seems to have issues with > the Zotero plugin. The browser will not relaunch after it has been installed. > Thus I am unable to use either Firefox or Zotero until the Zotero plugin is > removed. I cannot either compile FireFox from ports due to space limitations > on the current drive. Just for kicks I tried Zotero in a fresh install of > FreeBSD and it does not have this issue. > > I am aware that the problem appears to be more widespread: > forums.zotero.org/discussion/32183?page=1#Item_12 > > None of the options listed on the Zotero forum worked for me. I even tried an > online hack to get the Zotero plugin working in Seamonkey without success.
I've already been asked about this last year, so i'll just copypaste my reply: ===== > After I install it into Firefox on OpenBSD, firefox does > never fully load. There's running process but the application > itself never appears. (Though it works under Linux.) > Or... ktrace for debugging? It tries to use pipes via mkfifo, then creates an empty sqlite database... i see no binary component in the addon itself, so at least it's not broken by design, but you'll have to debug it yourself with upstream. They probably have debug options/knobs to make it more verbose. And yes, ktrace too. I'd say look into the xpi, unzip zotero.jar and start reading content/zotero/xpcom/ipc.js. ===== Also, for the record: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=133217901415880&w=2 I suppose you've tested the hack discussed in https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/32183?page=1#Item_12 ? > Jabref, the other alternative, is not available in the OpenBSD repository or > in ports. Jabref looks to be java, so you might want to try fetching the jar file and run it directly. No need to make a port of it just to test it... Landry
