Dead and silent Mozilla

[fredex]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 05:31:25PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 17:21, Clint Harshaw wrote:
> > try starting from the command line using strace:
> > 
> > $ strace mozilla
> > 
> > hopefully there will be some data there that can be of some help 
> > diagnosing things.
> > 
> 
> Pages, and pages, and pages of stuff. However, no longer necessary to
> send it. Apparently I was trying to install a Java VM plugin a few days
> ago, and I was sleepy and tired, and it not only didn't work but also
> broke Mozilla in the process.
> 
> One of the last lines in the strace output was "Internet browser error"
> but another nearby line mentioned the plugins it was starting. So on a
> hunch I killed the Java VM plugin and Mozilla started right up.
> 
> Now, back to installing that blasted Java VM plugin. Clearly plugins are
> one area where either I'm clueless, or there's a great deal of
> improvement to be made.

I can't vouch for your level of cluelessness (:^) but you're right
that there IS a great deal of room for improvement in plugins. They are
sensitive to, among other things, the GCC version used to compile the
plugin versus that used for the browser.

There is a mozilla plugin page that, as I recall, does talk about
java plugins. (sorry, I can't go look it up right now, but it is one
of the myriad of pages at mozilla.org).

> 
> Thanks for the help!!!
> 
> -- 
> Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>
> Simpaticus.com
> 
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