--- On Fri, 4/2/10, David García Granda <dgranda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: David García Granda <dgranda(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Firefox not running: unable to load XPCOM (was Re: )
To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
Cc: "Don Vogt" <dnvot(a)yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, April 2, 2010, 3:48 AM
Hi Don,
> >>> or advice would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible for you to check if XPCOM
files related
>>> from VirtualBox
>>>> conflict with Firefox/xulrunner ones?.
Maybe something
>>> not compatible
>>>> from VirtualBox is loaded instead of the
right one.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> The OP should first try
>>> 1. starting firefox in safe mode `firefox
-safe-mode' and
>>> see whether
>>> any of the add-ons are to blame.
>>
>> Did that - no change
>>
>>> 2. If that doesn't work, try looking for
unreleased lock
>>> files for firefox.
>>>
>>> $ cd ~/.mozilla
>>> $ find -type f -name '*lock'
>>>
>>> If any are found delete them and try again.
>>
>> found .parentlock files in each profile. Deleted
them and got the same result ( unable to load XPCOM)
>> 3. If none of the above works try creating a new
user and
>>> start firefox there.
>>
>> Created a new user and opened a terminal to run
firefox again "unable to load XPCOM"
>>>
>>> And finally if none of the above work appeal
to the
>>> collective
>>> knowledge of the list with the results from
the above.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> OK I will attack VirtualBox to see if I can glean
any info about dependencies and the look at removing it
>>
>>
>>
> I have VirtualBox installed and am having no problems
with Firefox.
Uhmmm... this may point us to some misconfiguration on
Don's
environment. Let's try with the following:
1.- Did you try strace (strace -o strace.log firefox)?. If
not, please
do it and post trace output file (strace.log in the example
mentioned)
for inspection.
2.- Which architecture are you running (i686, x86_64)?. Do
you have
mixed libraries?
3.- Can you paste the content of configuration files stored
under /etc/gre.d/?
Regards,
David
output of strace -o strace.log firefox
Couldn't load XPCOM.
the only file under /etc/gre.d is gre.conf
sudo cat /etc/gre.d/gre.conf
[1.9.1.9]
GRE_PATH=/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1
xulrunner=true
abi=x86-gcc3[donvogt@localhost ~]$
I am running kernel 2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686 on a i686 athlon
I have no mixed libraries
I apologize for my screwed up messages. My excuses are
1. I am an old man
2. I just had some tooth roots extracted
3. I am on codiene for the pain
4. I use digests and find replying to several messages at the same time confusing.
5.No excuse sir. I will try to be more careful. (I have stopped the codiene.)
I really appreciate the help. I am well above my depth here.