Re: [gentoo-amd64] firefox-bin crashing a few times every day

["Drake Donahue" <donahue95@comcast.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: <gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] firefox-bin crashing a few times every day


> On Nov 12, 2007 12:36 AM, Beso <givemesugarr@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 2007/11/12, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>:
>> > On Nov 11, 2007 2:52 PM, Beso <givemesugarr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > <SNIP>
>> > >
>> > > the system configs are normal too.... the only thing that i can 
>> > > advise
>> you
>> > > to do is try the mozilla-firefox instead of mozilla-firefox-bin. 
>> > > don't
>> > > uninstall the bin since it can coexhist with the non bin package.... 
>> > > try
>> > > that (some hours of compilation) and see what it does.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Humm....mozilla-firefox hasn't been much of an option for me in the
>> > past. Too many problems with web-based media not playing without all
>> > the wincodecs stuff. Maybe this has improved? I've used firefox-bin
>> > really to get Flash, Java and wincodecs. I don't care which one I use.
>> > I just want a good user experience when I'm browsing around and run
>> > into something interesting.
>>
>> the only stuff on amd64 that needs some more things to do is:
>> 1. firefox 32 bit plugins
>> 2. win32codecs.
>> at the end of the email i'll tell you how to install them and make them 
>> work
>> flawlessly.
>>
>> > I really only run the AMD64 version of Gentoo because a few years ago
>> > when I bought this system it seemed like an interesting thing to try
>> > out and at the time I had a Linux laptop running 32-bit Gentoo in case
>> > I ran into problems. Then a guy on the web found me and wanted to buy
>> > my 2 year old laptop for more than I paid for it (he wanted a backup
>> > machine) so I sold it and no longer have that backup.
>> >
>> > As an everyday, normal desktop user-type I really don't know that
>> > running 64bit Gentoo offers me any advantages and has shown to have
>> > significant disadvantages, at least the way I build the comparison
>> > list. I wonder in what usage model do people here see a measurable
>> > advantage running 64-bit over 32-bit Gentoo?
>>
>> it depends. for example i like to have the software that runs on my 
>> machine
>> to use all of its capabilities.
>>
>> > I've stuck with it for a long time, and I hate to give up, but maybe
>> > it's time to just pack it in and rebuild the machine.
>> >
>> > I'll keep poking around at this.
>>
>> for win32codecs you just have to emerge the win32codecs and you've done.
>> there's really no other real thing to do.
>> for the mediaplayer plugin install mplayer + mplayer-plugin and you'll 
>> have
>> firefox run it without issues. mplayer is also useful for some videos 
>> that
>> xine plays in the wrong way (mainly h264 with ac3 that has some issues 
>> with
>> the subtitles and mplayer doesn't).
>> install mozilla-firefox (not bin).
>> as for java and firefox: install emul-linux-java (that you already have)
>> for flash and firefox: install netscape-flash and nspluginwrapper and 
>> then
>> do:
>>  nspluginwrapper -v -i /usr/lib32/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so
>>
>> restart your mozilla-firefox (not the bin version). and you should be 
>> able
>> to run flash, java, mediaplayer plugins on firefox amd64.
>> if you still have problems just ask.
>>
>
> Thanks Beso, and Jeffery also.
>
> OK, I'm doing a little catch up on system maintenance. I did an emerge
> -DuN mozilla-firefox and picked up a few new updates. I did a
> revdep-rebuild on some libraries and it looks like I'm ready to roll
> with Firefox itself.
>
> Now, should I rebuild Firefox? Here's how it is currently built:
>
> lightning ~ # emerge -pvDuN mozilla-firefox
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
>
> Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB
> lightning ~ # emerge -pv mozilla-firefox
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.9  USE="gnome java
> -bindist -debug -filepicker -ipv6 -mozdevelop -moznopango
> -restrict-javascript -xforms -xinerama -xprint" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be
> -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy
> -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn
> -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk
> -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB
>
> Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
> lightning ~ #
>
>
> QUESTION: Will the mplayerplug-in support Yahoo Video?
>
> http://video.yahoo.com/
>
> That's telling me I need Flash 8.0. I have Flash 9.0 installed so I'm
> not clear what the problem is here:
>
> lightning ~ # eix -I flash
> [I] net-www/netscape-flash
>     Available versions:  [M]7.0.68 {M}9.0.48.0!m 9.0.48.0-r1!m
> {M}(~)9.0.60.0_beta082207!m (~)9.0.60.0_beta100107!m {debug}
>     Installed versions:  9.0.60.0_beta100107!m(05:54:44 PM 10/19/2007)
>     Homepage:            http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/
>     Description:         Adobe Flash Player
>
> lightning ~ #
>

type about:plugins in the firefox url window and enter, see if Shockwave 
Flash is listed followed by File name npwrapper.libflashplayer.so   --you 
haven't mentioned installing  nspluginwrapper

> thanks,
> Mark
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