[CLUE-Tech] Ximian busted my browser...

[Grant Johnson]

I have never seen it not give feedback.  Which mozilla is it running? 
 Is it the right one?  It should be a shell script.  Try switching to 
that directory, then running it.  Maybe that will at least give you some 
feedback as to why it is not working.

David Willson wrote:

>Grant and all,
>
>I did 'rm -rf ~/.mozilla' and as root 'rm -rf /tmp/*' and 'rm -rf
>/tmp/.*' and restarted.  That, I would hope, would clear any cached
>stuph.
>
>I have tried launching from a gnome-terminal, from an xterm, and from
>tty1.
>
>Still nothing.  No window.  No feedback.  Any other ideas?
>
>David
>
>On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 12:43, Grant Johnson wrote:
>
>>Occasionally, Netscape/Mozilla will get a nasty file in the cache that 
>>will spaz things.  Usually it is a corrupted GIF.  Delete everything 
>>under cache (make sure that it is not running first) and then try it. 
>> On the older versions, there are a bunch of subdirectories with 2 
>>character names, but on the newer stuff, there is just one big directory 
>>again.  Check in .netscape, .mozilla, etc.  I have to use Netscape 6.2 
>>for getting to my work email because of some added stuff for RSA token 
>>based security, but my cache is still in 
>>~/.mozilla/default/hphmd4lc.slt/Cache so it still shows the Mozilla 
>>engine is behind it.
>>
>>If you are a big chicken, you can make a directory called oldcache or 
>>something, and just move all of the files there.
>>
>>David Willson wrote:
>>
>>>OK,I tried a lot of things, the only things that responded visibly were
>>>'mozilla -mail' and 'mozilla -ProfileManager'.  Both of those commands
>>>seem to do what they're supposed to, but if I try to CTRL+1 or
>>>Tasks>Navigator from Mail, it quietly closes.  Nothing sends any
>>>messages at all to the console, except 'mozilla -help', which gives what
>>>you would expect.
>>>
>>>So, I have a broken browser that doesn't complain.
>>>
>>>On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 10:35, Grant Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>>Start Mozilla from an xterm, lots of good debug messages will pop out, 
>>>>even if it doean't make it all of the way to a good start.
>>>>
>>>>David Willson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Here's a strange thing.  Ever since I loaded Ximian Desktop, in order to
>>>>>get Ximian Evolution (which, as I have previously mentioned, absolutely
>>>>>RULES), I can't get a browse.  Neither Mozilla nor Galeon will start
>>>>>implicitly (from a link in an email or whatever), or explicitly (from
>>>>>their launch icons or called at the command line).
>>>>>
>>>>>What I get is a lot of disk activity the first time I try it, then
>>>>>nothing, and on subsequent attempts in the same uptime, just a quick
>>>>>flicker of disk activity, and nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have tried removing and re-installing the mozilla package, and
>>>>>removing my mozilla and galeon preferences (~/.mozilla and ~/.galeon)
>>>>>
>>>>>Any other ideas before I FFR (fdisk, format, reinstall, one call does it
>>>>>all) this box?
>>>>>
>>>>>
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