Re: Compiling and running iceweasel

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Iceweasel without any patch is simply Mozilla Firefox, in this case it
will be better to contact directly the Mozilla developers to fix this
problem (or to get more information on how solve it if it is an
already known problem) in their version.

Regards,
Giuseppe

Johan Rudholm <address@hidden> writes:

> Yes, tried that as well, with no better results (actually, exactly the
> same results).
>
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
>
>> Have you already tried to compile and execute it without use the
>> debian paches?
>>
>> Giuseppe
>>
>> Johan Rudholm <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I hope this is the right place to ask, if not, perhaps someone could
>>> tell me where to direct my question?
>>>
>>> I'm trying to run my compiled version of iceweasel-2.0.0.4, but the
>>> browser window refuses to show itself. When running "strace -f" on the
>>> program, it's clear that one of the children is stuck in a loop trying
>>> to communicate with its parent:
>>>
>>> [pid 18190] getppid()                   = 18189
>>> [pid 18190] poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}], 1, 2000) = 0
>>> [pid 18190] getppid()                   = 18189
>>> [pid 18190] poll([{fd=9, events=POLLIN}], 1, 2000) = 0
>>>
>>> and continuing like this until interrupted. fd 9 is the other end of a
>>> pipe to the parent process.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a clue as to where to problem lies? Any and all help
>>> appreciated!
>>>
>>> Information about the build:
>>>
>>> Linux xxx 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> Sources[1] and patches[2] from Debian.
>>>
>>> Linked against:
>>>
>>> glibc 2.3.6
>>> glib 2.12.12
>>> xorg-libs git20070508
>>> freetype 2.3.4
>>> cairo 1.4.6
>>> fontconfig git20070508
>>> libpng 1.2.18
>>> xorg-proto git20070508
>>> expat 2.0.0
>>> zlib 1.2.3
>>> jpeg 6b
>>> atk 1.19.3
>>> pango 1.16.4
>>> gtk+ 2.10.13
>>> libidl 0.8.8
>>> gcc 4.1.2
>>> xorg-bitmaps git20070508
>>>
>>> configure was run with:
>>>
>>> --disable-updater
>>> --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
>>> --enable-pango
>>> --with-user-appdir=.mozilla
>>> --disable-mailnews
>>> --disable-composer
>>> --disable-ldap
>>> --enable-postscript
>>> --disable-installer
>>> --enable-xprint
>>> --enable-crypto
>>> --disable-strip
>>> --disable-strip-libs
>>> --enable-canvas
>>> --enable-svg
>>> --enable-svg-renderer=cairo
>>> --enable-system-cairo
>>> --enable-mathml
>>> --disable-tests
>>> --disable-gtktest
>>> --disable-debug
>>> --enable-xft
>>> --enable-optimize="-pipe -w -O2 -g -fno-strict-aliasing"
>>> --enable-xinerama
>>> --enable-extensions=default
>>> --disable-pedantic
>>> --disable-long-long-warning
>>> --enable-single-profile
>>> --disable-profilesharing
>>> --enable-application=browser
>>> --disable-installer
>>> --disable-updater
>>> --enable-chrome-format=flat
>>> --disable-elf-dynstr-gc
>>> --build=i486-pc-linux-gnu
>>> --host=i486-pc-linux-gnu
>>>
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.4.orig.tar.gz
>>> [2]
>>> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/i/iceweasel/iceweasel_2.0.0.4-1.diff.gz
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>>    /Johan
>>>
>>> --
>>> Johan Rudholm                                wrfhf jrcg
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
>>
>
>    /Johan
>
> -- 
> Johan Rudholm                                wrfhf jrcg