Re: Dying Iceweasel.

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:41 -0700, Peter wrote in message 
<[🔎] 4FBE5C91.8070700@shaw.ca>:

> Two systems here with current Squeeze.  One is a Compaq Armada E500;
> the other a generic desktop machine with a Foxconn board.  Try this
> in each. In iceweasel, google "site:skype.com create account" and
> attempt to open the account creation page.  The URI is too long to
> mention.
> 
> In the Foxconn machine, the page opens with no problem.  In the
> Armada, the spinning animation appears for a few milliseconds and
> iceweasel dies abruptly.  

..a WAG: 'aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree \
&&aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree ' and 
try the page again, could be they require a new
flash version.

> In 2005 there was a thread about removing
> ~/.mozilla to "fix" a dying browser.  More recently, there was a
> thread including a suggestion to try this.
> 
> ICEWEASEL_DSP=none iceweasel
> 
> Anyone care to offer ideas about my current problem?
> 
> Thanks,           ... Peter E.
> 


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