Re: Iceweasel blackout?? Solved for now...
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 18:29 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:18:47 -0500, John W Foster wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 15:12 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
>
> >> > If by 'empty profile' you mean that I should clear the .iceweasel
> >> > file & start over...No. I can do that & will , however I see others
> >> > are also having some issues related to plugins & flash players & I
> >> > suspect some of my issues are also related to that. I will try this &
> >> > post the response.
> >>
> >> You can just "rename" your current profile, so you do not lose your
> >> settings. Rename it and start Icewasel, it will auto-create and empty
> >> one.
> >>
> >>
> > odd but there was no .iceweasel only .mozilla...
>
> Yes, "~/.mozilla" is where the user profile and files are located.
> Renaming that folder should be enough to get a clean environment (no user
> plugins, no settings... just the defaults).
>
> > I decided to take the nuclear approach & dekleted all
> > of the browsers expect Ephiphany & all the directories I.E a clean new
> > install. Guess what the same problem is still there in iceweasel only!
> > NO plugins & no extensions just iceweasel & mozplugger. Any other
> > ideas??
>
> Wow. Did you purge the package after removing it?
Yep Nothing at all left incl flash players & all plugins & addons.
>
> Anyway, you can try to launch the browser from command line to check for
> any errors you may get :-?
>
> Another test (if you are using 32 bits OS) could be downloading Firefox
> directly form Mozilla site and run the upstream version (no installation
> needed, just click and run).
>
> Does Epiphany experiment the same behaviour? I don't remember if you
No it does not seem to.
> already say so...
>
> Greetings,
>
> --
> Camaleón
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In line with nuking iceweasel...I downloaded the new FireFox 4 beta and
did a simple local single user install to my home directory. downloaded
the new adobe flash player 10.xx from adobe & likewise created a plugins
dir in the local install: copied the driver there & VOILA all works &
BLAZING fast. I will use it like this until the software folks catch up
to my hardware system. Its a beast running a 6core AMD 64 bit processor
with twin 2GB ATI video cards running in crossfire mode.
Thanks for all the advice. BTW I'm running a mixed squeeze/sid
system...Lots of room for issues. LOL!
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