Re: error trying to launch the first firefox window on Debian Jessie
On Friday 17 June 2016 21:33:52 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 17 June 2016 11:50:49 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Friday 17 June 2016 16:29:51 Dalios wrote:
> > > On 06/16/2016 08:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > snip
> > >
> > > > There seems to be sort of a "quantum dis-entanglement" in this
> > > > browser transition (and I am reading between the lines, thinking
> > > > your problem is related to this) because in one swell foop they've
> > > > disabled the help menu's of quite a few programs that used
> > > > iceweasel as their reader for html docs, whether it was a file on
> > > > your own machine, or a link to a site on the web serving up the
> > > > latest docs, which of course do NOT apply to the 3 year old stable
> > > > versions of the programs served up by the repo's
> > > >
> > > > I solved it here the hard, no doubt totally unapproved way, I
> > > > copied /usr/lib/firefox to /usr/lib/iceweasel and then made
> > > > softlinks in the copied directory from iceweasel to firefox. And
> > > > those programs that serve up their help menu's with iceweasel are
> > > > once again "fat, dumb, and happy".
> > > >
> > > > Tain't right, it will not be updated, but in that event I'll just
> > > > edit the softlinks to actually reference the real thing & nuke the
> > > > rest of that directory as wasted disk space.
> > > >
> > > > I have no clue what they were thinking when they yanked iceweasel
> > > > out by the roots. I doubt they even considered that something else
> > > > might be dependent on iceweasel/iceweasel as a name.
> > > >
> > > > What should have happened was that iceweasel was updated to be an
> > > > empty package except for that /usr/lib/iceweasel directory and the
> > > > softlinks to firefox.
> > > >
> > > > Grrrrrouuuufffff in the general direction of TPTB.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > >
> > > Thanks for your effort and your feedback but I don't think that is a
> > > good solution for me. Maybe I should try re-installing firefox...
> >
> > Have you tried upgrading again? There may be some new updates. And
> > have you done full-upgrade? (dist-upgrade in apt-get)? To get rid
> > of old stuff that will now get in the way.
> >
> > Lisi
>
> No I haven't Lisi.
That was aimed at Dalios. I know you too well, Gene!! But for most people it
is a better, safer option than your home-rolling. ;-)
Those of us on this list who thread (or try to :-( ) are, it seems, a dying
breed.
Lisi
> The last time I did that, I had to start all over
> again, building me an install I could use. That was at least a year
> back. It ripped put all the linuxcnc related stuff for starters, I guess
> it thinks email and web browsing is the only thing we do with these
> machines. Easily fixed by me except for freecad which will not install
> on this final wheezy anymore, but...
>
> I build these machines for ME to use, and if it works and is stable, as
> in still works next week too, well... It will probably run that way
> until I update with a new install.
>
> If someone tells me I shouldn't do that which I just did to solve a very
> real problem, then along with their finger sharpening, they had better
> be able to explain what is wrong with what I did, in factual terms AND
> how to solve it the _proper_ way.
>
> Thanks Lisi.
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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