[SOLVED] firefox 8 not starting

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 16:02:21

Since I upgraded to firefox 8 yesterday on my x86_64 install it won't start:

$ firefox
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/libxpcom.so:
/usr/lib/libxpcom.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Couldn't load XPCOM.

/usr/lib # ln -s firefox/libxpcom.so libxpcom.so

$ firefox
Couldn't read application.ini

/usr/lib # ln -s firefox/application.ini application.ini

$ firefox
Segmentation fault

reverting to firefox 7 and it goes again.

nspr is installed.

Was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this or if any suggestions.

Thanks

Last edited by kekules_dream (2011-11-09 20:23:23)

wonder · 2011-11-09 16:20:56

remove all the symlinks you did because they are plain wrong and do:

LD_DEBUG=files firefox > firefoxlog 2>&1

then paste firefoxlog

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 17:19:15

http://pastebin.com/FVK4GpAR

wonder · 2011-11-09 17:22:06

paste pacman -Qo /usr/lib/libxpcom.so

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 17:58:09

There is no /usr/lib/libxpcom.so

$ pacman -Qo /usr/lib/libxpcom.so
error: failed to read file '/usr/lib/libxpcom.so': No such file or directory
$ pacman -Qo /usr/lib/firefox/libxpcom.so
/usr/lib/firefox/libxpcom.so is owned by firefox 8.0-1

wonder · 2011-11-09 18:18:35

2275: file=/usr/lib/libxpcom.so [0]; needed by firefox [0]
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/lib/libxpcom.so:

it tries to load this file.

can you paste the output of:

$ type firefox

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 18:28:03

I get the same thing regardless if firefox 7 or 8 is installed:

$ type firefox
firefox is /usr/bin/firefox

wonder · 2011-11-09 18:32:51

i don't get it

LD_DEBUG=all firefox > firefoxlog 2>&1

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 19:08:57

Two halves:
http://pastebin.com/BHnh0Zbp
http://pastebin.com/uMwUzX2A

Thanks a lot for looking at these. I did delete the symlinks, logged out and in, rebooted. It is as if firefox 8 wants to find the libraries in /usr/lib/ rather than /usr/lib/firefox/ while firefox 7 is happy to have them in /usr/lib/firefox-7.0/

wonder · 2011-11-09 19:16:37

just to be sure, paste env output

for me the log is file=/usr/lib/firefox/libxpcom.so [0]; needed by firefox [0]

Last edited by wonder (2011-11-09 19:20:27)

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 19:55:43

Sorry not sure what you mean. What is the command?

wonder · 2011-11-09 20:01:06

env

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 20:06:35

I now have some new weird information. I normally use Window Maker. I also have fluxbox and KDE installed. I get the same error in fluxbox as I do Window Maker. Right now I am using KDE and in KDE, firefox 8 started. I went back to see if it would start in window maker now that it had done its initial start, but still I get the error message. Here is the relevant line in my .xinitrc for kde:

exec ck-launch-session startkde

and wmaker:

exec ck-launch-session dbus-launch wmaker

I previously did not have the dbus-launch, it has no effect on the problem whether it is there or not.

Hopefully this gives some kind of clue.

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 20:11:37

env:
http://pastebin.com/rxUFB6H8

wonder · 2011-11-09 20:16:25

PATH=/usr/lib/:/usr/lib/firefox-4.0:/usr/local/bin:/home/matt/bin:/usr/lib/:/usr/lib/firefox-4.0:/usr/local/bin:/home/matt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/bin:/usr/bin/core_perl

why is /usr/lib and /usr/lib/firefox-4.0 in there? and some duplicates

Last edited by wonder (2011-11-09 20:17:02)

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 20:23:04

I don't know how that stuff got in there. Cleaned up my .bashrc and alls well. Thanks again.

wonder · 2011-11-09 20:24:06

now works?

kekules_dream · 2011-11-09 20:54:29

Yes works perfectly. I have modified the original post as solved. I now know the value of env. Sometimes I have noticed people make a new user to try to chase down a problem. I always save the original .bashrc in a new install. The first thing I did after I saw the light (thanks to your guidance) was rename my .bashrc and mv .bashrc-orig .bashrc. That solved it. Thanks so much for your time.

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