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bodhi

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Registered: 2012-02-23

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iceweasel on xfce 4.8

Hi guys,

I'm running remote desktop

xfce 4.8
xrdp 0.5.0
Linux Debian 3.1.10-kirkwood #1 PREEMPT Tue Apr 3 15:49:44 PDT 2012 armv5tel GNU/Linux

Midori crashes from time to time, so I want to try iceweasel:
apt-get install iceweasel

It does not seem to start with an xfce launcher. Just silently exited! Is there any other package I need to install also?

TIA
-bodhi

Last edited by bodhi (2012-05-31 22:06:17)

Sideburns

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Re: iceweasel on xfce 4.8

Try invoking it from a terminal, using the same command line as the launcher does.  That will let you see any error messages.

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bodhi

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Registered: 2012-02-23

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Re: iceweasel on xfce 4.8

Sideburns,

Thanks for your response! Here is the output:

Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display ":10.0".
Segmentation fault

Midori launched fine, and everything was great until I go to certain websites to test it, e.g. CNN.com and it crashed. So I wanted to try iceweasel to see if it gets any better.

Thanks for any pointers,
-bodhi

Last edited by bodhi (2012-06-02 06:03:49)

Magnus

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Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 51

Re: iceweasel on xfce 4.8

Seriously, why can't apps show errors with an error message?

bodhi

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Registered: 2012-02-23

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Re: iceweasel on xfce 4.8

Yeah, I 've tried running iceweasel in safe mode, too. Same segfault. Googled it and got nothing recent. I went back to Midori. It crashed once in a while, but better than not running at all :-)

secipolla

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: iceweasel on xfce 4.8

You could try with Chrome.

bodhi

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Re: iceweasel on xfce 4.8

Secipolla, thanks for your response! unfortunately I'm using Debian Wheezy 3.1.x and Chrome is not yet available. I'll keep that in mind and try that in the future.

secipolla

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Re: iceweasel on xfce 4.8

Secipolla, thanks for your response! unfortunately I'm using Debian Wheezy 3.1.x and Chrome is not yet available. I'll keep that in mind and try that in the future.

Go to www.google.com and click on the link to install Chrome, then download the deb package it will offer you. When it's installed it sets up its repository automatically so you receive updates for it.