Can't get multiple versions of Firefox or Chrome to run
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- Shogun
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Can't get multiple versions of Firefox or Chrome to run
Starting with Porteus-XFCE-v3.2.2-x86_64.iso burned to CD, I cannot seem to get Firefox or Chrome to function either by activating previously downloaded copies or by update-firefox and update-chrome. I can activate (download, build, and activate) browser modules without errors, but firefox-54.0b7-x86_64-1.xzm (e.g.) doesn't populate the menu when activated (and startx doesn't help) -- I just attempted that as root, but I also cannot get google-chrome-61.0.3163.79-x86_64-1.xzm to work as guest. All the chrome modules I have tried do populate the menu -- they just don't function. I have verified that the modules are being activated; I am responding to confirmation dialogs and the modules are loaded when I check Porteus system info. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Since I am using this same image on several machines on which Firefox does work, I am baffled; the problem has occurred only in connection with the use of a live CD, but everything else about Porteus and its modules seems to work fine (I was able to activate and use Libre Office, e.g.).
- Ed_P
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Can't get multiple versions of Firefox or Chrome to run
Can you start Firefox by entering firefox in a terminal window?
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- ncmprhnsbl
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Can't get multiple versions of Firefox or Chrome to run
these are known issues:
firefox xzm is building without /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (it will start from the terminal) (yes, the build script needs to be fixed)
heres a firefox module with the .desktop file: firefox-56.0b10-x86_64-1-ncm.xzm
and new chromium (>61) needs a newer mozilla-nss package that is available from slackware-patches(via usm)
firefox xzm is building without /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (it will start from the terminal) (yes, the build script needs to be fixed)
heres a firefox module with the .desktop file: firefox-56.0b10-x86_64-1-ncm.xzm
and new chromium (>61) needs a newer mozilla-nss package that is available from slackware-patches(via usm)
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Can't get multiple versions of Firefox or Chrome to run
It could be because an update doesn't need to give a user another firefox.desktop file whereas a new install does.ncmprhnsbl wrote: ↑22 Sep 2017, 22:25firefox xzm is building without /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop (it will start from the terminal) (yes, the build script needs to be fixed)
If firefox starts via terminal one can create their own firefox.desktop file.
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Can't get multiple versions of Firefox or Chrome to run
nope, i always run the update- script without a firefox module activated.. for some reason mozilla doesn't supply the .desktop file in there package..
absolutely, that's what i did
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Can't get multiple versions of Firefox or Chrome to run
Other systems use .desktop files also!! I thought they were only for Porteus.ncmprhnsbl wrote: ↑23 Sep 2017, 01:45for some reason mozilla doesn't supply the .desktop file in there package
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