Firefox, boot screen, internet and permission problem.

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Hi friends,
I’ve 4 problems concerned with my opensuse 12.1 with gnome 3

  1. Randomly, i get a error message any time(i dont know what is provoking this message).
icedteanp plugin error: Failed to run /usr/lib64/jvm/jre//bin/java.  For more detail rerun "firefox -g" in a terminal window.

  1. I’ve installed windows 7 along with openSUSE. The boot screen (which asks to choose opensuse or windows) sometimes appears animated (like tuxes going here and there in snow) and sometimes the normal green screen. I did do nothing.

  2. Ever since i configured the wvdial.conf file for my new wireless modem(i just changed the username and password) in that file, i am not able to use my wired broadband. It shows as connected but firefox cannot even display google.

  3. I can only read my windows partition with my user account. I want permission to write and delete files in my windows partitions like the root account.

It would be great if all these are solved.
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Anish

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  1. Don’t worry about it. It’s the holiday theme. It will be normal all the time soon

  2. Post the result of this: cat /etc/fstab

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And please, please. Do not ask several things in one thread. The answers will tuble around and make any insight by us (and I guess even you) into who answered what about whar impossible. throwing four different discussions in one bin must make a big mess. Or don’t you think so?

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Re. 1: Like the message says, run Firefox from a terminal window, and use the -g option
Re. 3. Since you configured wvdial on sysem level, the system assumes that’s the connection to be used in all cases. Hence no wired broadband. AFAIK you should configure the username and password on user level.

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@caf4926 :

anish@linux-jmbg:~> cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part7 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part6 /boot ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part8 /home ext4 defaults 1 2
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part2 /windows/C ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part3 /windows/D ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
anish@linux-jmbg:~>

@hcvv :
I thought it would become something like trolling or unnecessarily increase the post count. If its not so, i would have gladly post it in different threads. Next time, i will do it.

@knurpht :
When i run firefox like firefox -g, firefox opens up. But the problem continues.
i tried restoring the wvdial.conf file to its original form. but it shows in taskbar as wired connection is connected but firefox cannot access the internet.

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Post count is unimportant. Important is if you get an as good as possible and as soon as possible answer to your problems. And that is promoted by clear, single problem threads with a good title :slight_smile:

I will now teach you the next importat thing here. In order to make computer output readable on the forums, please put such output between CODE tags. As this is not easily be found how to do this, here is a guide: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/information-new-users/advanced-how-faq-read-only/451526-posting-code-tags-guide.html

Then about the execution of

firefox -g

This does of course not cure the problem, but it is intended to see more information. Is there no output to report in that terminal window? When I do it , I get the following:

henk@boven:~> firefox -g
Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
henk@boven:~>

That is of coutse NOT the same as your problem, but just to show you that you must report what you get when you are asked to execute a statement.

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Edit these lines

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part2  /windows/C           ntfs-3g     users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part3  /windows/D           ntfs-3g     users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

to

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part2  /windows/C           ntfs-3g defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-HITACHI_HTS543225L9SA00_090627FB2F32YLHJMG1B-part3  /windows/D           ntfs-3g defaults 0 0

http://forums.opensuse.org/how-faq-read-only/unreviewed-how-faq/413463-fstab-editing-manually.html

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@caf4926: Thats indeed impressive explanation given by your link. I still wonder how you guys manage to get these thing into your skull. I try really hard to grab the roots of linux. Thankyou verymuch man. Since its mentioned everywhere, that we must be very careful in giving write permission to windows partitions, i would rather split a partition from my harddisk with FAT32 as file system usable by both Suse and the other one.

@hcvv: I usually use code tags for terminal stuff. But I searched for the tag option on the top in the quick reply and since i cant find it, i used quote option - sorry for that will correct it.:wink:
running firefox or firefox -g runs firefox and outputs the following in the terminal.

anish@linux-jmbg:~> firefox -g
*** nss-shared-helper: Shared database disabled (set NSS_USE_SHARED_DB to enable).

Also, i now could not access the internet from my suse. Even the software manager cannot access the internet. But the task bar shows that internet is connected. Firefox is firing up slowly (i mean very slowly i hit it for the second time impatiently>:) and getting a error message stating that its already running)

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That error starting Firefox is normal

Check this: Access Denied

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  1. We know the CODE tags button is hard to find, that is why I tell you and why caf4926 cretaed that howto page.

  2. Now you have posted what FF says, I hope someone has an idea about it.

  3. When you have no connection to the Internet (for whatever reason) it is logical that the software manager hasn’t either. what made you think that a/the software manager would have a sort of secret way to the internet while all other programs on your system haven’t?

  4. I do not understand what you mean with “But the task bar shows that internet is connected”. Only thing I know about networking and task bars is that when you use network manager, then it will show if you have network connection. While you must have of course network connection to be able to reach the Internet, it is not enough and I doubt the network manager applet shows ever anything about the Internet.

  5. To be able to reach the internet, you normaly must have a physical connection (a modem/router) between your LAN and the Internet and a route that tells your system to use that router for all non LAN addresses (the so called: deafult route). I assume you have the physical router and cable/wifi in place (you do not say so). Then looking at (and posting here) the default route with

/sbin/route -n

Check your connection to the Internet with:

ping www.google.com

when this gives you lines like mine:

henk@boven:~> ping www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (74.125.79.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ey-in-f104.1e100.net (74.125.79.104): icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=10.2 ms
64 bytes from ey-in-f104.1e100.net (74.125.79.104): icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=10.2 ms
64 bytes from ey-in-f104.1e100.net (74.125.79.104): icmp_req=3 ttl=55 time=10.2 ms

you have connection. When it stays silent, you haven’t. Stop this by typing Ctrl-C.
When you have connection you might still be unable to resolve host/domainnames. For this post

grep -v '^#' /etc/resolv.conf
  1. When FF is very slow in showing pages from the Internet it could be that you have a non IPv6 ready Internet Provider. But in your case, having other FF problems, that is not for sure.
    When incorrect IPv6 behaviour is involved, switch it off in your system. YaST > Network devices > Network configuration. Then the Global options tab and there the second item from the top, uncheck the IPv6 box. A reboot is needed after this. But I repeat, this only a guess.
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Hi hcvv, First, thankyou for your detailed post. I thought that firefox is denied permission to the internet or some thing like that.

“But the task bar shows the internet connection” - I mean that the LAN icon, next to the battery/bluetooth indication icon on the top right, next to your user name is showing that it is connected to the internet(I mean the symbol changes to connected state when i connect it to my modem). But I cant access the internet. Still I can access the internet through my wireless usb modem. Wired internet is not working. But the same wired network is working in my windows installation.

I tried

ping www.google.com

as you said, it stays silent. which means i dont have connection to internet? - please help to sort this out.

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On 2012-01-21 01:06, thinkanish wrote:

> I tried
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> ping www.google.com
> --------------------
>
> as you said, it stays silent. which means i dont have connection to
> internet? - please help to sort this out.

We usually prefer to see the exact input and output of the command, so that
we can judge by ourselves what it means. No disrespected intended, but it
works better that way. By your explanations I have doubts and can not
advise you.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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Hi Robin, here is the exact copy of the terminal:

anish@linux-jmbg:~> ping www.google.com

Just the cursor goes to other line and thats it no output.

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On 2012-01-21 02:36, thinkanish wrote:
>
> Hi Robin, here is the exact copy of the terminal:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> anish@linux-jmbg:~> ping www.google.com
>
>
> --------------------
>
>
> Just the cursor goes to other line and thats it no output.

It doesn’t print anything, it doesn’t ever return? How long did you wait?
I’ve never seen such a thing.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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Well Robin,
this is the output i am getting after 3 minutes.

anish@linux-jmbg:~> ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com

But i can connect with the internet through my wireless usb modem. The problem is only with the wired connection. BTW, this problem arised ever since I edited the wvdial.conf file and configured it to suit the wireless usb modem.

Now, all I want is My wired internet connection must work in OpenSUSE.>:(

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As carlos says, we want of course see what the system does. And I told you to stop the ping after some time (reporting connections or not) with Ctrl-C. And then ping allways reports something. E.g. when I do

PING forums.opensuse.org (130.57.4.15) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- forums.opensuse.org ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2999ms

henk@boven:~>

ytou see the echo of the Ctrl-C and you se that there was no respons from the other side (as that does reject this type of trafic).
And when I do

henk@boven:~> ping ww.google.com
PING www3.l.google.com (74.125.79.139) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from ey-in-f139.1e100.net (74.125.79.139): icmp_req=1 ttl=55 time=10.1 ms
64 bytes from ey-in-f139.1e100.net (74.125.79.139): icmp_req=2 ttl=55 time=9.82 ms
^C
--- www3.l.google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 9.826/9.963/10.101/0.169 ms
henk@boven:~>

you see that Google does allow this type of traffic and that ping is echoing.
When someone asks here do do something, please do such as litteraly as possible (by copy/past of the command) and report all and everything (by copy/paste of prompt, command, output, new prompt). Thus there is no discussion about wqhat you did. We have no other way to check because we can not look over your shoulder.

Now for the next step please do

ping 74.125.79.147

But maybe I lost trace of what we are doing and what you are having. I am afraid that happened what I predicted. Talking about several problems in one long thread, I lost hold of this one. Even now reading back I have problems sorting out what everybody (including you) said about this internet connection problem. It looks as if you have two connections at the same tiome or something like that. It is also not clear how you configured (YaST, Network manager).

You forget the I am not only looking at your thread, but at different threads and that posts on them come in in a irregular time scale. Thus I have to go back to the beginning of a thread to reread anad retrace what it was about. In this thread that is a hell of a task, half of the posts talking about something different.

I personaly would like it when you started a new thread about your network problem and then of course in the Networking subforum (because your question is also out of place here and in the Networking forum there are network gurus lurking). Then we can make a fresh start. Do not forget to be factual (no stories, but computer output) and explain how you configured where and what.

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On 01/21/2012 04:06 AM, thinkanish wrote:
> ping: unknown host www.google.com

what happens if you


ping -c 5 173.194.69.147

by the way: i hate these multi-problem threads and will not try to help
more than, if you can ping the IP then you need to fix your
resolv.conf file (and maybe default route) and/or find out why it(they)
is(are) broken…a problem which should be in the networking forum.

–
DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

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On 2012-01-21 04:06, thinkanish wrote:
>
> Well Robin,
> this is the output i am getting after 3 minutes.
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> anish@linux-jmbg:~> ping www.google.com
> ping: unknown host www.google.com
>
>
> --------------------
>
>
> But i can connect with the internet through my wireless usb modem. The
> problem is only with the wired connection. BTW, this problem arised ever
> since I edited the wvdial.conf file and configured it to suit the
> wireless usb modem.
>
> Now, all I want is My wired internet connection must work in
> OpenSUSE.>:(

The thread is getting too complex for this forum. You should post this info
in the networking forum, with info of how your two networks are configured,
how you switch from one to the other, etc.

So far it is clear you have no DNS resolution. The timeout probably means
that there is no route to the DNS.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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yeah, you are right robin, I must move to networking section. Thanks for your support though. and thanks to hcvv and the admin