Problem to launch firefox from inside application

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#1

After fresh installation of OpenSuse 11.3 i also installed Xilinx Webpack 12.2 same way id did few days ago with 11.1. (installed on 11.1 works perfect)
So i assume something relevant changed from 11.1 → 11.3)
Xilinx Webpack needs access to Internet for managing license stuff.
In the xilinx settings firefox is set as default browser. From Help menu it is normally possible to open firefox with the xilinx homepage. But even firefox does not start.

Running a simple script to call firefox from inside the xilinx installation and the same owner/group and permissions launches firefox without problems.

Do i need to grant Internet access to this application and.or additional firewall settings ?
How to do this ?

#2

Maybe the full path to Firefox (/usr/bin/firefox) will start it.

#3

It is set to:

/usr/bin/firefox -remote openURL(%1,new-tab)

i also tried several variants , even with konqueror
/usr/bin/firefox , firefox etc.
e.g. works:
/usr/bin/firefox -remote “openURL(http://www.google.com/, new-tab)”
seems this is no firefox problem, but i’m not sure at all

#4

Could you tell us about your hardware CPU, RAM etc

Since it was working before as you said, You may have to change your HARDLOCKLIMT

HARDLOCKLIMIT @256 11.3 install-default may cause Open Office issues

It caused problems with OpenOffice. Lets say your machine it not exactly powerful that could be the problem…since this value has an affect on all applications

Cheers

#5

otto_oz, this is pretty much unlikely, since…

Running a simple script to call firefox from inside the xilinx installation and the same owner/group and permissions launches firefox without problems.

#6

Point taken.

I have no idea what xilinx is and how it interacts with 11.3 …just sounds weird.

I just wonder why wally has not posted any error msg. When you launch an app in a terminal, either the command is not known (error msg) or some sort of msg should come up???

Anyway cheers from OZ

#7

i did not post details concerning the Xilinx stuff because i assumed a easy setting in access control or firwall due to chnages from 11.1 to 11.3,
Xilinx WebPack is a Development Environment for CPLD and FPGA.
Startscript:

source /opt/Xilinx/12.2/ISE_DS/settings32.sh /opt/Xilinx/12.2/ISE_DS/
ise

“settings32.sh” do some path settings ( if necessary i will post here)

running the startscript results in :

Couldn’t load XPCOM.

#8

Couldn’t load XPCOM.

seems this is a well known problem :slight_smile:

#9

What is the output of

zypper se -si xulrunner firefox

?

#10

zypper se -si xulrunner firefox
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
–±---------------------------------±--------±---------------±-------±-----------------------------------
i | MozillaFirefox | package | 3.6.10-0.3.1 | i586 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82
i | MozillaFirefox | patch | 3132 | noarch | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82
i | MozillaFirefox | patch | 2807 | noarch | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82
i | MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE | package | 3.5-16.2 | i586 | openSUSE-11.3-Oss
i | MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE | package | 3.5-16.2 | i586 | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82
i | MozillaFirefox-theme-oxygen | package | 1.4.92-4.1 | noarch | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82
i | mozilla-xulrunner192 | package | 1.9.2.10-0.4.1 | i586 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82
i | mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome | package | 1.9.2.10-0.4.1 | i586 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82

#11

~> ldd -d -r /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb76de000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb75ee000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb75d0000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb75b5000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7449000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7704000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb741f000)

#12

Check if the dependencies shown by ‘ldd’ are met.

zypper ve
#13

zypper ve
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied.

#14

It’s a bit weird that the ‘Couldn’t load XPCOM’-message only appears when starting FF from Xilinx. Usually it appears when dependencies are missing or package-versions do not match. But since starting FF regularly works fine, I am out of ideas. Sorry.

#15

‘Couldn’t load XPCOM’-message only appears when starting FF from Xilinx.

‘Couldn’t load XPCOM’-message appears when starting Xilinx ise

I do not even have to go to the menu an launch FF.
I assume ise tries to connect to license server or something else as webtalk or similar.
Starting FF from konsole launches without errors.

here’s a similar problem,

http://http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Installation-and-Licensing/Problem-installing-12-2-ISE-in-linux/m-p/86899
but i can not set to “$ source /opt/Xilinx/12.2/ISE_DS/settings64.sh”
because i do not have this file at all.