[olug] FIrefox and Thunderbird issues (Kubuntu 8.04)

[Joe Gulizia]

Found a potential fix for Firefox:

remove mozplugger

Source:    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=23433



The fix for Thunderbird seems trickier:

The problem is /usr/bin/thunderbird is a shell script, so you actually have to modify it to strace where the binary is actually executed. And notice near the bottom where the actual binary is executed, there is a wrapper called aoss, which loads sound libraries I assume, so you actually have to put the strace there.


http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/395565-thunderbird-segmentation-fault-after-update.html


Joe


--- On Mon, 10/20/08, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com>
> Subject: FIrefox and Thunderbird issues (Kubuntu 8.04)
> To: "Omaha Linux Users Group" <olug at olug.org>
> Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 10:09 AM
> I have Firefox and Thunderbird on my home machine.  I'm
> running Kubuntu 8.04.
> 
> I did an update where kernel headers were updated and now
> when I open Firefox it shuts down immediately.
> 
> I went to a console and typed "firefox
> -safe-mode" and got a segmentation fault.
> 
> I tried to remove and re-install and still get the same
> error.
> 
> I get a little further in Thunderbird in that I can open my
> inbox but when I click on a message (either new or
> old)...thunderbird closes immediately.
> 
> Going into the console and typing "thunderbird
> -safe-mode" gives me a segmentation error also.
> 
> I also tried "apt-get remove thunderbird" then
> apt-get install thunderbird" with the same results as
> above with firefox.
> 
> 
> Help appreciated. 
> 
> Joe
> 
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