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(DIR) Post #9mzfXcEoiZ3fOBgfgG by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-09-16T22:16:11Z
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I'm trying to run #Firefox 69.0 directly from /opt, but it dies silently. This is on Debian Stretch.Anyone know what secret incantation is needed?
(DIR) Post #9mzt1M0YvJof91WwKG by sohkamyung@mstdn.io
2019-09-17T00:47:10Z
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@fitheach Is your Firefox 69.0 from a deb archive or one you downloaded directly from Mozilla (tar file)?I downloaded Firefox Nightly from Mozilla and untarred it in a directory under my /home and it runs fine.
(DIR) Post #9n0PxJWVW6T4ld9aF6 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-09-17T06:56:14Z
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@sohkamyung I downloaded from Firefox. I also tried 68 and 66, same problem. It appears to run for a second or two, then vanishes without trace. No GUI appears, but there is disc activity. I've got a whole collection of versions pre 60 and they run fine. Nightly? I'll try that.The latest DEB version available is 60.9 ESR.
(DIR) Post #9n0Q4RLSpkGN3NO0OW by sohkamyung@mstdn.io
2019-09-17T06:57:31Z
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@fitheach Try running Firefox from the command line, i.e. /<path to firefox>/firefox and see if any error messages are printed on the console.
(DIR) Post #9n0QG7W8NYzD27wkXg by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-09-17T06:59:38Z
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@sohkamyung I am running it from the command line, that is what I meant by vanishes without trace. No output in the terminal. 🤷♂️
(DIR) Post #9n0QqeF6BWBOxCOcwy by sohkamyung@mstdn.io
2019-09-17T07:06:14Z
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@fitheach Oh dear. That does sound bad. 😟 Not sure how I can help further.
(DIR) Post #9n0R34qH77ROvTiBnc by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-09-17T07:08:29Z
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@sohkamyung Same thing with Nightly, version 70.Are you running Debian Stretch?
(DIR) Post #9n0WP5AB6I0w3zKjb6 by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-09-17T08:08:29Z
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@fitheach @sohkamyung What when you run strace ff?
(DIR) Post #9n0aSXxUtalo3YJFuC by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-09-17T08:53:56Z
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@gemlog Foofff! Who knows?It shows a lot of output of what FF is doing, but then at the point of failure nothing really.Something changed around FF 64.0. I can run versions prior to this, but not 64+. My whole reason was to test DownThemAll, but it requires FF 67+.@sohkamyung
(DIR) Post #9n0aWruwdBy97FB08O by gemlog@mastodonten.de
2019-09-17T08:54:42Z
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@fitheach @sohkamyung All I could think of doing.
(DIR) Post #9n1SQ8v2PtIRLJSheq by ron@glammr.us
2019-09-17T18:58:32Z
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@fitheach Do you already have another instance of it running? You could try firefox --no-remote to avoid it connecting to an existing browser?
(DIR) Post #9n1SWGWj2ldcfx0eWG by ron@glammr.us
2019-09-17T18:59:11Z
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@fitheach Do you already have another instance of it running? You could try firefox --no-remote to avoid it connecting to an existing browser?
(DIR) Post #9n1TNo4V3VkK3pKzSK by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-09-17T19:09:21Z
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@ron Thanks. I did try it on its own, but the same problem. My suspicions are tilting towards something GTK related. Perhaps Debian Stretch is no longer new enough for some needed libraries. I will be updating at some point, but don't want to do it just now. I've got real work to keep me busy. 😃 Firefox doesn't list any dependencies (that I can find), the only thing mentioned is libstdc++5, which I have already.