2010/1/11 walt <w41...@gmail.com>: > On 01/11/2010 01:51 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I've tried (for the first time) to install the >> source version of firefox >> www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.7 >> with useflags >> alsa bindist dbus gnome java linguas_de linguas_en sqlite >> startup-notification >> >> It builds just fine, >> BUT >> when I start firefox I get only a tiny (real tiny!) >> window. When I enlarge it (dragging a vertex of the window) >> it's just empty. >> >> I have no idea what went wrong. >> (I have renamed ~/.firefox and ~/.mozilla >> but this doesn't help either) > > I've never been sure what the bindist flag does, exactly, but I have it > disabled > and firefox works normally. Enabling xulrunner saves some time and space if > you > intend to use other mozilla products like thunderbird, but it shouldn't be > necessary. > > Do you see any messages if you start firefox from a command prompt?
Try this: /usr/bin/firefox -console -no-remote Otherwise I am not sure how to get it into some sort of a debug mode ... -- Regards, Mick
