Can't launch firefox

Linux and Unix-Like Linux
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Hi all,

I installed RHEL on my machine and realized that firefox browser was not
included at installation. I went back and added it using the Add or Remove
Packages by inserting the dvd I used during installation. The icon is there
but for some reason I cannot lauch. Nothing returns when I click.

Can someone tell me what I am missing, or what could be wrong.
What log can I tail to see what the problem is ?
Am I better off reinstalling Linux ?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

2

type in firefox &
and see what happens

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This is what i get:

[root@jhlinux ~]# /usr/bin/firefox &
[1] 15059
[root@jhlinux ~]#
(Gecko:15082): Pango-WARNING **: No builtin or dynamically
loaded modules were found. Pango will not work correctly.
This probably means there was an error in the creation of:
'/usr/evolution28/etc/pango/pango.modules'
You should create this file by running pango-querymodules.

(Gecko:15082): Pango-WARNING **: pango_shape called with bad font, expect ugly output

(Gecko:15082): Pango-WARNING **: pango_font_get_glyph_extents called with bad font, expect ugly output

(Gecko:15082): Pango-WARNING **: pango_shape called with bad shape_engine, expect ugly output

(Gecko:15082): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(Gecko:15082): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_describe: assertion `font != NULL' failed
/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/run-mozilla.sh: line 131: 15082 Segmentation fault "$prog" ${1+"$@"}

4

hi
There is wrong version of libraries somewhere. Try an older version of firefox.
or a newer os ver.
here: this one will work
Mozilla Firefox 2

5

Do you suggest that I uninstall what I have on there allready ?
If so, how do I go about that (never done it on linux)? I imagine there has to be some cleanup.

Please advise, and thanks.

6

have you updated your system online? i don't know wich tool rhel uses but it should be something like "yum"...

7

I did a search on my machine for yum* and I found this

/etc/log.d/scripts/services/yum

However, this is not included in my executable path.

8

i don't know rhel. but you've installed it and should be able to do an update of the software?! with a little bit of google i found this:
up2date command to update Redhat enterprise Linux (RHEL) howto
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-centos-fedora-linux-yum-command-howto/

9

The first thing you should do is to read this:

Firefox system requirements.

Compare what you have to these requirements.

In general, you should not install software unless you look at the system requirements first.

Also, the current FF3 version is 3.0.11, as I recall.

10

I finally got this to work. Thank to all who contributed.

11

would be nice to write what you've done... other people with the same problem can use this information!

12

I was trying to install the latest version of firefox from the internet and was having issues with libraries. Someone suggested that I install an older version. When I was looking at the Add/Remove Applications utitlity, I realized that for some reason the firefox browser was not checked. So I added the version that came with the dvd.

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Yeah, for linux, its better to install the distributor's version than random versions from the internet.