Firefox 1.0PR1

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 23:47, Vulpes Velox wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:30:26 -0400
> Glenn Sieb <ges at wingfoot.org> wrote:
> 
> > Vulpes Velox said the following on 10/12/2004 10:58 PM:
> > 
> > >>Hey All:
> > >>
> > >>I have just built firefox 1.0PR1 from the ports and I cannot seem
> > >to>
> > >>install any extensions or themes.  Has anyone else had these
> > >>problems, or have any solutions?
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >Yeah, I have the same problem, plus I can't change any of the
> > >settings. Plus if I move ~/.mozilla, it wont start what so ever,
> > >but just kicks out the following...
> > >Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > >Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client!
> > >  
> > >
> > Wasn't there a thing where Firefox had to be first run by root?
> > 
> > Dunno if this is related..?
> 
> Actually finally figured it out earlier today... for some reason it
> needed xhost +127.0.0.1 or something like that ran if there was no
> ~/.mozilla

First, there is an entry pertaining to upgrading Firefox in
/usr/ports/UPDATING.  Second, there are known issues with Firefox and
linuxpluginwrapper.  If you have lpw installed, you will see:

firefox-bin: Fatal IO error 78 (Function not implemented) on X server
:0.0.

When you start Firefox 1.0PR for the first time.  Subsequent invocations
should be okay.  However, for best operation, you are encouraged to
uninstall this plug-in, upgrade to 1.0PR, and start the browser once. 
Afterward, you can reinstall the plug-in.

This isn't necessary, though.  You can simply follow the instructions in
UPDATING, then start Firefox twice.  The second time, and all subsequent
times, it should start up just fine.

I have not found any reliable workaround for the unimplemented X
function except for temporarily disabling lpw.  Adding 127.0.0.1 to the
xhost database does not fix the problem.

Joe

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