From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Subject: Re: Epiphany Browser Fails Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:31:53 -0700 Message-ID: <4359DCD9.8030406@comarre.com> References: <20051022104721.2ae3957d@localhost> <6.2.3.4.0.20051021210529.0454d528@no.incoming.mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051021210529.0454d528@no.incoming.mail> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Jeff Woods wrote: > At 10/22/2005 10:47 +0800, Peter wrote: > >> Slackware 10.2 Kernel 2.4.31 >> >> After upgrading to Slackware 10.2 from 10.1 the browser epiphany won't >> open and I get the following error message: >> >> Epiphany can't be used now. Mozilla initialization failed. >> >> Checking with Google it seems a common problem with apparently no real >> solution. >> >> Or does somebody on this list knows one? As you kow, I use Debian, not Slackware. So if this is some peculiarity specific to Slack, I can't help. But the usual reason for this sort of failure is a broken dependency, and Slackware is about the worst of the major distros at identifying dependency issues in its package management. The little bit of checking I did via Google seems to say that other users, or at least a subset of them, with problems are hitting dependency issues. So to figure out what is going on, I would first use ldd to check what libraries Mozilla uses and if any of them are missing. Or see if Mozilla itself will start without the Epiphany frontend; if so, it's likely a version issue between the two packages. If you post that output and the version numbers of your Mozilla and Epiphany, I (or someone) may be able to spot a library that needs updating. All this is just a guess, though. For now, here's the dependency and version info from Debian-Sid, in case that is helpful to you: Package: epiphany-browser Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 9072 Maintainer: Jordi Mallach Architecture: i386 Version: 1.6.5-2 Provides: www-browser Depends: dbus-1 (>= 0.23.4), dbus-glib-1 (>= 0.23.4), libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.8.0), libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.5.4), libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.1), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.9), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 2.9.91), libgnome2-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.6.0), libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 2.10.0-0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.6.0), libice6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), liborbit2 (>= 1:2.10.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.8.2), libpopt0 (>= 1.7), libsm6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.8-1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.1-9), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxml2 (>= 2.6.21), libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.15), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), mozilla-browser (>= 2:1.7.10), mozilla-psm (>= 2:1.7.10), gnome-icon-theme (>= 2.9.90), iso-codes, gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2) Recommends: yelp, epiphany-extensions Suggests: mozilla-bonobo Conflicts: mozilla-browser (>= 2:1.8) ... and ... Package: mozilla-browser Priority: optional Section: web Installed-Size: 28059 Maintainer: Takuo KITAME Architecture: i386 Source: mozilla Version: 2:1.7.12-1 Replaces: mozilla (<< 1:0.8), mozilla-psm (<< 2:0.9.7-2), mozilla-mailnews (<< 2:1.5-1), mozilla-xft, mozilla-locale-auto Provides: www-browser, mozilla-xft Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.0.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.6.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.8.2), libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.2), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxp6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxrender1 (>> 1:0.9.0-1), libxt6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), libnspr4 (= 2:1.7.12-1), debconf (>= 1), psmisc Recommends: mozilla-psm (= 2:1.7.12-1), myspell-en-us | myspell-dictionary Suggests: xprt, latex-xft-fonts Conflicts: mozilla (<< 1:0.8), epiphany-browser (<= 1.2.6-1), galeon-common (<= 1.3.15-2), kazehakase (<= 0.1.6-1), mozilla-xft, mozilla-locale-auto Note particularly the pickiness of Epiphany about wanting a very specific version of mozilla-browser Depends: mozilla-browser (>= 2:1.7.10) Conflicts: mozilla-browser (>= 2:1.8) > It may sound flippant, but: It sounds even less kind than that, Jeff. This list exists in large part because options like "contact technical support" are not available to us hobbyists and home users who rely on free-as-in-beer versions of Linux. Peter's is the sort of question that folks here do try to answer. > Contact Slackware support > and/or > contact Epiphany support > and/or > try another browser > and/or > go back to Slackware 10.1 > and/or > try another distribution. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs