On Tuesday 16 January 2007 11:35, rfjones wrote: > firefox 2.0 on Linux 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 > runs ok for awhile after install, then refuses to start from menu icon > start from cmdline runs with with error message below > sometimes reinstall fixes this behaviour (runs from desktop icon) > sometimes only runs from cmdline with error message > TIA > rfjones > which: no wxdfast in > (/usr/jdk1/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: >/usr/jdk1/jre/bin:/usr/local/ant/bin:/var/lib/pgsql/bin:/opt/openoffice.org2 >.1_sdk/linux/bin:/usr/local/Acrobat5/bin) which: no kget in > (/usr/jdk1/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: >/usr/jdk1/jre/bin:/usr/local/ant/bin:/var/lib/pgsql/bin:/opt/openoffice.org2 >.1_sdk/linux/bin:/usr/local/Acrobat5/bin) which: no gwget in > (/usr/jdk1/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: >/usr/jdk1/jre/bin:/usr/local/ant/bin:/var/lib/pgsql/bin:/opt/openoffice.org2 >.1_sdk/linux/bin:/usr/local/Acrobat5/bin) which: no d4x in > (/usr/jdk1/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: >/usr/jdk1/jre/bin:/usr/local/ant/bin:/var/lib/pgsql/bin:/opt/openoffice.org2 >.1_sdk/linux/bin:/usr/local/Acrobat5/bin) which: no nt in > (/usr/jdk1/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin: >/usr/jdk1/jre/bin:/usr/local/ant/bin:/var/lib/pgsql/bin:/opt/openoffice.org2 >.1_sdk/linux/bin:/usr/local/Acrobat5/bin) Cutting log (size: 100571, max: > 100000) I posted a similar message a couple of weeks ago, but with no responses. I narrowed down the problem on my system to the installation of Kooldock. Uninstalling that program solved everything, and firefox now functions properly once again from the (KDE) menu. Which desktop are you using? Also, I've run into this problem only with the KDE installation on FC5. Peter -- Dr. Peter D. Roopnarine, Assoc. Curator Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology California Academy of Sciences 875 Howard St. San Francisco CA 94103 Phone: (415) 321-8271 FAX: (415) 321-8615 http://zeus.calacademy.org/roopnarine/peter.htm "Description must be nonlinear, and prediction must be linear." Alan M. Turing
