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Hi There!

I'm trying to follow Scribbler's directions from Message-ID:
<b943g.65628$Oe2.57157@fed1read07> for getting 32 bit Firefox running.

I downloaded i686 firefox tar-ball from getfirefox.com and untarred it
into /usr/local/firefox . I then tried running firefox (just to see what
would happen) and sure enough, it did not run:

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[root@localhost firefox]# pwd
/usr/local/firefox
[root@localhost firefox]# ll
total 12820
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 230 Apr 27 03:42 browserconfig.properties
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 27 03:42 chrome/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 03:42 components/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 27 03:42 defaults/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 27 03:42 extensions/
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5247 Apr 27 03:42 firefox*
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9934760 Apr 27 03:42 firefox-bin*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 03:42 greprefs/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 03:42 icons/
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 567584 Apr 27 03:42 libmozjs.so*
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 176328 Apr 27 03:42 libnspr4.so*
[.............]
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10492 Apr 27 03:42 run-mozilla.sh*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 27 03:42 searchplugins/
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 67444 Apr 27 03:42 updater*
- -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 145 Apr 27 03:42 updater.ini
- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21320 Apr 27 03:42 xpicleanup*
[root@localhost firefox]# ./firefox
../run-mozilla.sh: line 166: ./firefox-bin: cannot execute binary file

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This must be really simple, but I'm quite new at this 64-bit operating
system malarky, so I need help :-(.

System: Mandriva 2006 x86_64 with updates (minus hplip and xorg) plus kernel
2.6.14-2mdk from SoS on dual Athlon 64.

Thanks in advance for any help

Best Regards

Jens

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Jens Tingleff wrote:
> I downloaded i686 firefox tar-ball from getfirefox.com and untarred it
> into /usr/local/firefox . I then tried running firefox (just to see what
> would happen) and sure enough, it did not run:

> [root@localhost firefox]# pwd
> /usr/local/firefox
> [root@localhost firefox]# ll
....
> - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5247 Apr 27 03:42 firefox*
> - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9934760 Apr 27 03:42 firefox-bin*
....

> - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10492 Apr 27 03:42 run-mozilla.sh*

> [root@localhost firefox]# ./firefox
> ./run-mozilla.sh: line 166: ./firefox-bin: cannot execute binary file

> This must be really simple, but I'm quite new at this 64-bit operating
> system malarky, so I need help :-(.

On my system,
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 79920 Feb 7 16:29 mozilla-firefox-bin*

mozilla-firefox-bin has under 100,000 bytes. On your system,
firefox-bin has 9,934,760 bytes. Perhaps I have a different
version, and I am on a Pentium 4 machine, but somehow I do not
think that explains the difference.

Methinks you need to read the install instructions.

Cheers!

jim b.

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James D. Beard wrote:

> Jens Tingleff wrote:
>
> ...
> ...
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>
> On my system,
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 79920 Feb 7 16:29 mozilla-firefox-bin*
>
> mozilla-firefox-bin has under 100,000 bytes. On your system,
> firefox-bin has 9,934,760 bytes. Perhaps I have a different
> version, and I am on a Pentium 4 machine, but somehow I do not
> think that explains the difference.

Yep, that's what the mozilla-firefox-bin looks like on my machine, too.
Fascinating. That's the one that shipped with Mandriva, I'm trying to use
the download from firefox.

>
> Methinks you need to read the install instructions.
>

Quickly done, and reproduced in full below in the hope that it'll prove
usefull to someone...

=============================
Installing Firefox
[...]

Linux/GTK2

Extract the tarball in the directory where you want to install Firefox:

tar -xzvf firefox-1.5.0.3.tar.gz

This will create a firefox subdirectory of that directory.
============================

Also, information about what I believe is the executable files:

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[jensting@localhost firefox]$ file firefox-bin
firefox-bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for
GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
[jensting@localhost firefox]$ file firefox
firefox: Bourne shell script text executable
============================

So, there's probably some post-untar install built into that big binary
file. But I can't get at it if it doesn't run :-(

Thanks

Jens


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Jens Tingleff wrote:
[..]
> ============================
> [jensting@localhost firefox]$ file firefox-bin
> firefox-bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for
> GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
> [jensting@localhost firefox]$ file firefox
> firefox: Bourne shell script text executable
> ============================
>
> So, there's probably some post-untar install built into that big binary
> file. But I can't get at it if it doesn't run :-(

Hmm, that's odd ... my /usr/local/firefox directory looks the same as
yours, yet running ./firefox from mine works fine. I didn't run an
installer after untarring the file. (I'm not running firefox as root,
but I doubt that's the difference.)

Perhaps you have an environment variable or something that's causing it
to look in a different spot for the firefox-bin. Try running "strace -F
../firefox" and see if that gives you any idea what it's doing.

Jens Tingleff wrote:
[..]

Jens Tingleff wrote:
> So, there's probably some post-untar install built into that big binary
> file. But I can't get at it if it doesn't run :-(

Just for grins, I downloaded firefox-1.5.0.3.tar.gz, gunzipped
it to 21913600 bytes, and ran tar -xvf against it. Sure enough
there is a huge firefox-bin executable, which should be started
up by run-mozilla.sh which should be kicked off by firefox.

firefox and run-mozilla.sh complain that glibc is detected and
go comatose. if I run firefox-bin it complains it cannot find
libmozjs.so or some such. Problem is, it is in the same
directory, and I have even gone to the trouble of adding that
directory to my $PATH variable.

I do not have the time to try to analyze this thing to see what
is happening, so I will sympathize and shut up.

Sorry for wasting your time to no useful result.

jim b.

On Wed, 10 May 2006 00:45:27 +0000, James D. Beard wrote:

> Jens Tingleff wrote:
>
> Just for grins, I downloaded firefox-1.5.0.3.tar.gz, gunzipped
> it to 21913600 bytes, and ran tar -xvf against it. Sure enough
> there is a huge firefox-bin executable, which should be started
> up by run-mozilla.sh which should be kicked off by firefox.
>
> firefox and run-mozilla.sh complain that glibc is detected and
> go comatose. if I run firefox-bin it complains it cannot find
> libmozjs.so or some such. Problem is, it is in the same
> directory, and I have even gone to the trouble of adding that
> directory to my $PATH variable.
>
> I do not have the time to try to analyze this thing to see what
> is happening, so I will sympathize and shut up.
>
> Sorry for wasting your time to no useful result.
>
> jim b.


I am running Powerpack 2006 x86_64.

I downloaded the file offered at www.getfirefox.com, which proclaimed to
be firefox 1.5.0.3 for i686.

I executed:
tar xvf firefox-1.5.0.3.tar.gz
cd firefox
sh ./firefox

Firefox opened and ran just fine.

Brian K

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Brian K wrote:

> On Wed, 10 May 2006 00:45:27 +0000, James D. Beard wrote:
>
No worries ;-)

>
> I am running Powerpack 2006 x86_64.
>
> I downloaded the file offered at [..], which proclaimed to
> be firefox 1.5.0.3 for i686.
>
> I executed:
> tar xvf firefox-1.5.0.3.tar.gz
> cd firefox
> sh ./firefox
>
> Firefox opened and ran just fine.
>

Thanks, that's what I *expected* to happen. I suppose I could have a go at
cross-compiling, but my success rate so far does not encourage me...

Best Regards

Jens



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Jens Tingleff wrote:

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> Hi There!
>
> I'm trying to follow Scribbler's directions from Message-ID:
> <b943g.65628$Oe2.57157@fed1read07> for getting 32 bit Firefox running.
>
> I downloaded i686 firefox tar-ball from getfirefox.com and untarred it
> into /usr/local/firefox . I then tried running firefox (just to see what
> would happen) and sure enough, it did not run:
>
[........]
> - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21320 Apr 27 03:42 xpicleanup*
> [root@localhost firefox]# ./firefox
> ./run-mozilla.sh: line 166: ./firefox-bin: cannot execute binary file
>
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>
> This must be really simple, but I'm quite new at this 64-bit operating
> system malarky, so I need help :-(.

Like I said, something quite simple. I had configured the kernel, and
*ahemm* somehow the option CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION was not set.

>
> System: Mandriva 2006 x86_64 with updates (minus hplip and xorg) plus
> kernel 2.6.14-2mdk from SoS on dual Athlon 64.

kernel-source-2.6.14.2mdk-2.6.14-2mdk RPM to be precise. I guess the problem
is that I picked up the kernel source RPM from the 32 bit section and there
was no reason for that kernel to have 32 bit support (which is only
interesting for 64 bit systems).

Thanks to everyone who had a look.

Best Regards

Jens

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Analogue filtering / 5GHz RLAN / Mdk Linux / odds and ends
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"You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!" 'Dr Strangelove'

Jens Tingleff wrote:
> Hi There!
>
> I'm trying to follow Scribbler's directions from Message-ID:
> <b943g.65628$Oe2.57157@fed1read07> for getting 32 bit Firefox running.
>
> I downloaded i686 firefox tar-ball from getfirefox.com and untarred it
> into /usr/local/firefox . I then tried running firefox (just to see what
> would happen) and sure enough, it did not run:
>
<snip>
>
> This must be really simple, but I'm quite new at this 64-bit operating
> system malarky, so I need help :-(.
>
> System: Mandriva 2006 x86_64 with updates (minus hplip and xorg) plus kernel
> 2.6.14-2mdk from SoS on dual Athlon 64.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Best Regards
>
> Jens
>

I just picked up my first x86_64 system last week as well ... very sweet!

How are you running firefox?

Do either:

/usr/local/firefox

Or right click on the icon you are using to launch it, select
properties, choose the application tab, and edit the command to point to
/usr/local/firefox (or wherever it actually is located)

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James J. Dines wrote:

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>
> I just picked up my first x86_64 system last week as well ... very sweet!
>
> How are you running firefox?
>

Actually, it started up on its own accord when my session started :-) I
copied my old 32-bit Mandriva 2006 system home directory over and it must
have remembeed that I wanted to run firefox.

> Do either:
>
> /usr/local/firefox
>
> Or right click on the icon you are using to launch it, select
> properties, choose the application tab, and edit the command to point to
> /usr/local/firefox (or wherever it actually is located)

That sounds more reproducable.

Best Regards

Jens


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