Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:55:46 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox: firefox dies quietly. How to debug? Message-ID: <20160912175546.140cfb81.ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20160912165450.84b4e347.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20160912162645.179d0b09@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> <20160912165450.84b4e347.freebsd@edvax.de>
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--Sig_/mhoLpVFWsXZLLymSsX_USGN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:54:50 +0200 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> schrieb: > On Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:26:45 +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > > The intention is to autologin a user and start via xinit a X11 session = with > > Firefox. So far. Autologin works, I can start the X11/wmaker session an= d also > > open xterm, xpdf as clients. But I can not start firefox or libreoffice= - they > > die quietly.=20 > >=20 > > I do not see anything in the X11 logs nor do I see logs on the console = telling > > me something irregularyly has happened. I tried to look for some "verbo= sity" > > flags on firefox, but I didn't find anything suitable. > >=20 > > Does someone here know how to make firefox a bit more verbose? =20 >=20 > One of the easiest ways is to start Firefox from inside a > regular X terminal (classic xterm program works fine) to > capture possible text output (if nothing is logged in the > file ~/.xsession-errors, or if there is "too much noise" > inside that file to determine what messages belong to the > Firefox startup process). Firefox is started manually while I develop and configure, so I already hav= e a xterm open and start firefox from within. The curious thing is, that there is no ~/.xs= ession-errors nor is there any other type of output (even no console, no /var/log/message= s).=20 >=20 > For a more verbose output, run "truss firefox" in xterm. > This should provide you a good impression of what's happening. >=20 >=20 I'll try this next time, thanks for the tipp.=20 Greetings, Oliver --Sig_/mhoLpVFWsXZLLymSsX_USGN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJX1tACAAoJEOgBcD7A/5N8FVsIANsZMvqCD60FJfmFXgQwHtVR w/rn3GAeAyU7YO4Xkk3oBqJxdoUcR+njuRI2jWdMLm+UzQ3UaiKszuOmTLoA1lTh fKNUpY2wJhKD0ItT2kVkL1R3/1TIb7BlXQZzsrA7cY3vUoECATqo2K8vDwgrHdaU yP+LCdNHrdBGpWYUlhCSbp9qqkNEQKI5N7rJvBQfHgDDdXRxTe78Ui/JyuJAfnfM K2f9Q6cX8xF7JVEKk34Ig335nTsagfIq1hnXGu6WWHCw51Jb91axYt6Me8zmBrYI mJ2Z/8ksUphmuAi6HYYKpeGgzkbx7yXbyGgivSnNI9M2jiQeINnFTyDDJm3zu+c= =TVV/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/mhoLpVFWsXZLLymSsX_USGN--
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