Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:26:43 +0000 From: Ned Harrison <ned.woody@cox.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox with "Spinlock" error Message-ID: <200501101826.43512.ned.woody@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20050110021702.GA68470@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200501091947.46620.ned.woody@cox.net> <20050110021702.GA68470@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Monday 10 January 2005 02:17 am, you wrote: > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 07:47:46PM +0000, Ned Harrison wrote: > > I keep getting this error when I try to start Firefox: > > > > Fatal error 'Spinlock called when not threaded.' at line 83 in > > file /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_spinlock.c (errno = 0) > > Abort trap (core dumped) > > > > I read from a November post that this was related to out of date files in > > the ~/.mozilla directory. > > No. It's related to being linked to multiple thread libraries, see > /usr/src/UPDATING. > > Kris Kris, are you sure you are not with obscurity.org? ;-) That's a mighty vague answer! At least to me. Your hint however was enough to get me to the right spot to get the problem fixed, though I had to cross referenced it with the November 10th erata note on the main FreeBSD web cite to be sure. Why I hadn't seen that erata note before now I don't know. Both the upgraded Mozilla and Firefox, PLUS my sound are now working. Now I just need to get my printer back on line. Then my upgrade to 5.3 will be complete. Thank you very much for the hint. I'm such a Newbie I didn't even know of the existance of the /usr/src/UPDATING file. I'll remember it now. Sincerely, Ned
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