Hi, I'm new to antiX, but not to Linux. I've generally got the Rox-ice desk top to work, but I can't get Iceweasel, Firefox, or Midori to load. If I try from the cli, I get a"segmentation fault" error. Opera works after installing from smxi, Dillo works, and the various cli browsers seem to work as well as they do on most web sites. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
My machine is a 1 GHz AMD with 512MB of RAM, if that matters.
topic title: Can't Get Browsers to Open in antiX 12
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frogprincePosts: 39
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BitJamPosts: 1,308
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A segmentation fault is a serious error. It means something fundamental is wrong. It could be a hardware or a software problem. Most people aren't getting these seg faults so the software that comes on the LiveCD is probably okay as long as your LiveCD was not corrupted. We want to check for corruption and also try to figure out if you are using some software that most people aren't using.
Can you post the output of"inxi -F"? Also, is this a freshly installed system? A LiveCD or LiveUSB? Did you upgrade any software? Are you running other distros or OSes on this system? Is there anything unusual about your system?
If this is a fresh install or a LiveCD/USB then you should check the md5sum of the installation media. An easy way to do this is to boot the LiveCD/USB you used and add the"check" boot parameter (no quotation marks) at the boot loader menu. Another thing to try is to test your system memory using the LiveCD. There should be a"Memory test" option in the same menu.
Can you post the output of"inxi -F"? Also, is this a freshly installed system? A LiveCD or LiveUSB? Did you upgrade any software? Are you running other distros or OSes on this system? Is there anything unusual about your system?
If this is a fresh install or a LiveCD/USB then you should check the md5sum of the installation media. An easy way to do this is to boot the LiveCD/USB you used and add the"check" boot parameter (no quotation marks) at the boot loader menu. Another thing to try is to test your system memory using the LiveCD. There should be a"Memory test" option in the same menu.
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frogprincePosts: 39
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BitJam: thanks for your kind and quick response!
This morning, I booted to run inxi -F, but neither slim nor Xorg would run (I'm sending this message from another machine). I finally got an error message in TTY:
$[ 342.711558] EXT-3 fs error (device sda1): htree-dirblock-to-tree: bad entry in directory #491703: rec_len % 4 !=0 - offset=0, inode=1853169765, rec_len=29281, name_len=121
Yesterday, I had to run fsck suddenly after my second attempt at installing antiX, and reinstalled a 3rd time. This machine has an old 20GB Maxtor drive, and I'm interpreting the above as telling me I need a new HD. Let me try another HD and reinstall.
Ah, the joys of resurrecting old machines! __{{emoticon}}__
This morning, I booted to run inxi -F, but neither slim nor Xorg would run (I'm sending this message from another machine). I finally got an error message in TTY:
$[ 342.711558] EXT-3 fs error (device sda1): htree-dirblock-to-tree: bad entry in directory #491703: rec_len % 4 !=0 - offset=0, inode=1853169765, rec_len=29281, name_len=121
Yesterday, I had to run fsck suddenly after my second attempt at installing antiX, and reinstalled a 3rd time. This machine has an old 20GB Maxtor drive, and I'm interpreting the above as telling me I need a new HD. Let me try another HD and reinstall.
Ah, the joys of resurrecting old machines! __{{emoticon}}__
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BitJamPosts: 1,308
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Yes, this does sound like a hard drive problem.
If you don't want to buy a new HD, and you have a free usb port then you can easily run antiX as a LiveUSB with persistence from a usb stick.
If you don't want to buy a new HD, and you have a free usb port then you can easily run antiX as a LiveUSB with persistence from a usb stick.