Firefox Won't run at all, Fresh install of MX-15 (SOLVED)

rjm65 · posted: 2016-03-29 21:29

Installed mx-15 this morning and after getting my non pae issue fixed by dolphin i decided to click on firefox and it will not open...
I get the crash screen with choice to restart or quit...
I removed firefox with synaptic using total removal, and installed ice weasel and that works fine, went to install firefox again, which told me ice weasel must be removed, so i let synaptic remove ice weasel and install firefox, and it still crashes...
Any ideas or should i just wipe the drive and start over hoping for better results...

rokytnji · posted: 2016-03-29 21:35

Run firefox in Terminal to see why it crashes.

Did you md5sum check your MX-15 iso before you installed it also.

rjm65 · posted: 2016-03-29 22:24

rokytnji wrote:Run firefox in Terminal to see why it crashes.

Did you md5sum check your MX-15 iso before you installed it also.

I will try that and let you know what it says in terminal, but i just booted from the install dvd and firefox crashes on the live session as well, so apparently it is nothing I did when messing around with kernels after the install...
nah i never run those checks on iso files i assume they are good if not i re download...

this is what it said in terminal: it won't let me post what it said i get a 403 server error when i try to post what terminal said... __{{emoticon}}__

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2016-03-29 22:34

It is possibly related to sse2 support which your processor lacks. I'm seeing conflicting reports. Iceweasel in the repository is still 38 or so rather than firefox 45. I no the html5 support is different. Perhaps things are still evolving.

You might try palemoon. It's based on firefox 29 but still receiving updates

rjm65 · posted: 2016-03-29 22:34

rokytnji wrote:Run firefox in Terminal to see why it crashes.

Did you md5sum check your MX-15 iso before you installed it also.

without being able to post the error, i can say it has the word fresh in it, and the word warning in it, and the word wrapper, and the word conf... no clue why i can't post the error but it screws up the website for sure... LOL __{{emoticon}}__

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2016-03-29 23:02

rjm65 wrote:
rokytnji wrote:Run firefox in Terminal to see why it crashes.

Did you md5sum check your MX-15 iso before you installed it also.
without being able to post the error, i can say it has the word fresh in it, and the word warning in it, and the word wrapper, and the word conf... no clue why i can't post the error but it screws up the website for sure... LOL __{{emoticon}}__

I would bet that freshplayer-plugin is a problem. It likely won't work on your system anyway due to lack of sse2 support in the processor

You could remove it and see if that helps.

apt-get remove freshplayerplugin

I don't think there is a flash available for mx that doesn't require sse2 support, but I might be wrong.

rjm65 · posted: 2016-03-29 23:55

dolphin_oracle wrote:It is possibly related to sse2 support which your processor lacks. I'm seeing conflicting reports. Iceweasel in the repository is still 38 or so rather than firefox 45. I no the html5 support is different. Perhaps things are still evolving.

You might try palemoon. It's based on firefox 29 but still receiving updates

you are correct it has sse but not sse2 flag...
I tried 3 browsers from the mx package installer and the only one that works is qupzilla all the others blow sky high when i try to do anything in them iceweasel when you click tools addons blows up... palemoon won't even launch...
Marking this solved, cause this machine just terrorizes me every time they drop it off for upgrades... LOL
i think this laptop needs to be retired... __{{emoticon}}__

rokytnji · posted: 2016-03-30 05:39

My IBM T23 has no sse2 support and I run Iceweasel ESR from Jessie stable on that P3 just fine. Youtube is a wash in the browser but smtube takes over for that function and that P3 purrs like a kitten using it.

I run AntiX 15 on it. NOT MX-15.

post40114.html#p40114

it won't let me post what it said i get a 403 server error when i try to post what terminal said.

read this

php-error-t3861.html

rjm65 · posted: 2016-03-30 12:06

rokytnji wrote:My IBM T23 has no sse2 support and I run Iceweasel ESR from Jessie stable on that P3 just fine. Youtube is a wash in the browser but smtube takes over for that function and that P3 purrs like a kitten using it.

I run AntiX 15 on it. NOT MX-15.

I had a few ibm t22 laptaps they were impossible to get going i tried like 50 distros on them and only antix and peppermint 3 would work on them...
this is two years old now but this was in my original post from 2014 on this machine and its specs...
I notice it is running slow by these specs must be the dead battery in the machine because it is a 1.7 ghz running at 1/3 that in the specs...

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inxi -F
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae i686 (32 bit) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.10.2 Distro: MX-14_13.98_386-xfce beta2 30 January 2014
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: Pavilion ze4400 (DL390A) version: KAM1.60
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 0024 version: PQ1A84 Bios: Phoenix version: KAM1.60 date: 05/04/2005
CPU:       Single core mobile AMD Athlon XP2200+ (-UP-) cache: 256 KB flags: (pae sse) clocked at 795.030 MHz 
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS100 [Radeon IGP320M] 
           X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@47.5hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI R100 (RS100 4336) x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE NO-TCL DRI2 GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card: ULi M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device driver: snd_ali5451 Sound: ALSA ver: k3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: National DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller driver: natsemi 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:0b:cd:e9:a1:ea
           Card-2: Atheros AR2417 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5007G 802.11bg] driver: ath5k 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: f8:d1:11:53:a7:45
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 31.0GB (0.3% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: HITACHI_DK23EA size: 30.0GB 
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 1.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 26G used: 2.3G (10%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 112 Uptime: 9 min Memory: 131.9/880.2MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.16

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cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor    : 0
vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
cpu family    : 6
model        : 8
model name    : mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP2200+
stepping    : 1
cpu MHz        : 530.020
cache size    : 256 KB
fdiv_bug    : no
f00f_bug    : no
coma_bug    : no
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 1
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips    : 1060.04
clflush size    : 32
cache_alignment    : 32
address sizes    : 34 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid

post40114.html#p40114

it won't let me post what it said i get a 403 server error when i try to post what terminal said.

read this

php-error-t3861.html[/quote]
Ok added spaces so let's see if this works now....

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[fresh] [warning] failed to parse configuration file /home/hpze4400/.config/freshwrapper.conf, trying / etc/freshwrapper.conf
[fresh] [warning] failed to parse configuration file / etc/freshwrapper.conf

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2016-03-30 12:11

I would remove freshplayer-plugin
You can't use it anyway.

rjm65 · posted: 2016-03-31 11:54

dolphin_oracle wrote:I would remove freshplayer-plugin
You can't use it anyway.

I removed that from the system and now iceweasel works again, I wonder if firefox will work now also with that removed... __{{emoticon}}__

Edit: I tried installing firefox again and now after removing the freshplayer plugin firefox works normally again without crashing...