After the upgrade to net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.0.6 and www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0.6 firefox gives this error message upon startup and exit code 1: $ firefox Could not find compatible GRE between version and . However, downgrade to old versions (FF 3.0.5) seem not to solve this. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge net-libs/xulrunner-1.9.0.6 and www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.0.6 2. startup firefox 3. Actual Results: Firefox does not start. Expected Results: Should start. $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.7 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.3, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r1, 2.6.28-gentoo-r1-mw x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r1-mw-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_Q9300_@_2.50GHz-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:15:01 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p48 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.7 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r14, 2.5.4-r2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.2-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.3.3 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.19 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.28-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" LANG="C" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fam firefox fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde ldap libnotify mad midi mikmod mmx mp3 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb vorbis xml xorg xulrunner xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint i810 intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
found a hint while looking through installog: about the end of src_compile() of mozilla-firefox, I don't know if it's correct or not, but if GRE_MILESTONE and GRE_BUILDID are defined shouldn't they also specify a number? gmake[5]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/paludis/www-client-mozilla-firefox-3.0.6/work/mozilla/browser/app/profile/extensions' if test ! -d ../../dist/bin/defaults/preferences; then /var/tmp/paludis/www-client-mozilla-firefox-3.0.6/work/mozilla/config/nsinstall -D ../../dist/bin/defaults/preferences; fi set -e; \ for i in ./profile/firefox.js ./profile/channel-prefs.js ; do \ dest=../../dist/bin/defaults/preferences/`basename $i`; \ rm -f -f $dest; \ /usr/bin/python ../../config/Preprocessor.py -DAB_CD=en-US -DAPP_VERSION="3.0.6" -DAPP_UA_NAME="Firefox" -DGRE_MILESTONE= -DGRE_BUILDID= -DOSTYPE=\"Linux2.6\" -DOSARCH=Linux -DHAVE_64BIT_OS=1 -DMOZILLA_VERSION=\"1.9.0.6\" -DMOZILLA_VERSION_U=1.9.0.6 -DD_INO=d_ino -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_ST_BLKSIZE=1 -DHAVE_SIGINFO_T=1 -DHAVE_INT16_T=1 -DHAVE_INT32_T=1 -DHAVE_INT64_T=1 -DHAVE_UINT=1 -DHAVE_UNAME_DOMAINNAME_FIELD=1 -DHAVE_VISIBILITY_HIDDEN_ATTRIBUTE=1 -DHAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE=1 -DHAVE_DIRENT_H=1 -DHAVE_GETOPT_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_BITYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_GNU_LIBC_VERSION_H=1 -DHAVE_NL_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_MALLOC_H=1 -DHAVE_X11_XKBLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STATVFS_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STATFS_H=1 -DHAVE_MMINTRIN_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_CDEFS_H=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DHAVE_LIBDL=1 -DHAVE_DLADDR=1 -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DHAVE_XSHM=1 -DHAVE_FT_BITMAP_SIZE_Y_PPEM=1 -DHAVE_FT_GLYPHSLOT_EMBOLDEN=1 -DHAVE_FT_LOAD_SFNT_TABLE=1 -DHAVE_FT_SELECT_SIZE=1 -D_REENTRANT=1 -DHAVE_RANDOM=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1 -DHAVE_LCHOWN=1 -DHAVE_FCHMOD=1 -DHAVE_SNPRINTF=1 -DHAVE_MEMMOVE=1 -DHAVE_RINT=1 -DHAVE_STAT64=1 -DHAVE_LSTAT64=1 -DHAVE_TRUNCATE64=1 -DHAVE_FLOCKFILE=1 -DHAVE_LOCALTIME_R=1 -DHAVE_STRTOK_R=1 -DHAVE_RES_NINIT=1 -DHAVE_GNU_GET_LIBC_VERSION=1 -DHAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET=1 -DVA_COPY=va_copy -DHAVE_VA_COPY=1 -DHAVE_VA_LIST_AS_ARRAY=1 -DHAVE_I18N_LC_MESSAGES=1 -DMOZ_EMBEDDING_LEVEL_DEFAULT=1 -DMOZ_EMBEDDING_LEVEL_BASIC=1 -DMOZ_EMBEDDING_LEVEL_MINIMAL=1 -DMOZ_PHOENIX=1 -DMOZ_BUILD_APP=browser -DMOZ_XUL_APP=1 -DMOZ_DEFAULT_TOOLKIT=\"cairo-gtk2\" -DMOZ_WIDGET_GTK2=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_XREMOTE=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION=1 -DMOZ_X11=1 -DMOZ_DISTRIBUTION_ID=\"org.gentoo\" -DMOZ_ENABLE_GCONF=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_DBUS=1 -DOJI=1 -DIBMBIDI=1 -DMOZ_VIEW_SOURCE=1 -DACCESSIBILITY=1 -DMOZ_XPINSTALL=1 -DMOZ_JSLOADER=1 -DNS_PRINTING=1 -DNS_PRINT_PREVIEW=1 -DMOZ_NO_XPCOM_OBSOLETE=1 -DMOZ_XTF=1 -DMOZ_CRASHREPORTER_ENABLE_PERCENT=100 -DMOZ_MATHML=1 -DMOZ_ENABLE_CANVAS=1 -DMOZ_SVG=1 -DMOZ_SVG_FOREIGNOBJECT=1 -DMOZ_UPDATE_CHANNEL=default -DMOZ_PLACES=1 -DMOZ_FEEDS=1 -DMOZ_STORAGE=1 -DMOZ_SAFE_BROWSING=1 -DMOZ_URL_CLASSIFIER=1 -DMOZ_LOGGING=1 -DSIZEOF_INT_P=8 -DMOZ_MEMORY_SIZEOF_PTR_2POW=3 -DMOZ_MEMORY=1 -DMOZ_MEMORY_LINUX=1 -DHAVE___CXA_DEMANGLE=1 -DHAVE__UNWIND_BACKTRACE=1 -DMOZ_DEFAULT_MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=\"/usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox\" -DMOZ_USER_DIR=\".mozilla\" -DMOZ_ENABLE_LIBXUL=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DMOZ_XUL=1 -DMOZ_RDF=1 -DMOZ_MORKREADER=1 -DNSPR_CFLAGS=1 -DNSPR_LIBS=1 -DMOZ_DLL_SUFFIX=\".so\" -DXP_UNIX=1 -DUNIX_ASYNC_DNS=1 -DJS_THREADSAFE=1 -DMOZ_ACCESSIBILITY_ATK=1 -DATK_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DATK_MINOR_VERSION=24 -DATK_REV_VERSION=0 -DMOZILLA_LOCALE_VERSION=\"1.9a1\" -DMOZILLA_REGION_VERSION=\"1.9a1\" -DMOZILLA_SKIN_VERSION=\"1.8\" -DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED $i > $dest; \ done
the missing arguments of GRE_MILESTONE and GRE_BUILDID cause missing values in /usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox/application.ini: - BuildID under [App] and - MinVersion and MaxVersion under [Gecko] to be empty temporary workaround to get firefox working again by filling in the values (copied from OpenSUSE computer) BuilID=2009012700 MinVersion=1.9.0.6 MaxVersion=1.9.0.6
Still happening? If its happening for other ppl as well, please provide emerge --info Martin, have you tried downgrading xulrunner?
I just reinstalled xulrunner (1.9.0.6-r1) and mozilla-firefox (3.0.6). The resulting /usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox/application.ini looks fine (works, too).
I can confirm that it works for me, too, with xulrunner-1.9.0.6-r1 and mozilla-firefox-3.0.6. Installed /usr/lib64/mozilla-firefox/application.ini looks also fine. I can test a downgrade, though, when requested. Regards, Martin
Let's close it then if it works.
