I edited the .fbird_grab.sh and .fbird_grab.pl scripts to download and install the new Firefox 0.8, which is the successor to MozillaFirebird 0.7 that we use in Damn Small Linux. Everything went ok until I tried to get it to run. ----- I have firefox in the /opt/firefox directory, with all the usual Mozilla files, similar to what you have in the /MozillaFirebird directory. ----- When I CD to /opt/firefox, and #./firefox, that script runs the run-mozilla.sh script, which then quits with this message: Line 451: 844 Illegal Instruction "$prog" ${1+"$@"} --- And no FireFox started... So, I looked at /opt/firefox/run-mozilla.sh in Scite (our fine little editor) and found at line 194: ------------- ## ## Run the program ## "$prog" ${1+"$@"} <this is the line in question exitcode=$? ------------- Here are the scripts I used to get this far: (I have renamed them for Firefox) ----- http://www.angelfire.com/ms/telegram/firefox_grab_sh and http://www.angelfire.com/ms/telegram/firefox_grab_pl ---- (Both of these scripts, if you wish to try them, should be renamed on your DSL system to firefox_grab.sh and firefox_grab.pl) ------- These are rough scripts, and I downloaded Firefox by just running the /opt/.firefox_grab.pl script, and not the /opt/firefox_grab.sh, since I did not care to install an Icon on the desktop just yet. ------ Frankly, I am a little suprised that this got that far along. The run-mozilla.sh script has been around a while, and I am not going to try and fiddle with it.
Anyone have any ideas? ------
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I downloaded Firefox by just running the /opt/.firefox_grab.pl script, and not the /opt/firefox_grab.sh, since I did not care to install an Icon on the desktop just yet.
The .fbird_grab.sh shell script does not install an icon on the desktop. It only creates an entry for on icon in the .xtdesktop directory. The icon ONLY appears on the desktop if the use has already chosen to display icons.
Your .firefox_grab.sh is broken. Syntax error. You are missing the X coordinate and your nested if structure is missing an fi at the very end of the script.Yes, these scripts are rough all right, I had used firefox_grab.pl to actually download Firefox, and so I do have a /opt/firefox directory, supposedly ready to go, with all that the downloaded items firefox-0.8-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz would put there. My question is, why can't I run Firefox. I get as far as described in my earlier post, and "no cigar". --- My plan was to get Firefox running, then return and try and work on the scripts. I did change my filetool.lst to include the /opt/firefox directory, so I could keep what I already downloaded and unzipped. I don't have a .phoenix or whatever yet, since Firefox didn't actually start. Since I have MozillaFirebird (and Opera) on this box, I temporarily renamed .phoenix to get it out of the way in case Firefox ran and wanted to generate one. --- Most likely, this edition of Firefox might get included in the next DSL, then that will solve all that. I hear too that there is a new Dillo. --- Other than clean up my scripts, I have no idea how I am going to get past the error message when run-mozilla.sh runs. I thought about downloading Firefox in Mandrake or something and see how that goes, but I think the failure is on my part (within DSL), not Mozilla's. BTW, I downloaded the Windows version, and that works fine. --- I fixed firefox_grab.sh in the angelfire web link per your suggestions, so it should work to get any testers something to work with. --- I fixed firefox_grab.sh in the angelfire web link per your suggestions, so it should work to get any testers something to work with. --- Next Page...
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