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Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 8:32 am
by Eino
After the update from MX linux firefox is not opening, When I try opening it from the terminal I get a file format error.
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:04 am
by Adrian
First thing I do to troubleshoot this kind of things is to move away the ~/.mozilla folder, rename it to something else and try again.
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:36 am
by Eino
Adrian wrote:First thing I do to troubleshoot this kind of things is to move away the ~/.mozilla folder, rename it to something else and try again.
I renamed the folder, and I'm still getting the same error.
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eino@mx1:~
$ firefox
bash: /usr/bin/firefox: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
eino@mx1:~
$
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:48 am
by plzd
This just happen on my other machine this morning (MX16 32bit).
I uninstalled firefox and reinstalled it, AND I renamed .mozilla file -- still can't get it to work -- had to use palemoon.
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:58 am
by Adrian
Sounds like you installed the package for the wrong architecture (not sure how), can you please run:
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:02 pm
by kmathern
I just checked, the 32bit firefox package, 52.0.1~mozillabinaries-1mx15+1 version, has the 64bit executable in it instead of the 32bit.
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kent@mx1:~/firefox_52.0.1~mozillabinaries-1mx15+1_i386/opt/firefox
$ file firefox
firefox: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=6315677124cf311616b98bea20cf063af2acca4f, stripped
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:05 pm
by plzd
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$ file /opt/firefox/firefox
/opt/firefox/firefox: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=6315677124cf311616b98bea20cf063af2acca4f, stripped
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Linux mx1 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1+deb8u2 (2017-03-07) i686 GNU/Linux
...so then it's a 64bit package packaged for 32bit distro???
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:33 pm
by Stevo
Yes, there's some kind of screwup with it, probably my fault.
Hang on a couple minutes and I'll have a fixed 32-bit deb for download and then push the correct builds to the repo.
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:39 pm
by MelDawson
Thank you Stevo.
Re: Firefox not opening after update.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:49 pm
by Stevo
Here's the link to the 32-bit deb. It can also be safely installed in M12 or MX 14. This one requires pulseaudio, or apulse from the test repo be installed:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxE7w ... 3QzdG5tSjA
MX has pulseaudio installed by default, MEPIS 12 does not. Some people don't like it, so apulse now gives us a choice.