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scompat extract failed
I've installed FreeBSD v7.2 via internet mirror. All seemed well except during the "late night odyssey", I observed a message with wait stating that the scompat extract failed. This is what I know about the creature:
http://docsrv.sco.com/cgi-bin/man/man?scompat+1Also, I cannot start FireFox: (firefox-bin:47583): Gtk WARNING **: cannot open display:Does this have anything to do with the extract failure of the scompat? Otherwise, how to start FireFox? I've googled, and searched the forums . . .read some things about not running X systems as root, but then again, something about FireFox needing to run as root the first time so that some permissions, etc. can be established? Thanks, RW |
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Just install firefox from ports and it will store everything in your home directory (~/.mozilla). If you want to allow the root user to run applications use # xhost +localhost .Even better would be to use xinit(1) to start X instead of startx(1) so you don't need to deal with the whole xauth/xhost stuff. Quote:
I'm not sure what scompat is, it's not part of FreeBSD base nor is it a port (deleted or otherwise).
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Regarding the failed scompat extract, I've posted just about what I know about it . . .only that it occurred during (I think) the make of FireFox.
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Regarding FireFox, I agree . . .I don't want much of anything running as root. More troubling is that I only find /root/.mozilla and there is absolutely nothing in the directory (other than . & ..) |
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