cannot install fennec
 

hello all,

i have just come across my first problem on the n900. i cannot install fennec. i think it may be a problem with xulrunner. in the terminal it says that errors were encountered while processing xulrunner.

i think i have an old version of xulrunner which it tries to update but fails.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks.

Re: cannot install fennec
 

hello again.

here is the terninal output.

apt-get install fennec
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
fennec is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
xulrunner
The following packages will be upgraded:
xulrunner
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/11.0MB of archives.
After this operation, 242kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
xulrunner
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
(Reading database ... 27544 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xulrunner 1.9.2b3pre-20091109081459 (using .../xulrunner_1.9.2b6pre-20091231145857_armel.deb) ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: Failed to open file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/.icon-theme.cache : File exists
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: Failed to open file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/.icon-theme.cache : File exists
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xulrunner_1.9.2b6pre-20091231145857_armel.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
gtk-update-icon-cache: Failed to open file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/.icon-theme.cache : File exists
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xulrunner_1.9.2b6pre-20091231145857_armel.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
/home/user #


thanks again.

Re: cannot install fennec
 

I had the same problem as you have.
The problem seems to be .icon-theme.cache. I just renamed it to .icon-theme.cachebak and it worked.
It is just a cache file so I think you can just delete it.

Re: cannot install fennec
 

thanks a lot,

i am posting this from fennec!

chris

Re: cannot install fennec
 

hi plz i need ur help the problem also occured to me now and i need ur help how exactly did u change the cahcheback icon name and also if u can help me i cannot update it the fennec program i mean plz help thx

Re: cannot install fennec
 

1. Install rootsh
2. Open X Treminal
3. Run command "sudo gainroot"
4. Run command "rm /usr/share/icons/hicolor/.icon-theme.cache"

That is pretty much it step by step. All commands without the "".

Re: cannot install fennec
 

Hi,

I had a fennec nightly build working fine, until i updated it to RC1 today. Once I click the icon, it seems to be starting but then crashes down. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling it along with xulrunner, but to no success.

I installed rootsh, but the cache file you suggest to be removed by going root, does not exist on the device. What to do?

How do you get to see what the terminal says during the installation? Sorry for such noob questions, but I'm relatively new to Maemo, and not that experienced in other linuxes for that matter.

Thanks for helping out.

Re: cannot install fennec
 

lol, cachebak. thats a file extension good alan partridge would come up with aaahaaaaa.

Re: cannot install fennec
 

Once the newest version of fennec came out (after the release candidate I posted about), Firefox is now working again. It's just that the startup and some operations are really sluggish. Can't figure out what causes it. AdblockPlus? Weave?

I'm hopeful that the newest Maemo firmware update I just ran will fix this.

I have been using only Firefox for ages on my PC and love it. So far the results on the N900 are less impressive. The Maemo browser pretty much outperforms fennec in every sector imaginable, be it without add-ons.

Things will get better, I'm sure.