Re: Browser coredump on execution (AIX 5.3 TL 6)

Carlo wrote:
Hi,

Been trying out different browsers for AIX for a client who needs it,
and I find that both Firefox 1.5.0.12 and Mozilla 1.7.13.1 dumps a
core upon execution, while the older Mozilla 1.4.2.10 works
perfectly. Only thing I observed is that Mozilla 1.4 looks different
from both Mozilla 1.7 and Firefox 1.5. Could they be running on
different rendering engines? Is this just a simple matter of graphic
display settings (for Firefox 1.5 and Mozilla 1.7)? Or is it
something totally different? I'd appreciate it if I could hear from
people who have run both Firefox 1.5 and Mozilla 1.7 successfully on
their AIX servers.

TIA,
Carlo

Note that the README you see when downloading firefox or mozilla from the IBM site is not the same as the README included with the product. The README from the download area actually has a section on 'known problems' which points out

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Firefox may dump core due to mismatch with the colour mode of the X-server. If this problem occurs, add the below line in /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/xserverrc file just before ">>>> Start X-Window System" and restart the X server

EXTENSIONS=$EXTENSIONS" -cc 4"

as the final item on the page. Worked for me.

Why the heck they put this in a seperate file and not in the README of the base package .....
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