Mozilla Firebird!!!!!! + Poll

[iphitus]

Have you tried the file from the mozilla project site??

 

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/

 

Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1 is avaialabe.. I tend to download the nightly builds fromhttp://texturizer.net/firebird/download.html

 

I update daily, ahh the joys of fast internet.

 

James

[Guest bjc]

Hello:

I downloaded the tar version of MozillaFirebird-0.6.1. I tarred it using xvfz and it all went into MozillaFirebird directory. I went there and typed

./MozillaFirebird and got the message "missing GLIBC_2.2.4". So it wouldn't run.

Has anyone had this problem? Is it as simple as getting the missing file? Where can I get it? And where does it go?

I'm using Mandrake-Linux 8.0.

Any help would be appreciated. Right now I'm using Mozilla 1.0.1 and it runs fine.

[Germ]

bjc ,go to http://rpmfind.net and do a search for glibc-2.2.4

I'm using glibc-2.3.1-10mdk with no probs.

 

 

I have Mozilla-Firebird 0.6.1 and Mozilla 1.4 and really can't see any speed difference. I use moz more often then not.

 

Thunderbird is shaping up very nicely. I've been using it for about 3 weeks.

[bvc]

Be very careful upgrading glibc....many experience users have lost a perfectly good install trying. Although this doesn't seem to be as big of a risk now days you are on 8.0. Just something to think about. Don't forget to back up everything!

urpmf --description glibc

glibc:The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by

multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and

memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is

kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package

contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C

library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a

Linux system will not function.  The glibc package also contains

national language (locale) support.

[sarah31]

its okay. i tell you though if dillo was more feature rich (ie. if it could do java, css, frames and ssl) i would use it solely. (well as long as its speed was not compromised)

[Guest bjc]

Thanks germ and bvc:

1/ I looked at rpmfind.net and found many versions of glibc for version 2.2.4 but none for Mandrake-Linux. They had ASPLInux, Redhat, Connectiva, and so on. For Mandrake-Linux they just had cooker version 2.1.3.

2/ I will take bvc's caution very seriously and not do any glibc updates, especially since rpmfind does not have the exact version needed.

 

So I'll stay with Mozilla 1.0.1 for now as it is quite satisfactory. For e-mail am using stand-alone client

Sylpheed which is good too. Mozilla provides a backup mail system if ever required.

 

Thanks again for your information and guidance.

This is a very good forum.