Firefox 2.0 doesn't open downloaded files

[Donald J. O'Neill]

On Friday 03 November 2006 23:30, alter_ego wrote:
> Thanks, but I had changed symlinks as soon as I finished building Firefox,
> so I don't think that it could be what is causing the problem.
>
> I see this error
> GConf Error: Failed to launch configuration server: Failed to execute child
> process "/usr/local/libexec/gconfd-2" (Invalid argument)
>
> could this be relevant?
>

I get that message when I open Firefox if I'm using KDE; if I use Gnome2.16.1, 
I don't get the message. I gconfd-2 is a Gnome program. 

>
> Another problem, probably unrelated to this, this: when Firefox 2 starts,
> it seems to hang for a long time before I can go to one of the bookmarked
> sites. I see this message repeated a lot "failed to exec
> /usr/local/libexec/gam_server". If I start gam_server by hand, Firefox goes
> to the bookmarked site immediately.
>>
> Is this relevant?
>

You're using gamin, I use fam, I don't have that problem. So, yes, it may be a 
relevant problem on your system having to do with the way gamin is set-up on 
your system.

>
> Thanks and regards,
> AE.
>
Check to see that you didn't remove the symlinks 
from /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins. I removed them to see what would 
happen - no firefox - put those links back and, voila, firefox loads again. 
The symlinks need to be in booth places.

Don