Dartarrow’s Technolodge

Swiftfox 3.5.4 and libxul.so

October 28th, 2009 | by | geeky

Oct
28

After upgrading my Swiftfox from 3.5.3 to 3.5.4-1 it was Problems Galore.

Clicking the pretty swiftfox icon didnt work and typing `swiftfox` from the terminal (/usr/bin/swiftfox  which is a script that comes with the installation) gave me

/usr/lib/swiftfox/swiftfox-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/swiftfox/libxul.so: undefined symbol: gdk_x11_window_get_drawable_impl

Which is when i figured the package maintainer was linking against the wrong libxul
A quick fix is to use libxul in xulrunner-1.9.1.3. If you do not have xulrunner-1.9.1.3 you’ll need to install the package xulrunner-1.9.1
sudo aptitude install xulrunner-1.9.1
Now, change the libxul that is used, which can be done by doing this:
cd /usr/lib/swiftfox
sudo mv libxul.so libxul.so.ori
sudo ln -s ../xulrunner-1.9.1.3/libxul.so .
And you’re good to go.

HOWTO Open Kopete links in Swiftfox

July 11th, 2009 | by | geeky

Jul
11

This of course works if you want to open Kopete links in Firefox as well. Instead of the default Konqueror. Just replace my ‘swiftfox’ in the commands with ‘firefox’

This assumes that you are using the same environment as I am (KDE4.2, Ubuntu 9.04)

1. System Settings* -> Default Applications -> Web Browser
2. Set the value for “in the following browser” as ” /usr/bin/swiftfox -new-tab ”
3. Apply
4. You’re Done.

*If you’re not sure where “System Settings” is, press Alt + F2 and type “System Settings” (remove quotes)

How to install Swiftfox on K/Ubuntu

June 5th, 2009 | by | geeky

Jun
05

0. Take note that I use aptitude, apt-get will serve the same function.

1. edit /etc/apt/sources. list and add the following lines:

deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free

2. Go to a terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install swiftfox-prescott

3. You’re done. Look below for instructions on how to setup Java on Swiftfox

Note: Your best place to look for swiftfox and .deb is still here

Java on Swiftfox 3.5beta

June 4th, 2009 | by | geeky

Jun
04

0.1. Check if Java is installed. In a console type:

which java

0.2. If it is, check if Java is included on swiftfox as a plugin. In Swiftfox location bar type:

about:plugins

1. install java and swiftfox:

sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts swiftfox-prescott

the sun-java6-plugin contains the plugins required for Firefox,
check for the plugin as in 0.2
but if Java in Swiftfox is still not including it by default, go to 2

2. link the plugin to swiftfox as such:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.13/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/swiftfox/plugins/

this will differ according to the location and version of the java installed so, check first.

3. Startup Swiftfox, you will need to confirm your installation (0.2 above) or check it manually: go somewhere that requires java. Yahoo Pool is one of those..

Swiftfox 3.5 beta with Firebug

May 21st, 2009 | by | geeky

May
21

..Does not work.
I will assume that Firebug does not work with Firefox 3.5beta either.
I’m using Swiftfox 3.5b4.

And while we’re at it, Swiftfox 3.5 Does not work with Tamper Data, iMacros, YSlow, and Gears.

BUT on the bright side:

  1. my delicious plugin works (version 2.1.041)
  2. the issue with it killing my desktop effects mentioned here seems to have been solved!

I guess it’s back to Firefox 3.0 for me (for now).

Firefox kills Plasma!

May 20th, 2009 | by | geeky

May
20

OK Fine, it’s really Swiftfox, but the problem is really inherent to Firefox.

My Swiftfox 3.0 kills my KDE4 Desktop Effects. Which pisses me off because I love my shinny objects.

Everytime I accidentally drag select some text and then accidentally attempt to move the selected text, everything hangs up and poof. There goes effects.

I solved this by disabling the drag-drop feature in firefox but I’m still not happy.

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