On Monday 11 January 2010 12:42:26 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 11 Jan, Mick wrote:
> > 2010/1/11 Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've tried (for the first time) to install the
> >> source version of firefox
> >> www-client/mozilla-firefox-3.5.7
> >> with useflags
> >> alsa bindist dbus gnome java linguas_de linguas_en sqlite
> >> startup-notification
> >>
> >> It builds just fine,
> >> BUT
> >> when I start firefox I get only a tiny (real tiny!)
> >> window. When I enlarge it (dragging a vertex of the window)
> >> it's just empty.
> >>
> >> I have no idea what went wrong.
> >> (I have renamed ~/.firefox and ~/.mozilla
> >> but this doesn't help either)
> >
> > What do you get when you run /usr/bin/firefox from a terminal?
>
> The same as above!
What Mick wants is for you to run firefox from a terminal, the copy the output
messages into a mail
> > Probably not relevant, but is the bindist USE flag necessary?
>
> I first tried without (same result)
> Without it I get a some strange message:
> You are enabling official branding. You may not redistribute this build
> to any users on your network or the internet. Doing so puts yourself into
> a legal problem with Mozilla Foundation
> You can disable it by emerging ${PN} _with_ the bindist USE-flag
There's nothing strange about that. Mozilla does not allow you to build a
custom version of firefox that includes their trademark logos and then
redistribute the binary. The USE flags give you a way to build with or without
Mozilla's trademarks.
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