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Mozilla build error: Ogg support on Linux requires the alsa library

2008
16
August

checking MOZ_PANGO_LIBS... -lpangocairo-1.0 -lcairo -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lz -lfontconfig -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lglib-2.0
checking for gnome-vfs-2.0 >= 2.0 gnome-vfs-module-2.0 >= 2.0... checking for gconf-2.0 >= 1.2.1... checking for libgnome-2.0 >= 2.0... checking for libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.2.0... checking for dbus-glib-1 >= 0.60... yes
checking MOZ_DBUS_GLIB_CFLAGS... -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include
checking MOZ_DBUS_GLIB_LIBS... -ldbus-glib-1 -ldbus-1 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0
checking for snd_pcm_open in -lasound... no
configure: error: Ogg support on Linux requires the alsa library
*** Fix above errors and then restart with "make -f client.mk build"
make[1]: *** [configure] Error 1

Disable OGG support in your .mozconfig via ac_add_options --disable-ogg. If you want OGG support install libasound2-dev via sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev.

Mozilla build error: nsinstall: Bad file number

2008
10
August

make[4]: execvp: /d/programs/mozilla-build/moztools/bin/nsinstall: Bad file number
make[4]: *** [export] Error 127
make[4]: Leaving directory `/d/src/moz-hg/fx-trunk-optimized/config'
make[3]: *** [export_tier_base] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/d/src/moz-hg/fx-trunk-optimized'
make[2]: *** [tier_base] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/d/src/moz-hg/fx-trunk-optimized'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/src/moz-hg/fx-trunk-optimized'
make: *** [build] Error 2

In a Windows build this error is the result of not compiling as an administrator. Make sure you are using an elevated command prompt in Windows Vista or start MSYS command prompt as an administrator.

Output a command to terminal and log file

2008
10
August

a_command 2>&1 | tee logfile.txt

Not Quite Brown Tim Horton's Ride

2008
2
August

Last Saturday Matt Lease asked me to lead a ride this today. As usual the ride meets up at Faunce Arch. The ride starts with the general west escape of Providence I learned from Rafe Jones. The map of the NQBTH West


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Habari

2008
23
June

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