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BUG? Newest firefox-bin won't run on pure X11 (non-wayland)

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BUG? Newest firefox-bin won't run on pure X11 (non-wayland)

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Post by Kyeno » Wed Jul 23, 2025 9:04 am

Yesterday I updated my Firefox to =www-client/firefox-bin-141.0 and to my surprise it wouldn't start.
When I tried to launch it from console:

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kyeno@workstation /opt/firefox $ ./firefox
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /opt/firefox/libxul.so:
/opt/firefox/libxul.so: undefined symbol: gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_seat
Couldn't load XPCOM.

kyeno@workstation /opt/firefox $ ./firefox-bin 
XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /opt/firefox/libxul.so:
/opt/firefox/libxul.so: undefined symbol: gdk_wayland_device_get_wl_seat
Couldn't load XPCOM.
I reverted back to =www-client/firefox-bin-140.0.4 and masked =www-client/firefox-bin-141.0 to make it work properly.

I'm running Cinnamon on X11 and properitary Nvidia driver, so Wayland is still a bit of a no-go.

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workstation ~ # neofetch 
         -/oyddmdhs+:.                root@workstation 
     -odNMMMMMMMMNNmhy+-`             ---------------- 
   -yNMMMMMMMMMMMNNNmmdhy+-           OS: Gentoo Linux x86_64 
 `omMMMMMMMMMMMMNmdmmmmddhhy/`        Kernel: 6.14.11-gentoo-dist 
 omMMMMMMMMMMMNhhyyyohmdddhhhdo`      Uptime: 1 hour, 18 mins 
.ydMMMMMMMMMMdhs++so/smdddhhhhdm+`    Packages: 1536 (emerge) 
 oyhdmNMMMMMMMNdyooydmddddhhhhyhNd.   Shell: bash 5.2.37 
  :oyhhdNNMMMMMMMNNNmmdddhhhhhyymMh   Resolution: 1080x1920, 1080x1920, 2560x1600 
    .:+sydNMMMMMNNNmmmdddhhhhhhmMmy   DE: Cinnamon 6.4.8 
       /mMMMMMMNNNmmmdddhhhhhmMNhs:   WM: Mutter (Muffin) 
    `oNMMMMMMMNNNmmmddddhhdmMNhs+`    WM Theme: (Adwaita) 
  `sNMMMMMMMMNNNmmmdddddmNMmhs/.      Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
 /NMMMMMMMMNNNNmmmdddmNMNdso:`        Icons: gnome [GTK2/3] 
+MMMMMMMNNNNNmmmmdmNMNdso/-           Terminal: terminator 
yMMNNNNNNNmmmmmNNMmhs+/-`             CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (32) @ 5.179GHz 
/hMMNNNNNNNNMNdhs++/-`                GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 
`/ohdmmddhys+++/:.`                   Memory: 4359MiB / 31981MiB 
  `-//////:--.
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Post by Hu » Wed Jul 23, 2025 11:44 am

This asked about yesterday in Upgrade to firefox-bin-141.0 Couldn't load XPCOM, where I pointed to the Gentoo bug report www-client/firefox-bin-141.0: will not start without wayland regardless of USE flag (needs x11-libs/gtk:3[wayland]), which in turn links to Mozilla bug #1978620: firefox-141.0 doesn't start if gtk+ doesn't have wayland support.
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Post by Kyeno » Wed Jul 23, 2025 8:11 pm

Thanks!
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