After having compiled mozilla-0.9.2 and I try to start it, this error shows up: QPaintDevice: Must construct a QApplication before a QPaintDevice /usr/src/builds/mozilla/dist/bin/run-mozilla.sh: line 72: 17380 Aborted $prog ${1+"$@"} qt version 2.3.1 mozilla version: 0.9.2 mozilla configured with: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-qt --with-gtk --with-glib --disable-mailnews --disable-debug --disable-dtd-debug Some hints on how to fix it are appreciated

Try using --without-gtk .

Ok, after some further investigation, this looks like it's really a xpcom problem. When we build with multiple toolkits, it looks like all of them are attempting to be loaded. Pavlov mentioned that he heard a rumor that this could be prevented by using categories but didn't know anything further. In the meantime, I added another variable to the build system NON_ACTIVE_COMPONENT which will cause components to be installed in bin/components/other instead of bin/components. This way the user will still have the additional toolkits "installed" but they won't be active unless the user switches the toolkit libs.

I'm just downloading mozilla-0.9.3 and will try out this patch you created. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

At the same place where I used to get the "QPaintDevice: Must construct a QApplication before a QPaintDevice" error I now get nothing and I'm dropped back to the prompt. I didn't see any libraries that couldn't be found, etc. Anything different I should do to start mozilla when applying this patch?

*** Bug 105190 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

I found a couple of bugs in the previous patch plus it looks like I was misinformed. regxpcom does appear to recursively check components/. It was finding the components listed in components/other as well which lead back to the original problem. This new patch installs the inactive components in components_inactive instead. It also uses INACTIVE_COMPONENT instead of NON_ACTIVE_COMPONENT and allows components (or components_inactive) to be overridden by setting COMPONENTS_PATH.

Comment on attachment 56547 [details] [diff] [review] Use INACTIVE_COMPONENT & COMPONENTS_PATH instead r=jag

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