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From: david larsson <david.larsson@selfhosted.xyz>
Subject: Re: Icecat with Firejail (on a non-Guix system)
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:07:17 +0100
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On 2019-12-06 14:56, Tirifto wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> I've used Guix on Parabola GNU+Linux-libre to install Icecat, but I'm
> having trouble running Icecat in the sandboxing tool Firejail [1]. The
> problem is that whenever I start Icecat via firejail, the fonts are
> completely broken and the browser only displays tofu in place of every
> character. I'm sending some error messages as an attachment, which look
> like they are related. In case the attachment doesn't make it through,
> here is a sample:
> 
>> (/gnu/store/20622y5w8ixlh6zbrbzv5934wcshvi64-icecat-68.2.0-guix0-
>> preview3/lib/icecat/.icecat-real:46):
>> Pango-WARNING **: 13:17:17.854: scaled_font status is: file not found
> 
> Does anyone happen to have experience with a similar problem, or some
> idea how it may be fixed? There's an open issue on Firejail's bug
> tracker [2]. I think what I need to do with Icecat is to figure out
> which files/directories it needs to access, and for Firejail it's to
> figure out how to grant the access. Advice for either would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Best wishes
> // Tirifto
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1. https://firejail.wordpress.com/
> 2. https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/3020

Hi Tirifto,

Do you have normal fonts if you are using icecat without firejail? If 
not, try

   guix package -i font-liberation font-dejavu

and then run
   fc-cache -v

and then try icecat again.

Best regards,
David L