freespeechme namecoin conflict on ubuntu linux?

[tdbtdb]

What exactly is the conflict between freespeechme/firefox and the namecoin GUI client app?

I am trying to understand where I am, maybe give hints to people in similar circumstances. I have saucy/"Ubuntu 13.10" installed on my PC. A few days ago I installed freespeechme in firefox, got it able to browse .bit URLs. Now I am installing the namecoin wallet.

I followed the instructions for ubuntu on http://software.opensuse.org/download.h ... e=namecoin , using apt-get to install namecoin packages.

MWD said I needed to disable freespeechme in firefox and restart firefox. I disabled freespeechme in firefox and restarted firefox. But when I invoked namecoin it flashed the splash screen then failed silently, no visible error message or log entry. ps -ef command shows that firefox still has namecoin-related processes running (see below).

So I shut down firefox completely, no namecoin related processes running now. Now namecoin runs from command line and shows the blockchain updating.

So all seems well, but I am a bit confused about when/if I can run firefox and the namecoin GUI client at the same time. I guess to be safe(ish) I should not run them at the same time ever. I guess that's okay, as I can use the tyranny browser while the namecoin GUI is active. I assume that freespeechme will continue working after namecoin completes its download and I shut the namecoin GUI down, will update later if that's a problem.

Does anyone know a more elegant solution? Or maybe a nice explanation of what resource they are fighting over?
cheers,
Dave

#while firefox is running:
#root@:~# ps -ef|grep name
#tb 21361 21245 0 08:56 ? 00:00:00 upstart-dbus-bridge --daemon --system --user --bus-name system
#tb 21365 21245 0 08:56 ? 00:00:00 upstart-dbus-bridge --daemon --session --user --bus-name session
#tb 23473 23442 30 09:33 ? 00:00:14 /users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/namecoind/linux/x64/namecoind -datadir=/users/tb/.convergence-namecoin/ -server -rpcuser=convergence -#rpcpassword=convergence -rpcport=18835
#tb 23475 23442 0 09:33 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/nmcontrol/python/cd_launcher.sh /users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/nmcontrol/python ./nmcontrol.py --daemon=0 --#data.update.namecoin=/users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/nmcontrol/namecoin.conf --rpc.port=18836
#tb 23480 23475 0 09:33 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python ./nmcontrol.py --daemon=0 --#data.update.namecoin=/users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/nmcontrol/namecoin.conf --rpc.port=18836
#root 23552 23247 0 09:34 pts/14 00:00:00 grep --color=auto name

[tdbtdb]

I didn't notice, but when I invoked namecoin GUI it gave this error:

root@:~# namecoin
"sni-qt/23576" WARN 09:35:01.968 void StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to SNW_SERVICE

Sync seemed to be proceeding, but now the GUI is grayed out and unresponsive, can't switch from overview to "send coins" etc.

And now it's back. Hmmm...
Dave

[biolizard89]

What exactly is the conflict between freespeechme/firefox and the namecoin GUI client app?

I am trying to understand where I am, maybe give hints to people in similar circumstances. I have saucy/"Ubuntu 13.10" installed on my PC. A few days ago I installed freespeechme in firefox, got it able to browse .bit URLs. Now I am installing the namecoin wallet.

I followed the instructions for ubuntu on http://software.opensuse.org/download.h ... e=namecoin , using apt-get to install namecoin packages.

MWD said I needed to disable freespeechme in firefox and restart firefox. I disabled freespeechme in firefox and restarted firefox. But when I invoked namecoin it flashed the splash screen then failed silently, no visible error message or log entry. ps -ef command shows that firefox still has namecoin-related processes running (see below).

So I shut down firefox completely, no namecoin related processes running now. Now namecoin runs from command line and shows the blockchain updating.

So all seems well, but I am a bit confused about when/if I can run firefox and the namecoin GUI client at the same time. I guess to be safe(ish) I should not run them at the same time ever. I guess that's okay, as I can use the tyranny browser while the namecoin GUI is active. I assume that freespeechme will continue working after namecoin completes its download and I shut the namecoin GUI down, will update later if that's a problem.

Does anyone know a more elegant solution? Or maybe a nice explanation of what resource they are fighting over?
cheers,
Dave

#while firefox is running:
#root@:~# ps -ef|grep name
#tb 21361 21245 0 08:56 ? 00:00:00 upstart-dbus-bridge --daemon --system --user --bus-name system
#tb 21365 21245 0 08:56 ? 00:00:00 upstart-dbus-bridge --daemon --session --user --bus-name session
#tb 23473 23442 30 09:33 ? 00:00:14 /users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/namecoind/linux/x64/namecoind -datadir=/users/tb/.convergence-namecoin/ -server -rpcuser=convergence -#rpcpassword=convergence -rpcport=18835
#tb 23475 23442 0 09:33 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/nmcontrol/python/cd_launcher.sh /users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/nmcontrol/python ./nmcontrol.py --daemon=0 --#data.update.namecoin=/users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/nmcontrol/namecoin.conf --rpc.port=18836
#tb 23480 23475 0 09:33 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python ./nmcontrol.py --daemon=0 --#data.update.namecoin=/users/tb/.mozilla/firefox/dh2u1lg8.default/extensions/convergence@dot-#bit.org/daemons/nmcontrol/namecoin.conf --rpc.port=18836
#root 23552 23247 0 09:34 pts/14 00:00:00 grep --color=auto name

My best guess is that the conflict involves both Namecoin-Qt and FreeSpeechMe trying to listen for Namecoin peers on the same port. If that's correct, it should be relatively easy to solve.