Re: [SLE] Firefox, fixed and broken again.... :-(

From: Kevanf1 (kevanf1_at_gmail.com)
Date: 05/06/05

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    Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 10:52:51 +0100
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    On 5/6/05, Carlos E. R. <robin1.listas@tiscali.es> wrote:
    >
    > The Thursday 2005-05-05 at 21:51 +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
    >
    > > Following my earlier post of stating that Firefox 1.0.3 was
    > > fixed....it's broken again. I'm running 9.2 It works if I log in
    > > through KDE as root but not as a normal user. So now I'm really not
    > > sure what the next move is. It does try to start but dies within a
    > > split second of opening. Which is very annoying because I like the
    > > new look and feel.
    >
    > I use mozilla, so I don't know. But if it works for root, not for user, I
    > would check if there are files nor runnable/readable by your normal user,
    > both in your profiles and the /opt/MozillaFirefox/ directories.
    >
    > You can also try starting it from a terminal: it might print a message
    > there when dying.
    >
    > --
    > Cheers,
    > Carlos Robinson
    >
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    Ok, an update and I'm more puzzled than ever. I will try the renaming
    but for now how about this? Last night I went into root mode (GUI).
    I opened Firefox (the updated one) it opened fine. I then logged off
    and logged back in as normal user (there is only root and 1 normal
    user on the PC). I then tried opening Firefox again - remember it
    flashed open and died prior to opening it under root. Would you
    believe Firefox opened fine and worked fully. So, it would appear
    that if I firstly log in as root then open Firefox then log out again
    it will work for a normal user.

    When it does work I am having no problems with bookmarks or links or
    anything. Oh, I did delete the old Firefox at one point prior to
    putting the latest one on. 

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Take care.
Kevan Farmer
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Cheslyn Hay
Staffordshire
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