Bizarre firefox problem in 9.1
I usually use Firefox to browse the web, these days. However, my new install of SUSE 9.1 seems to have broken it. Initially, all was well (other than the font problem I've mentioned in another thread). Then, I tried to install a new extension (the Mouse Gestures extension). This wouldn't install when I tried as a user (no permissions to write to the install location) so I did it as root. However, as soon as I'd done this, I was unable subsequently to run firefox either as root or as a user. Deleting my ~/.phoenix directory made no difference, and nor did uninstalling firefox, deleting the /opt/MozillaFirefox directory and reinstalling. Where else might something have gone wrong? John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
On Tuesday 25 May 2004 21.00, John Pettigrew wrote:
I usually use Firefox to browse the web, these days. However, my new install of SUSE 9.1 seems to have broken it.
Initially, all was well (other than the font problem I've mentioned in another thread). Then, I tried to install a new extension (the Mouse Gestures extension). This wouldn't install when I tried as a user (no permissions to write to the install location) so I did it as root. However, as soon as I'd done this, I was unable subsequently to run firefox either as root or as a user. Deleting my ~/.phoenix directory made no difference, and nor did uninstalling firefox, deleting the /opt/MozillaFirefox directory and reinstalling.
Where else might something have gone wrong?
No place that I can think of. But if you run firefox from the command line, perhaps it will give you some revealing error messages. If it doesn't, you could do strace -f -F /opt/MozillaFirefox/firefox > firefox.strace 2>&1 and put it someplace accessible, that just might have some clues
In a previous message, Anders Johansson
On Tuesday 25 May 2004 21.00, John Pettigrew wrote:
Deleting my ~/.phoenix directory made no difference, and nor did uninstalling firefox, deleting the /opt/MozillaFirefox directory and reinstalling.
No place that I can think of. But if you run firefox from the command line, perhaps it will give you some revealing error messages. If it doesn't, you could do
strace -f -F /opt/MozillaFirefox/firefox > firefox.strace 2>&1
Thanks for the suggestions. However, no errors were produced at the command line (I'd already checked that) and the strace file was 1.3 MB. However, this morning, after the box had been rebooted (it only runs during the day), I tried uninstalling and reinstalling firefox again and now everything works. I can only suppose that some process was still running that firefox didn't like! Thanks for the tips, though! John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!
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