[Bug 365827] [NEW] Firefox 3.0.9 Fails to Start

[Thangalin]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 8.10
Release:        8.10

firefox:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
  Version table:
     3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu intrepid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
     3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu intrepid/main Packages

$ sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
firefox-3.0 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Expected Results
Firefox should have started upon clicking the Firefox icon.

Actual Results
Mouse cursor changed to "busy loading" icon. Mouse cursor eventually changed back to normal. Firefox did not start.

This was an upgrade from the previous version of Firefox (3.0.7?). It
included add-ons such as:

- Flashblock
- Sun's Java plug-in
- Flash plug-in

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/kde3/bin:/usr/kde3/games:/usr/kde3/bin:/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/username/bin:/opt/jdk/bin:/opt/ant/bin
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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Firefox 3.0.9 Fails to Start
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