[ubuntu-uk] Firefox wont open up since yesterdays nightly update

[Neil Greenwood]

On 13 April 2010 10:52, John Matthews <jakewc2 at sky.com> wrote:
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4pre) Gecko/20100410
> Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Namoroka/3.6.4pre GTB6
>
> That is what I am using, and FF worked ok opened, fine. Then after that
> Firefox window will now open, but it fails to completely download the
> page. I use firefox to read the BBC news on its website, now I cannot
> even open the pages. It just stops half way though, and greys out, and I
> have to force close the window. Can somebody help please?
>

Sounds a bit like a problem with an extension.

Try creating a new profile and using that. IIRC, you have to shut down
all firefox instances (killall firefox) and then start the profile
manager (firefox -P). Both of those commands can either be typed in a
terminal, or using Alt-F2 to display the Run Application prompt.

If it stops it crashing, you need to disable all your extensions and
find out which one is causing the crashes (which can take a while,
depending on how many you have installed).

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Neil.