Firefox won't start (!)

[Robert E. Butts]

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 17:47 -0400, David Abrahams wrote:

> All of a sudden I can't launch firefox.  Clicking on the icon adds an
> entry to the task panel called "Starting Firefox Web Browser" for some
> 20 seconds or so, and then it disappears.  Running firefox from a
> shell prompt seems to either hang, or exit immediately, with no
> diagnostic output whatsoever.
> 
> I've tried apt-get remove firefox && apt-get install firefox to no
> avail.  I don't even have a clue how to debug this one.  Can anyone
> offer help?


Don't overlook the obvious:

1) Reboot and try again
2) Login as a different user and try again
3) Rename the .mozilla directory in $HOME, then try again
4) Delete the .mozilla directory in $HOME, then try again

My guess is the solution to your problem is in $HOME/.mozilla

HTH



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