I also have this problem. Or pretty close. It never starts. I'm running ubuntu 8.04 but with an older kernel (2.6.15-27) that's compatible with VMware workstation 5. I've removed my .mozilla folder and un-installed everything firefox related.
Running under strace, it stops with: setsockopt(49, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0 connect(49, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/tmp/.esd-1000/socket"}, 23 I'm guessing there is something sound-related that's killing it. -- >From the icon firefox will not start. From command like after 15 minutes I get >errors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225038 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs