is there a sudo firefox bug # ? On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Micah Gersten<launch...@micahscomputing.com> wrote: > Please do not ever do: > sudo firefox > > That causes so many problems. > > path wrote: >> Just installed 9.04 and firefox is behaving as described in this bug. >> >> I can 'sudo firefox', that works. >> >> > > -- > Firefox 3.0.9 Fails to Start > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365827 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “firefox-3.0” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > 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 >
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