#I found a fix:
$ sudo aptitude remove xulrunner-1.9.1
# Then I said "n" (no) to the first three proposed solutions from
aptitude, (no idea if they would have worked) and eventually was
presented with
Downgrade the following packages:
xulrunner-1.9.1 [1.9.1.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 (karmic-updates,
karmic-security, now) -> 1.9.1.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu6 (karmic)]
Score is -9772
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
xulrunner-1.9.1
The following packages will be REMOVED:
firefox-3.5-gnome-support{a} firefox-gnome-support{a}
xulrunner-1.9.1-gnome-support{a}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 3 to remove and 0 not
upgraded.
Need to get 7,986kB of archives. After unpacking 524kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
and now firefox-3.5 (.9) works again. (Still, this isn't good news for
Ubuntu or normal users. I still have no idea which update put my install
in this position, or if it was something that I did.)
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firefox gives "Couldn't load XPCOM." and does not start
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436190
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