Firefox is started but does not show itself
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
I have started Firefox 11 times (!) but still it does not show itself (this I can see in the list of running programmes). Somehow the gui refuses to work.
I believe I found the reason why this is happening and the method to manually resolve the problem:
Somehow, the process "gdm" is starting TWICE at boot. Once I killed one of both processes, Ubuntu automatically logged me out and forced me into the non-gui environment (other than gnome-terminal). I could login but not return to the gui environment of Ubuntu. When I tried "gdm", Ubuntu told me "gdm" was already started and could therefore not be started.
So then, I killed the remaining "gdm" process and typed "gdm" to get back to the gui mode. This time it worked. I got back into the gui environment. Furthermore, all programmes which were non-responsive before, now were responding properly, again.
It happens to me. Please re-install it and erase beta versions.