Firefox useless in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex RC

[Otháner Kasiyas]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Navigation Bar and Home Page doesn't work. Even the page ever loading, don't stop. In the navbar doesn't show the url.

Ubuntu 8.10 RC.
Firefox 3.0.3

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=es_MX.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

Hi,

firefox extensions are the cause for the majority of bugs reported against firefox.

To check that the bug you are seeing is actually a firefox one (and not an extension one), please disable your extensions one-by-one (restart firefox in between) until there is either no enabled extension left or your problem is resolved.

Please report your findings back.

Thanks,
 - Alexander

[Russ Shanahan (russshanahan)]

Hi,

I had a problem that matched your description exactly. I found the problem... I had a file in my .mozilla profile directory called "sessionstore.js" that was owned by root:root. I changed ownership, and it's working perfectly again.

To fix it, go to the terminal and type:

sudo chown -R `id -u`:`id -g` ~/.mozilla

Hope this solves your problem too.

 - Russ

[Otháner Kasiyas (othaner-kasiyas)]

Hey, Thanks!

But, I had backup my files and reinstalling Intrepid, then saw the problem with extensions. Thanks again! :)