Firefox 3.0.9 Fails to Start
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
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
Version table:
3.
500 http://
500 http://
3.
500 http://
$ 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
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.9+nobinonly
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic x86_64
After removing Flash, Java, CrystalFox_Qute, and Firebug, Firefox started to work again.