Comment 28 for bug 7022

* <email address hidden> (<email address hidden>) wrote:
> Bug #246313 in bugzilla is probably this same problem
> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=246313
>
> For me it happens if I'm logged in via XDM and lack a firefox profile
> when I start it. After the profile is created I have no problems.
>
> The problem arises from the existance of an XDM-AUTHORIZATION key in my
> .XAuthority file when I log in via XDM. If I remove that key (even
> logged in through XDM) the bug won't show up.
>
> Simon Bowden's fix in comment #12 on bugzilla also fixes the problem if
> I start firefox without a profile and the XDM-AUTH key exists.
> His fix is running it as:
> XRE_IMPORT_PROFILES=1 firefox

Thanks for the research, i'm going to forward the bug.

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