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  1. Bug #231472
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 231472

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 231472] Re: Disabled buttons and an "inactive" address bar

On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 07:20:34AM -0000, Itachi wrote:
> I agree that it was never intended to be run as root. However, note that
> I did not ran firefox as root that caused the problem to occur. I ran it
> as a normal user, and the problem occured. Once I ran it as root, it
> fixed the issue, and I can run it normally as a normal user. Yes, I did
> update firefox when this issue occured. So I agree that the problem
> occured when firefox was upgraded and may have corrupted the profiles.
> Did the problem get solved that the root fixed the profile or something?
> Or could it be that the problem could be solved when running firefox as
> another normal user?
>

We have a patch in the RC1 package to be released any day, that should
make corruptions at least go partly away. However, fixing the upgrade
thing is a long term goal of firefox as it requires substantial
rework. Firefox 3.x wont have that, lets hope for ffox 4.

 - Alexander