Binary package hint: firefox Did update-manager -d (upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04 alpha 3). Firefox (3.6) initially worked, but no longer does. Trying to launch via menu results in disk activity, then nothing. ps -ef |grep -i firefox shows no process. Trying to launch via cli - eg /usr/bin/firefox, or from inside /usr/lib/firefox-3.6/ results in getting a new prompt; except for ./firefox-bin which gives a libxul.so error - I tried a forced reinstall of the providing package, but the failure mode remains unchanged. no firefox/mozilla pids in /var/run/ ryan@lt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6$ ./run-mozilla.sh run-mozilla.sh: Cannot execute . ryan@lt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6$ ./firefox ryan@lt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6$ ./firefox-bin ./firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ryan@lt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6$ ./firefox.sh ryan@lt:/usr/lib/firefox-3.6$ $ uname -a Linux lt 2.6.32-14-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Sat Feb 20 05:38:50 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch) Release: 10.04 $ dpkg-query -l firefox Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-========================-========================-================================================================ ii firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu5 safe and easy web browser from Mozilla $ locate libxul.so /usr/lib/libxul.so.0d /usr/lib/xulrunner/libxul.so /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1.8/libxul.so ryan@lt:/var/run$ dpkg-query -S /usr/lib/libxul.so.0d libxul0d: /usr/lib/libxul.so.0d ryan@lt:/var/run$ dpkg-query -S /usr/lib/xulrunner/libxul.so libxul0d: /usr/lib/xulrunner/libxul.so ryan@lt:/var/run$ dpkg-query -S /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1.8/libxul.so xulrunner-1.9.1: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1.8/libxul.so $ apt-cache policy firefox libxul0d xulrunner-1.9.1 firefox: Installed: 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu5 Candidate: 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu5 Version table: *** 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu5 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status libxul0d: Installed: 1.8.1.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.8.1.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.8.1.16+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status xulrunner-1.9.1: Installed: 1.9.1.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.9.1.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.9.1.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ strace firefox execve("/usr/bin/firefox", ["firefox"], [/* 40 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x97a7000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb78d8000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=86812, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 86812, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb78c2000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0000m\1\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1380932, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1391016, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x72f000 mprotect(0x87c000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap2(0x87d000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14d) = 0x87d000 mmap2(0x880000, 10664, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x880000 close(3) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb78c1000 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb78c18d0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 mprotect(0x87d000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x805c000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xc84000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xb78c2000, 86812) = 0 getpid() = 9417 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL, [CHLD], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 geteuid32() = 1000 brk(0) = 0x97a7000 brk(0x97c8000) = 0x97c8000 getppid() = 9416 stat64("/home/ryan", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0711, st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0711, st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/bin/firefox", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_DUPFD, 10) = 10 close(3) = 0 fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804f5fb, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 read(10, "#!/bin/sh\n\n# Firefox launcher co"..., 8192) = 4569 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb78c1938) = 9418 close(4) = 0 read(3, "/usr/bin/firefox\n", 128) = 17 read(3, "", 128) = 0 close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 9418 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb78c1938) = 9419 close(4) = 0 read(3, "firefox\n", 128) = 8 read(3, "", 128) = 0 close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 9419 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- stat64("/usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=3931, ...}) = 0 stat64("/home/ryan/.mozilla/firefox", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat64("/home/ryan/.mozilla/firefox-3.1", 0xbfe626f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/ryan/.mozilla/firefox-3.5", 0xbfe626f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/home/ryan/.mozilla/firefox-3.6", 0xbfe626f0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) execve("/usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox", ["/usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox"], [/* 41 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8335000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb78d9000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=86812, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 86812, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb78c3000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0000m\1\0004\0\0\0"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1380932, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1391016, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x110000 mprotect(0x25d000, 4096, PROT_NONE) = 0 mmap2(0x25e000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14d) = 0x25e000 mmap2(0x261000, 10664, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x261000 close(3) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb78c2000 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb78c28d0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 mprotect(0x25e000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x805c000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x3bf000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xb78c3000, 86812) = 0 getpid() = 9417 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL, [CHLD], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 geteuid32() = 1000 brk(0) = 0x8335000 brk(0x8356000) = 0x8356000 getppid() = 9416 stat64("/home/ryan", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0711, st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0711, st_size=12288, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/lib/firefox-3.6/firefox", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_DUPFD, 10) = 10 close(3) = 0 fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804f5fb, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 read(10, "#!/bin/sh\n#\n# ***** BEGIN LICENS"..., 8192) = 3931 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb78c2938) = 9420 close(4) = 0 read(3, "/usr/lib/firefox-3.6\n", 128) = 21 read(3, "", 128) = 0 close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 9420 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb78c2938) = 9421 close(4) = 0 read(3, "firefox\n", 128) = 8 read(3, "", 128) = 0 close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 9421 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- stat64("/usr/lib/firefox-3.6/run-mozilla.sh", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=10469, ...}) = 0 geteuid32() = 1000 getgid32() = 1000 getegid32() = 1000 getgroups32(0, NULL) = 15 getgroups32(15, [4, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30, 40, 44, 46, 106, 108, 114, 120, 127, 1000]) = 15 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb78c2938) = 9422 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 1}], 0, NULL) = 9422 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- exit_group(1) = ?