Firefox doesn't start

it crashed during an update
tried re-installing
tried uninstalling and re-installing
tried creating new profile, profile manager doesn't start
uses 50k memory and 50% of CPU power

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Remove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox.
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Firefox doesn't start after update [SOLVED]

After one month I have updated my system...
Now firefox doesn't start anymore because of a
Segmentation fault
ldd /usr/bin/firefox
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff92dff000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fab07cdb000)
libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 (0x00007fab079f6000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fab077f2000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fab074e4000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fab07262000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fab0704c000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fab06cf9000)
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fab07ef6000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007fab06af1000)
thanks in advance
Last edited by dejavu (2009-08-21 12:34:56)

Still no working firefox yet...
strace firefox
execve("/usr/bin/firefox", ["firefox"], [/* 53 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0xa2d000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5fac1000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5fac0000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/tls/x86_64/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/tls/x86_64", 0x7fff794bd210) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/tls/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/tls", 0x7fff794bd210) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/x86_64/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/x86_64", 0x7fff794bd210) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=153030, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 153030, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5fa9a000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libpthread.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\220X\0\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=132895, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2204544, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5f68b000
mprotect(0x7f8a5f6a1000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5f8a0000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15000) = 0x7f8a5f8a0000
mmap(0x7f8a5f8a2000, 13184, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5f8a2000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libasound.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libasound.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 \0\3\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1165149, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3034952, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5f3a6000
mprotect(0x7f8a5f484000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5f683000, 32768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xdd000) = 0x7f8a5f683000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\260\r\0\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=19394, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2109696, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5f1a2000
mprotect(0x7f8a5f1a4000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5f3a4000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0x7f8a5f3a4000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\360\232\5\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1317022, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5fa99000
mmap(NULL, 3199032, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5ee94000
mprotect(0x7f8a5ef84000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5f184000, 36864, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xf0000) = 0x7f8a5f184000
mmap(0x7f8a5f18d000, 81976, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5f18d000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0P>\0\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=589386, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2625752, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5ec12000
mprotect(0x7f8a5ec93000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5ee92000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x80000) = 0x7f8a5ee92000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\360,\0\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=102508, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2185752, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5e9fc000
mprotect(0x7f8a5ea12000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5ec11000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15000) = 0x7f8a5ec11000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\0\353\1\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1662170, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5fa98000
mmap(NULL, 3483656, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5e6a9000
mprotect(0x7f8a5e7f2000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5e9f2000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x149000) = 0x7f8a5e9f2000
mmap(0x7f8a5e9f7000, 18440, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e9f7000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/librt.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0p!\0\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=44013, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2128848, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7f8a5e4a1000
mprotect(0x7f8a5e4a8000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5e6a7000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6000) = 0x7f8a5e6a7000
close(3) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5fa97000
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5fa96000
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f8a5fa96710) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8a5e6a7000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8a5e9f2000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8a5ee92000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8a5f184000, 28672, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8a5f3a4000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8a5f8a0000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
mprotect(0x7f8a5fac2000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0x7f8a5fa9a000, 153030) = 0
set_tid_address(0x7f8a5fa967e0) = 11901
set_robust_list(0x7f8a5fa967f0, 0x18) = 0
futex(0x7fff794bdafc, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 1) = 0
futex(0x7fff794bdafc, 0x189 /* FUTEX_??? */, 1, NULL, 7f8a5fa96710) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
rt_sigaction(SIGRTMIN, {0x7f8a5f690720, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_SIGINFO, 0x7f8a5f699790}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGRT_1, {0x7f8a5f6907b0, [], SA_RESTORER|SA_RESTART|SA_SIGINFO, 0x7f8a5f699790}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [RTMIN RT_1], NULL, 8) = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, {rlim_cur=8192*1024, rlim_max=RLIM_INFINITY}) = 0
getcwd("/home/paul"..., 4096) = 11
lstat("/home/paul/firefox", 0x7fff794b9840) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/proc/cpuinfo", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "processor\t: 0\nvendor_id\t: Genuine"..., 1024) = 1024
read(3, "fpu_exception\t: yes\ncpuid level\t:"..., 1024) = 468
read(3, ""..., 1024) = 0
close(3) = 0
readlink("/etc/malloc.conf", 0x7fff794b8480, 4096) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap(NULL, 1048576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5f996000
mmap(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e2a1000
munmap(0x7f8a5e2a1000, 2097152) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5e400000, 2097152, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e2a1000
munmap(0x7f8a5e2a1000, 2097152) = 0
mmap(NULL, 3145728, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e1a1000
munmap(0x7f8a5e1a1000, 3145728) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5e200000, 2097152, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e200000
madvise(0x7f8a5e200000, 2097152, MADV_DONTNEED) = 0
mmap(NULL, 1048576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e100000
madvise(0x7f8a5e100000, 1048576, MADV_DONTNEED) = 0
lstat("/bin", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/bin/firefox", 0x7fff794b9840) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
lstat("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/usr/bin", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=69632, ...}) = 0
lstat("/usr/bin/firefox", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=28, ...}) = 0
readlink("/usr/bin/firefox", "/usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox"..., 4095) = 28
lstat("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/usr/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=135168, ...}) = 0
lstat("/usr/lib/firefox-3.5", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=90424, ...}) = 0
stat("/usr/lib/firefox-3.5/firefox", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=90424, ...}) = 0
access("/usr/lib/firefox-3.5/xulrunner/libxpcom.so", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/firefox-3.5/application.ini", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2029, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e0ff000
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2029, ...}) = 0
lseek(3, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0
read(3, "; ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****"..., 2029) = 2029
lseek(3, 2029, SEEK_SET) = 2029
close(3) = 0
munmap(0x7f8a5e0ff000, 4096) = 0
open("/home/paul/.gre.config", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/home/paul/.gre.d", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/gre.conf", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/gre.d", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
fcntl(3, F_GETFD) = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
getdents(3, /* 6 entries */, 32768) = 192
open("/etc/gre.d/1.9.1.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=131, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e0ff000
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=131, ...}) = 0
lseek(4, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0
read(4, "# Registration file generated by "..., 131) = 131
lseek(4, 131, SEEK_SET) = 131
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x7f8a5e0ff000, 4096) = 0
open("/etc/gre.d/1.9.0.10.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=137, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e0ff000
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=137, ...}) = 0
lseek(4, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0
read(4, "# Registration file generated by "..., 137) = 137
lseek(4, 137, SEEK_SET) = 137
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x7f8a5e0ff000, 4096) = 0
open("/etc/gre.d/1.9.1.2.system.conf", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=74, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e0ff000
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=74, ...}) = 0
lseek(4, 0, SEEK_SET) = 0
read(4, "[1.9.1.2]\nGRE_PATH=/usr/lib/xulru"..., 74) = 74
lseek(4, 74, SEEK_SET) = 74
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x7f8a5e0ff000, 4096) = 0
access("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxpcom.so", R_OK) = 0
close(3) = 0
lstat("/usr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/usr/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=135168, ...}) = 0
lstat("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
lstat("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxpcom.so", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=17112, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/dependentlibs.list", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=136, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e0ff000
read(3, "libnspr4.so\nlibplc4.so\nlibplds4.s"..., 4096) = 136
futex(0x7f8a5f3a50ec, FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE, 2147483647) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libnspr4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libplc4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libplds4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libsqlite3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libnssutil3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libsoftokn3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libnss3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libssl3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libsmime3.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libmozjs.so", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0\220\202\1\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=788080, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2885352, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0x7f8a5de3e000
mprotect(0x7f8a5def6000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5e0f6000, 32768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0xb8000) = 0x7f8a5e0f6000
mmap(0x7f8a5e0fe000, 1768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5e0fe000
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libplds4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libplds4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 4
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=153030, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 153030, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 4, 0) = 0x7f8a5fa9a000
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/lib/libplds4.so", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`\17\0\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=15836, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2107248, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0x7f8a5dc3b000
mprotect(0x7f8a5dc3e000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5de3d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x2000) = 0x7f8a5de3d000
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libplc4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libplc4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libplc4.so", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`\25\0\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=21281, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2111544, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0x7f8a5da37000
mprotect(0x7f8a5da3b000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5dc3a000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x3000) = 0x7f8a5dc3a000
close(4) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libnspr4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libnspr4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libnspr4.so", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0`\337\0\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=282434, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 2341312, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0x7f8a5d7fb000
mprotect(0x7f8a5d833000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5da32000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x37000) = 0x7f8a5da32000
mmap(0x7f8a5da35000, 6592, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5da35000
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x7f8a5fa9a000, 153030) = 0
open("/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.1/libxul.so", O_RDONLY) = 4
read(4, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0 dF\0\0\0\0\0@"..., 832) = 832
fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=18977320, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 21121752, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0) = 0x7f8a5c3d6000
mprotect(0x7f8a5d415000, 2093056, PROT_NONE) = 0
mmap(0x7f8a5d614000, 1912832, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 4, 0x103e000) = 0x7f8a5d614000
mmap(0x7f8a5d7e7000, 80600, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f8a5d7e7000
close(4) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

Firefox doesn't start after exiting

Each time I exit firefox normaly or it crashes, FF doesn't start again. Firefox appears for 1 or 2 seconds in active processes and dessappears without any error messages. Computer restart doesn't solve this. Only reinstalling FF makes it start again, but only for one time. If I exit FF it won't start untill next reinstallation.

After exiting and launching FF for second time firefox.exe appears for 1 or 2 seconds in active processes in TM and dissapears. No errors shown.

Firefox doesn't start after update

After an update last week firefox does not start anymore. After starting firefox it exits with the promt:Resource problem creating '/tmp/orbit-<username>' aborting...
I had the same problem some time ago back then it worked again after another update.
I tried to solve the problem by allowing all users rw rights(chmod a+rw -R /tmp) but the same error occurs. Even creating the file via touch does not help(error with insufficient rights or so).
Anybody got any idea what to do?

sand_man wrote:Is /tmp full?
Damn you're right. The pacman cache filled the disk...
Problem solved - thanks!
Only question left is:What are the correct permissions for /tmp since I'd like to set them back to default.
Last edited by Isildur (2009-08-16 14:22:23)

When I start Firefox for the first time, 1 Firefox.exe shows up in the Task Manager (8,180K), but Firefox doesn't start. When I click on it again, a second Firefox.exe shows in the Task Manager, and Firefox opens. Is the first one a Trojan?

I'm using version 3.6.12 on Windows XP. The icon points to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe. The Properties of that file look okay.

No, most likely not. I reckon you got some antivirus software on your machine, don't you?
Sometimes Firefox does load into memory but won't show your start page.
Simply open the task manager, click on the "Processes" tab and kill the (two or more) firefox.exe processes you've just created. Double-click your Firefox icon and everything should be back to normal.

Firefox doesn't start in Windows 8 and none of your suggested solutions worked

I haven't been able to start the Firefox and I don't get any message on start-up. I tried all the suggested solutions from your support pages, but none work, as for most of them you need to have the browser open.
I uninstalled and re-installed the browser, but to no avail.

Hi,
1. Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
2. After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
3. Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
o Windows:
 C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
 C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
o Mac: Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
o Linux: If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see Install Firefox on Linux. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory.
4. Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
1. Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
2. Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
Regards
''''''Deepak Krishnan P.R''''''

Firefox doesn't start and I get this: "Error: Platform version '18.0.1' is not compatible with minVersion = 18.0 maxVersion 18.0

Firefox worked and then when I shut down and restarted I suddenly started getting this message. What can I do?

Such an error is always caused by inconsistent files in the Firefox program folder (application.ini and/or platform.ini and possibly others) and your only option is to reinstall that version of Firefox, either via the software repositories or the Mozilla server.<br />
Be sure to delete all files in that folder before copying the files from that tar.bz2 archive.<
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_Firefox#Linux
Note that the current ESR version is 10.0.5
*http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all.html
*http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0.5/releasenotes/
*http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/17.0.5/system-requirements/
All Firefox releases:
*https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/ (17.0.5esr/, latest-esr/, latest/)

When I double click on Firefox Icon, it doesn't start

when I double click on Firefox icon the clock glass appears on my pointer but the Firefox doesn't start. but some days like today it opens and doesn't have any problem.
I predict that I will have this problem again after I close the Firefox's window.
The problem started since a few days after updating my Firefox.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== afew days after updating my firefox

One of your add-ons might be the culprit. Try running Firefox in [[Safe Mode]]. If that solves the problem, see [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and possibly [[Troubleshooting plugins]]
~~~~~~~~~~~
If that does not solve the problem, [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles#Creating_a_profile create a new profile] Then, Recover your data from the old profile. See http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

Firefox crashes on start-up, even in safe mode

Back in March/April 2012, Firefox started crashing for me on start up, possibly after the automatic/remote installation of MS security patches. After that time, I've not been able to start Firefox without it going directly to the Mozilla Crash Reporter. I've tried everything I could think of including safe-mode, uninstall/re-install, uninstall/back-up profiles directory/wipe profiles and all registry entries/re-install. This continues to fail since version 11(?) through 13.0.1. Even Sea Monkey crashes same manner. BTW, clicking on the "Details" button in the Mozilla Crash Reporter has no effect for me. I was trying it to help fill in the Troubleshooting Information box below as I can't get to "Help > Troubleshooting Information" as Firefox doesn't start.

What was the location of the file?
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

Firefox will not start after updating spyware doctor

I updated Spyware Doctor (normal auto update), it asked for a reboot and now Firefox doesn't start, just hangs. I can uninstall and re-install but I don't want to loose my bookmarks. How can I get Firefox (7.01) to run or just save my bookmarks.

A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firewalls

Firefox process is starting, but no activity and no active application

I am already for long-time a happy firefox user. I rate myself as an experienced firefox user and troubleshooter. But today I got some unfixable problems, and also can not find my problem in the forums. Ony this tread is a bit related, but offers no solution : https://support.mozilla.com/nl/questions/759683
The firefox.exe process starts, loads till about 10MB in memory and than no activity. Also no CPU usage. Appears to be hang.
If I remove js3250.dll there is an error message that the file can not be found. So I guess the basics of FF are started.
The profiles are already moved to an other location. Later I uninstalled FF. Several times rebooted. Moved ALL references in program files and in my roaming user profile to a different drive and installed FF again.
Virusscan and Firewall software are disabled at the moment.
Unfortunately FF keeps responding in the same way. Only starting firefox.exe as a visible process but as application not visible. and no activity after a few seconds (ca. 10 MB in memory)
Hope the cure can be found soon. I like Chrome less than FF... Other browsers even less ;-|

''The version of Comodo I am working with is version 5.3.xxx''.
Even so, the "Comodo Safe Surf" component may still be installed from an earlier (pre 3.1o) version of Comodo. You should still make sure that you don't see "Comodo Safe Surf" in the Windows Control panel program list of installed programs.
''I forgot to mention that even safe-mode will not do anything different.''
If Firefox doesn't start, even in Firefox [[Safe Mode]], and you've already tried a
[http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_clean-reinstall clean reinstall] (more info on that [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox#On_Windows here] and [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Clean_reinstall here]):
There are some other possible solutions here:
*[[Basic Troubleshooting#w_other-solutions|Basic Troubleshooting Other solutions]]
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Other_solutions
...including:
* ''[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Kill_application With Firefox completely closed], open the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installation_directory application folder] <snip> rename firefox.exe to '''firefox1.exe''' then double-click firefox1.exe. If Firefox runs without problems, it could indicate that your firewall is blocking Firefox <snip>. It may also indicate that some malicious code has targeted Firefox . Note: If [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox.exe_always_open firefox.exe is always open], specific malware may have targeted Firefox if it is set as the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_browser default browser]. ''

Xfce doesn't start, gnome too

hi there,
i'm new here and I'm also new on archlinux
I've recently bougth an Athlon 64 3000+ and I want to use a 64bit distro to run calculus programs as Octave (never used calculus programs under linux, but I presume that they are faster than other appz on win/linux 32bit)
I've installed base system through CD, and with Pacman I downloaded nvidia drivers and configured X11 by XF86Config file, i think that there are no errors here.
I read italian/english tutorials for install xfce4-svn, and with pacman I do all... but when I type startx... It seems to start but few second later:
/opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: no such file or directory
/opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: Success!
waiting for X server to shut down FreefontPath: FPE "usr/share/fonts/misc"
refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing
root@liquid /: #
if I type xfce4-session:
/opt/xfce4/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: line 49: /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: No such file or directory
so I downloaded gnome and gnome-extra, added some daemons as tutorial, but when I type gnome-session:
gnome-session: error while loading shared libraries: libcairo2.so.2: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32
here there are problems with 64bit?
where I do wrong?
thanks in advance

AndyRTR wrote:
huz wrote:/opt/xfce4/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc: line 49: /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session: No such file or directory
Agent pid 2642 killed
Try to "touch /opt/xfce4/bin/xfce4-session" ;-)
the file points to this path,
I look into this dir, and the file xfce4-session exists, but if I type: xfce4-session
no such file or directory
the file exist! I do not understand how linux works
Anyway, on KDE firefox doesn't start, gaim doesn't start, nvidia control panel doesn't start. mmh... good

Firefox won't display a web page. It starts, I see it in Task manager but it doesn't do anything. It used to work just fine. I had troubkle with my service provider, they got the net to work again but firefox doesn't do anything. Explorer works.

I uninstalled firefox and re-installed it from download. No difference. When I boot my computer, the internet doesn't start automatically anymore. I have to go into network manager and start it myself. Don't know why. My on-line windows help won't connect to the net either.

Sounds like a broken profile. [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing%20up%20and%20restoring%20bookmarks Back up your bookmarks], [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles?s=profile&as=s#w_creating-a-profile create a new profile] , then [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Importing%20Bookmarks%20from%20an%20HTML%20File import your bookmarks] back in. Let me know if you need extra help.
Thanks!
handsomeorlandoman

Doesn't start when starting as administrator. Error Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.

Update firefox, it asked me to update flash, I tried to update flash but it said I had to close firefox. A box came up and said the Flash install would continue when I closed firefox. I closed all firefox windows and no update of flash occurred. I tried relaunching firefox but got the "Doesn't start when starting as administrator. Error Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system." message. I rebooted the system, no improvement. I tried to run firefox as administrator and got the same message. Either I find a fix or I won't be able to use firefox and will have to go back to ie.

-> press '''CTRL''' + '''SHIFT''' + '''ESC''' to Open Task Manager -> Processes tab -> right-click '''firefox.exe''' and click '''End Process Tree''' -> close Task Manager
Troubleshooting extensions and themes
* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes
Troubleshooting plugins
* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20plugins
Check and tell if its working.

When i double-click the mozilla icon, it doesn't start. In the task manager i noted that the process "firefox.exe" appears and desappear after 5 seconds. The problem remains in mozilla safe-mode, but not in windows safe-mode. Thks!

Yesterday i installed the firefox 6.0 on my windows 7 computer. When i double-click the mozilla icon, it doesn't start. I opened the task manager and noted that the process "firefox.exe" appears and desappear after 5 seconds. I tried to start mozilla in safe mode but the problem remains. The only way to use mozilla in my computer is restarting the windows in safe-mode. Last thing: i already tried to reinstall the program. Please help me!

I'm also using Windows 7 on a Lenovo U310 laptop.

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