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Old 02-07-2007, 08:09 PM   #1
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Question Iceweasel only correct on second launch [solved]


I have no idea where to start here:

I am running Etch and nome (but I had the same problem in Flux as well)

Where I launch Iceweasel, an error box pops up, but it's empty. I don't have any of my saved bookmarks and my session is never restored. If I then open a second instance of Iceweasel everything is OK. My bookmarks are there and it works perfectly. I can then close the first session and everything is OK.

If, however, I close the first instance before opening a second instance, my bookmarks and whatnot will not be there. I have to have the first instance open to get everything to work.

I tried removing (apt-get --purge remove iceweasel) and then reinstalling, but no luck.

Any ideas?

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Old 02-07-2007, 10:02 PM   #2
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What do you get when you launch it from the command line?
 
Old 02-08-2007, 04:49 AM   #3
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I had this exact problem from time to time a few month ago. Never found a reference in the bug reports.
Now no more problem.

At this time, I was running firefox-1.5 from debian, firefox-2.0 from mozilla and firefox-3.0 from mozilla.

Now I'm only running iceweasel from debian unstable.

No more real info..
 
Old 02-08-2007, 07:43 AM   #4
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Quote:
Originally Posted by noxious
What do you get when you launch it from the command line?
I tried launching it from command line as well and had the same problem. I wasn't able to launch it a second time because if I hit ctrl+c in the command line it killed iceweasel.

I don't know how I would launch a second instance from the commmand line

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Originally Posted by nx5000
I had this exact problem from time to time a few month ago. Never found a reference in the bug reports.
Now no more problem.

At this time, I was running firefox-1.5 from debian, firefox-2.0 from mozilla and firefox-3.0 from mozilla.

Now I'm only running iceweasel from debian unstable.

No more real info..
Nx5000, did you uninstall the firefox versions? Is that when your problem went away? Or did you just open icewease one day and it was fixed. I tried reinstalling, but I may not have completely uninstalled all of the firefox components

How would I check to see if I did that? Is there a command that is like 'apt-cache search' that will search for packages installed on my system?
 
Old 02-08-2007, 09:47 AM   #5
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Chances are it has to do with your Iceweasel profile being screwed up. A lot of people have had issues upgrading form 1.5 to 2.0. Try creating a new Iceweasel profile by starting it iceweasel -profilemanager


apt-cache policy iceweasel
iceweasel:
Installed: 2.0.0.1+dfsg-2
Candidate: 2.0.0.1+dfsg-2
Version table:
*** 2.0.0.1+dfsg-2 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
 
Old 02-08-2007, 10:47 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Nate43235
Nx5000, did you uninstall the firefox versions?
No
firefox-2.0 and firefox-3.0 were living their life in ~user/Desktop. Profiles were shared which was probably stupid of me.
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Is that when your problem went away? Or did you just open icewease one day and it was fixed.
Gone one day without doing anything yes. It seemed to me like a timing issue, it was not reproducible everytime.

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I tried reinstalling, but I may not have completely uninstalled all of the firefox components

How would I check to see if I did that? Is there a command that is like 'apt-cache search' that will search for packages installed on my system?
Humm... what version are you uninstalling/reinstalling?

In general, debian packages are clean and remove all stuffs.
dpkg -l will give you the list

Lines beginning by rc would be configuration files that stayed even if you remove the package. Purging removes everything.. but you never know.
dpkg -l | grep ^rc

If you ahven't done it yet, try the tip from craigevil:
aptitude purge firefox (or/and whatever, iceweasel..)
mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla_old if its still there
reinstall
 
Old 02-08-2007, 02:07 PM   #7
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@craigevil & nx5000

Thanks for the tips. I won't have a chance to try this until tomorrow after work, but I will post the results later this weekend.

I appreciate it.
 
Old 02-09-2007, 10:47 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by nx5000

If you haven't done it yet, try the tip from craigevil:
aptitude purge firefox (or/and whatever, iceweasel..)
mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla_old if its still there
reinstall
Ok, I finally had a chance to sit down and work this out. I moved the profile directory so that it had to create a new one and iceweasel is working like it should. It's now fixed.

Thanks again for the help nx5000 & craigevil
 
  


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