[SOLVED] Hello, My Firefox is not starting

savankoradia · 10-15-2012, 11:19 AM

Till yesterday, my firefox was running perfectly. But today, it is not opening. It shows process for opening firefox on screen, but then firefox wan't opening.

shivaa · 10-15-2012, 11:37 AM

Did you check any process running for firefox, using -
ps -aef | grep firefox
If firefox is killing, then check system logs as follow and share the error message -
more /var/log/messages | grep firefox
Moreover, check display variable, if you made any changes in it..

savankoradia · 10-15-2012, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meninvenus

Did you check any process running for firefox, using -
ps -aef | grep firefox

savan 7566 7469 0 22:30 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto firefox

Quote:

Originally Posted by meninvenus

If firefox is killing, then check system logs as follow and share the error message -
more /var/log/messages | grep firefox
Moreover, check display variable, if you made any changes in it..

Oct 15 21:38:41 server1 yum[5584]: Erased: firefox-16.0.1-1.fc16.i686
Oct 15 22:00:49 server1 yum[5636]: Installed: firefox-16.0.1-1.fc16.i686

I re-installed firefox, in case it can start. but not working ...

shivaa · 10-15-2012, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by savankoradia

savan 7566 7469 0 22:30 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color=auto firefox

The process you're getting is not firefox, but showing because of the "ps -aef | grep firefox" command that you run. It means firefox isn't running.
Once uninstall and re-install it again-
sudo apt-get purge firefox firefox-globalmenu firefox-gnome-support
sudo apt-get install firefox firefox-globalmenu firefox-gnome-support

Or after un-installation, once again re-install it from Ubuntu Software Centre (if you're using Ubuntu). And if it still don't work then once reboot your system and then check.

savankoradia · 10-15-2012, 12:13 PM

I'm using fedora. and I searched for firefox-globalmenu and firefox-gnome-support, but it's showing no package founded.