Problem starting mozilla

jadugarr · 07-16-2003, 12:00 AM

After running mozilla 1.4 as su to install a smooth wheel add on, I can no longer run mozilla under my user account. Mozilla, when trying to run as a user, will act like its starting up for 30 seconds and then just disappears from the taskbar. Mozilla can however be run as su. I have experienced this problem before and just reinstalled mozilla to fix it, but there must be a simpler solution. Thanks.
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Chris

scoob8000 · 07-16-2003, 12:50 PM

im having the same exact problem in redhat 8 with mozilla 1.3.1..

if i run the run-mozilla.sh script it opens however.. so 1.4 fixes it?

Still awaiting a response in another thread...

jadugarr · 07-16-2003, 04:50 PM

Uninstalling and reinstalling will work, but there must be an easier way to do it. Many Mozilla/Firebird enhancements require write access to /usr, and therefore they must be run under su in order for them to install correctly. The only way around this that i can think of, is to re-install mozilla to a directory that you have write access to.

spurious · 07-16-2003, 10:07 PM

You don't need to reinstall mozilla; but you do need to allow mozilla to reinitialize the default config files in your /home directory, then copy your previous bookmarks.html file to your new ~/.mozillla/default/*.slt directory. See these threads:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=72793
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=72143

jadugarr · 07-17-2003, 12:31 PM

Thanks, I didn't see these threads before. Mozilla is working normally again.

Edward78 · 07-17-2003, 12:56 PM

Log in as root, and change the user who owns it, to your normal user.