LinuxQuestions.org - Firefox dies on start (X Window System Error)

Oh boy oh boy.....

After a lot of google searching and forum searching I'm still lost on this one.

Out of the blue one day, my firefox installation ceased to continue to work. What could have possibly cause this, I don't know in the slightest. I turned my machine back on one morning and firefox was no longer there for me. :(

Staringly Mozilla still runs perfectly (Version:)

Code:

% mozilla --version

Mozilla 1.7.13, Copyright (c) 2003-2004 mozilla.org, build 200604171

As does Thunderbird (Version: )

Code:

% thunderbird --version

 Thunderbird 1.5.0.5, Copyright (c) 2005 mozilla.org

But Firefox (Version: )

Code:

% /usr/bin/firefox --version

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5, Copyright (c) 1998 - 2006 mozilla.org

Will no longer work. This first started a release prior to 2.0 beta.

Here's some information for you all
gtk-config --version
1.2.10

% glib-config --version
1.2.10

Code:

% Xorg -version



X Window System Version 6.8.2

Release Date: 9 February 2005

X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2

Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.13 i686 [ELF] 

Current Operating System: Linux darklair 2.6.16.20 #5 PREEMPT Thu Jun 29 14:07:06 EDT 2006 i686

Build Date: 11 September 2005

        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org

        to make sure that you have the latest version.

Module Loader present

Here's the complete error I get with firefox (installed from http://slackware.mirrors.easynews.co...0.5-i686-1.tgz)

Code:

% /usr/bin/firefox 

The program 'firefox-bin' received an X Window System error.

This probably reflects a bug in the program.

The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.

  (Details: serial 1058 error_code 11 request_code 53 minor_code 0)

  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;

  that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.

  To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line

  option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful

  backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

What I've tried to do to fix it has been this:
Remove everything related to mozilla or firefox. I removed all directories that mozilla or firefox resided in (~/.mozilla/, /usr/share/, /usr/bin, etc). I then installed from package Mozilla and ran it. That still runs. Firefox installed from package still doesn't run.

EDIT(added kde information)
I typically use Fluxbox 1.0r3, NOT logging in with KDM.
I tried using KDM and then loading a kde session and firefox will run. I then tried using KDM and loading a Fluxbox session and Firefox will run. ?

My .xinitrc looks like this when using startx:

Code:

exec xmms -p&

exec /usr/local/bin/startfluxbox

Finally, The only plugin I have installed is: java. about:config says this:

File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0_06

That did work on Firefox when Firefox was working.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and can offer some assistance?