Firefox won't start with Xfce interface

vozke · 01-25-2008, 06:42 AM

When I try to open firefox in Xfce .. It loads but just won't open..

But when I go in my Console and I typ

cd /usr/lib/firefox
./firefox

Then it opens.. But it is for Cliënts to use, so I'll have to fix this bug/error. I already tried to install a newer version of firefox but it doesn't seem to work.. Anyone can fix my problem ?

shadowsnipes · 01-25-2008, 10:12 AM

what happens if you just go to a console and type
firefox

Does it still work?
Now show the contents of the Xfce .desktop link you used.

If simply running firefox from the console doesn't work then it could be that the symlink is broken.

Code:

which firefox

should show you using /usr/bin/firefox, which if you do a ls -l on it you should see it points to /usr/lib/firefox/firefox

If there is nothing wrong with the link or the desktop shortcut you used then you could replace the symlink at /usr/bin with a short script that runs firefox like you did from the command line

Code:

#!/bin/sh
cd /usr/lib/firefox
./firefox