mozilla won't start for users

sim@n · 09-10-2004, 04:01 PM

Hello,

I'm running slackware 9, and there is a problem with mozilla in that it will only work for root. When my user account tries to start it nothing happens and the terminal returns to the command prompt.
I thought it may be trying to run on the wrong display but there are no error messages.

cheers in advance

simon

lachlin · 09-10-2004, 04:13 PM

Did you start X as root or as the user?

sim@n · 09-11-2004, 02:29 PM

I think X is started by root as I am using XDM.
I will try running X as a user. All the other X programs work fine.

cheers

simon

Andrew Benton · 09-11-2004, 05:43 PM

Well the simple way to fix it, if there's only one user, install mozilla in your home folder. The slightly more complicated fix, if there is more than one user, is to chown the mozilla folder so that the user owns it and after you've run it once, chown it back to root
su
password
chown -R $USERNAME /path/to/mozilla
chown -R root:root /path/to/mozilla

ghostboarder · 09-11-2004, 10:21 PM

I have the same problem........here is what i get running from the shell in user mode:

serial 2472 error_code 3 request_code 2 minor_code 0

Help would be appreciated!

darthtux · 09-11-2004, 10:41 PM

When you say the shell do you mean an X-Terminal?

Where did you install Mozilla?

run the command
whereis mozilla

ghostboarder · 09-11-2004, 10:46 PM

I mean the Gnome terminal........sorry forgot to mention i am in Mandrake 10.

Here is what i get when i run whereis:

mozilla: /usr/bin/mozilla /usr/lib/mozilla /usr/local/mozilla /usr/share/man/man1/mozilla.1.bz2