Hello,

I am using Linux Fedora Core 5.
After a recent "yum update", which installed firefox-1.5.0.2-1.2.fc5
on my system, I can no longer start Firefox : a button labelled
"Starting Firefox Web Browser" appears in the taskbar for a few seconds
but that's all (the button disappears and nothing happens).

After reading at http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.2.html
that ...
"If Firefox 1.5.0.2 is installed on a multi-user system in a location
which is not writable by users, Firefox must be run once by a
privileged user"
.... I su-ed to root and successfully started it but after that I am
still unable to start it as a regular user.

Any idea?

Thanks

On 24-04-2006 02:20 CET, rombocop composed this enchanting statement:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Linux Fedora Core 5.
> After a recent "yum update", which installed firefox-1.5.0.2-1.2.fc5
> on my system, I can no longer start Firefox : a button labelled
> "Starting Firefox Web Browser" appears in the taskbar for a few seconds
> but that's all (the button disappears and nothing happens).
>
> After reading at http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.2.html
> that ...
> "If Firefox 1.5.0.2 is installed on a multi-user system in a location
> which is not writable by users, Firefox must be run once by a
> privileged user"
> ... I su-ed to root and successfully started it but after that I am
> still unable to start it as a regular user.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks
>
Do you have a Firewall on your system?

Quote from the Firefox release notes:

"Some firewall software may silently block Firefox from running. Most
firewalls will ask you whether to allow a program to connect to the
Internet. It's important that you always grant Firefox access. If you
deny access, you must go into the firewall's configuration program and
re-allow access. Even when disabled, some firewalls deny access. Here is
some more information on configuring your firewall
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Error_loading_any_website#Firewalls>."

--
Kind regards,

Melchert

MacOS 10.3.9/Firefox 1.5/Thunderbird 1.5

Thank you very much for your reply.

I have tried to disable my firewall but to no avail : FireFox won't
start.

Maybe this is irrelevant information but I have no problem to start the
Mozilla browser (I must admit my ideas on the relationship between both
browsers are not very clear ! ).

I'll continue investigating & let you know if I solve the problem.

Regards.

The problem has been solved by removing .mozilla/ under my normal
user's homedir.

After doing that, the first attempt to run Firefox produced a warning
box saying that :
"Firefox could not install this item because 'install.rdf' (provided by
the item) is not well formed or does not exist".

I clicked on OK and Firefox started.

On 24-04-2006 22:27 CET, rombocop composed this enchanting statement:
> The problem has been solved by removing .mozilla/ under my normal
> user's homedir.
>
> After doing that, the first attempt to run Firefox produced a warning
> box saying that :
> "Firefox could not install this item because 'install.rdf' (provided by
> the item) is not well formed or does not exist".
>
> I clicked on OK and Firefox started.
>
You've got the upgrade then? Must have been a hiccup in the install
procedure.

--
Kind regards,

Melchert

MacOS 10.3.9/Firefox 1.5/Thunderbird 1.5

Thanks for your solution!
It also works on my system.

BR.

I was using a dial up connection through earthlink. I recently switched to
dsl through earthlink and now I can't get Firefox to work at all? Can
anyone point me in the right direction for what I need to do? Thanks
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> Thanks for your solution!
> It also works on my system.
>
> BR.
>