firefox - *** loading the extensions datasource

[Franz Klammer]

Sean McNeil wrote:
> OK,
> 
> So I have firefox working as root and it doesn't print anything when I
> run it.
> 
> As my regular user, it print the
> 
> *** loading the extensions datasource
> 
> and then core dumps.  I think I have some old cruft somewhere, but I
> can't find it.  I deleted everything in /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins
> and I tried it from a new account that didn't have any gnome usage
> before I tried to run firefox.  I get the same thing: message then core
> dump.

extensions are installed into ~/.mozilla/firefox/default.fwe/extensions/*

try remove the extension directory.

franz.

> 
> Where could these extensions be and how can I purge them.  Also, why
> would root not try to load them?

guessing because root has no extensions installed.

> 
> Sean
>