firefox - *** loading the extensions datasource

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 12:32, Sean McNeil wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 09:21, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 03:59, 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.
> > > 
> > > Where could these extensions be and how can I purge them.  Also, why
> > > would root not try to load them?
> > 
> > The extensions are kept in the main Firefox directory.  Try removing
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/chrome/chrome.rdf and
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/extensions, then run it as root,
> > then try running it as a normal user again.
> > 
> > Joe
> 
> OK, that did it somehow.
> 
> rm -rf /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/chrome/chrome.rdf
> /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/lib/firefox-0.9/extensions
> firefox
> (how to run 3 times before it worked again. 1st it core dumped, 2nd it
> hung)
> 
> then as normal user, I had to tell it to import instead of ignore old
> settings. then it core dumped again in a different place saying I didn't
> have access to some files.  Finally, it works.
> 
> This has been a very interesting issue.

You're telling me.  I still can't get Thunderbird to run the first time
it's launched on a clean account.

Joe

> 
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