On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 23:01 -0500, Barry Brimer wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 08:09:30PM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: >>>> On 7/29/06, Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org> wrote: >>>>> I installed the new firefox 1.5.0.5 packages and had a few issues. I had >>>>> read a similar post on the nahant list. I would doubt that this is a >>>>> centos-induced problem. The browser crashed when opening the extensions >>>>> manager and also with a very simple webmail page. >>>> >>>> If you upgraded directly from 1.0.8 to to 1.5.0.5, you probably need >>>> to reinstall all of your extensions. I recommend (1) write down what >>>> all of them are, (2) uninstall them all from your present firefox >>>> 1.0.8, (3) upgrade to 1.5.0.5, and finally (4) install extensions >>>> again. >>>> >>>> Even upgrading from 1.5.0.2 (centosplus) to 1.5.0.5, I'd recommend >>>> reinstalling extensions. In my experience firefox always crashes on >>>> the first -- and sometimes also second and third -- launches after an >>>> upgrade when there are any extensions present. >>> >>> >>> No problema here upgrading from 1.5.0.2 to 1.5.0.5. No crashes, extensions >>> working fine and all else. >> >> I have created a new user on my system, which of course will build a new >> firefox profile, with no extensions. I have also moved the >> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins.old and I >> have opened the browser with no themes, extensions, or plugins. Attempts >> to access the extensions manager or multiple Horde webmail systems cause >> the browser to crash. >> >> I have launched firefox with strace and cleared the screen before trying >> to access the extensions menu. > > Make sure to run firefox as root once (I usually do that first, after > the upgrade). > > See if that helps ... I tried running firefox as root once, and then again with my user and my test user. Both still exhibit the same problem.