On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 10:41, konaman wrote: > Could it be a lock file? Try running mozilla with strace. You might get > a clue as to what is going on. It is weird because I everything works if I su - to root and run Mozilla or Firebird. I remember this happened to me a few times in the past, though I did not write down the fix : ( This time I will. I don't see anything strange from the strace output. The /usr/bin/mozilla script exec's /usr/lib/mozilla-1.5/mozilla-xremote-client execve("/usr/lib/mozilla-1.5/mozilla-xremote-client", ["/usr/lib/mozilla-1.5/mozilla-xre"..., "xfeDoCommand(openBrowser)"], [/* 43 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="jim-linux.darden.com", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x88a6000 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/mozilla-1.5/tls/i686/mmx/libplds4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/lib/mozilla-1.5/tls/i686/mmx", 0xbff06a3c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/mozilla-1.5/tls/i686/libplds4.so", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) This is followed by a few thousand line and then at the end this: readv(3, [{"200 executed command: xfeDoComma"..., 47}, {"\0", 1}], 2) = 48 write(3, "\24\1\6\0=\0@\2\201\1\0\0\37\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0", 24) = 24 read(3, "\34\0\353\2=\0@\2\201\1\0\0Eun\0\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\250\335"..., 32) = 32 read(3, "\1\10\353\2\5\0\0\0\37\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\21\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32 readv(3, [{"pid6960@jim-linux", 17}, {"and", 3}], 2) = 20 write(3, "<\1\2\0\0\0\340\2+\1\1\0", 12) = 12 read(3, "\1\2\355\2\0\0\0\0\21\0\0\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\0\0x\300"..., 32) = 32 shutdown(3, 2 /* send and receive */) = 0 close(3) = 0 exit_group(0) = ? > -k Jim Drabb -- ---------------------------------------------------------- The box said: "Requires Windows 98/2000/XP/NT, or better." So, I installed LINUX! ---------------------------------------------------------- James Drabb JR Senior Programmer Analyst Darden Restaurants Business Systems JDrabb at Darden dot com