Re: firefox problem

[Jaime Alvarez <jalvarez@xxxxxxxx>]

I just checked the .mozilla/firefox directory, and i didn't find any 
executables. It seems that you installed firefox as a user, while i did 
it as root (using su). Anyway, i don't know where to look for firefox 
logs... suggestions?

David Smith wrote:

> Have you tried to start it from a terminal to see if it spits an error
> or checked the logs? My firefox dir was under .mozilla.
> David
> On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 15:30, Jaime Alvarez wrote:
>  
>
> > David Smith wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > I had a similar problem this morning after I installed Firefox from the
> > > Mozilla website. I found that it would sit there and then not start at
> > > all. To fix mine I just renamed my .mozilla directory to
> > > .mozilla_backup. This seemed to have fixed it. Seems that this version
> > > of firefox is different. For example it had import my bookmarks etc.
> > > Hope that helps.
> > > David
> > > On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 15:00, Jaime Alvarez wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > Yeap, that describes my Firefox's symptoms. The first time i tried to 
> > start it up, it did ask me about importing my profile and i selected 
> > Mozilla/Firefox and pressed 'yes'. Those are the last words i heard from 
> > it. I even uninstalled, installed it again and rebooted (windows reflex) 
> > without success.
> >
> > I have the following related directories:
> >
> > mozilla
> > .phoenix
> > .thunderbird
> >
> > I even have
> > .netscape
> > .nestcape6
> >
> > But no .firefox :-(
> >    
>
>