Package: mozilla-firefox Version: 1.0.7-1 Severity: important
I tried to start firefox twice. The first start apparently crashed somehow, the second one wnated me to "choose profile" because the default user was in use already. I can't get out of this. "ps aux" confirms no firefoxes running. Logging out of X and in again did not help either. Removing .moxilla/ .mozilla-firefox/ and .firefox/ didn't help either. I couldn't see anything obvious in /tmp either, so I have no idea what keeps firefox thinking there is a running instance. I can't use firefox anymore, unless I create more profiles. I don't want that though - that'd only be a stupid workaround. Somehow, mozilla has decided that the "default" user is permanently "in use" and I have no idea how to get out of that. The bug is that it is possible to get into such a situation, firefox should really check to see if there is another process. Or even better - an extra button for forcibly using the "busy" user. The option to force a program to go against its own mistakes jsut feels good. :-) Also, I cannot see why firefox should bother implementing its own "multiuser" system. The operating system does that already, that part could perhaps be made optional, to be compiled only on single-user platforms. That'd make for a leaner firefox. Or if could be removed outright - it doesn't seem useful. (I can see how it might have been useful in the old days, when mozilla web & mail was the same app. But now it is just web, and the "multiuser" thing could be left to mail apps that may have to access several accounts.) Finally, I don't get it - what's the point of stopping me from running several firefox processes? It is actually convenient, if one browser crashes on some difficult site (or bad plugins) the other ones remains running. I can of course achieve this by running several instances of "dillo" and one firefox, but dillo is limited compared to firefox. Sure, several processes will eat more memory - but I have enough I think. Don't misunderstand me, I like firefox and appreciate the effort that goes into making it. But this was a nasty surprise. The punishment for using "testing" :-) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-rc5 Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages mozilla-firefox depends on: ii debianutils 2.15.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii fontconfig 2.3.2-1 generic font configuration library ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-5 GCC support library ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.3-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.10-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libidl0 0.8.5-1 library for parsing CORBA IDL file ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libkrb53 1.3.6-5 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.2-3 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxinerama1 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System multi-head display ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System printing extension ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii psmisc 21.8-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client libraries m ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime mozilla-firefox recommends no packages. -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
