John, Thanks very much for reporting this, it's much useful information for us. We're now investigating this problem and would get back to you later.
Thanks, Dave John Bartelt wrote: > Hello, > I just installed the firefox 2.0.0.5 solaris8 sparc build > (from tarball). There is a problem when I start it. > I get a pop-up warning: > > "Could not initialize the browser's security component. The most likely > cause is problems with files in your browser's profile directory. Please > check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard > disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended that you exit the > browser and fix the problem. If you continue to use this browser session, > you might see incorrect browser behaviour when accessing security > features." > > And, indeed, I cannot make an https connection to any website, since > SSL is disabled. However, there are no R/W problems with my > profile, and I have over 700 MB free space in my home directory > volume. My home directory is on an AFS volume, and I can use the > same profile to start linux firefox 2.0.0.5 with no problem. > I have have never had a problem like this with previous solaris > builds (e.g., 2.0.0.4). > > I thought that perhaps there was something about AFS which might be > confusing this version. But I moved my .mozilla dir to a local > disk and had the same problem. Also tried moving my .mozilla > aside and letting firefox create a new one, and tried with another > account. All had the problem on solaris (8 and 10); never had a > problem with linux. > > So there seems to be a bug in this build. > > Thanks for your time and attention. > > John Bartelt > > +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > John Bartelt bartelt at SLAC.Stanford.edu > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center 650-926-4591 > MS 97 > 2575 Sand Hill Road > Menlo Park, CA 94025 office: SCCS room 380 > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >
