Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/516254
Title:
Erroneous "not responding" alert with .mozilla symlinked to ecryptfs
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox
I recently set up an encrypted Private directory
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedPrivateDirectory) on a
computer. After doing so, I moved the .mozilla configuration directory
and created a symlink, so that:
.mozilla -> Private/.mozilla
Now Firefox gives the familiar "Not responding" alert and refuses to
start. "ps aux | grep firefox" confirms that firefox is not actually
running.
Following advice elsewhere, I found and deleted a .parentlock file in
.mozilla/firefox/abcd0efg.default. It seems this file is recreated
each time I try to start Firefox. There was no file named "lock" in
that directory.
I have an identical setup on another computer, and have checked that
the permissions and file ownership match for all the directories
involved.
$ lsb_release -rd && apt-cache policy firefox ecryptfs-utils
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
firefox:
Installed: 3.5.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
Candidate: 3.5.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
Version table:
*** 3.5.7+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 0
500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca karmic-updates/main Packages
500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca karmic-security/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.5.3+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu6 0
500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca karmic/main Packages
ecryptfs-utils:
Installed: 81-0ubuntu3
Candidate: 81-0ubuntu3
Version table:
*** 81-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca karmic/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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