** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Also affects: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided Status: New
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574645 Title: firefox launching at start up can't purge Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: My problem is simple. Firefox is launching by itself at startup. I can't disable this and if I try to purge it then it tries to also uninstall MATE desktop WTF ??!! sudo apt-get purge firefox && sudo apt-get install -y firefox [sudo] password for mateuser: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: firefox* ubuntu-mate-core* ubuntu-mate-desktop* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 107 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. I don't get what's happening here, Firefox is not part of a DE. I was considering to donate to the project but with this FOSS radical attitude I wouldn't. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: firefox 45.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ccheco 2483 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20160414065514 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Mon Apr 25 09:26:27 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-21 (3 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp1s0 proto static metric 100 169.254.0.0/16 dev enp1s0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev enp1s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.10 metric 100 Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so PrefSources: prefs.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=45.0.2/20160414065514 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/16/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE dmi.bios.version: V1.25 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: JM51_CP dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrV1.25:bd03/16/2011:svnAcer:pnAspire5820T:pvrV1.25:rvnAcer:rnJM51_CP:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: Aspire 5820T dmi.product.version: V1.25 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1574645/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp