Re: Firefox only runs as root--help!
On 3/2/07, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a resend of something i sent to the freebsd-gnome list a few days
ago, but there wer no answers and i think its a real problem, so i hope
no one minds.
I have a new install of FreeBSD 6.2, and installed Gnome 2.16 and other
things, including Firefox 2.0, from Ports.
Firefox only runs as root. Every time. I Googled and saw that in an early
version there was a problem that it had to be run the _first_ time as root
but after that it was OK, but thats not the problem here--it ONLY runs as
root all the time. If I type firefox on the command line it
just immediately returns to the command line, no error messages
of any sort, nothing in /var/log/messages.
I had the same issue when I first made firefox,
probability is the your $HOME/.mozilla directory is owned by root with only
or no read permissions to other users.
firefox read. creates all of its data in that directory by default, so you
may want to login as root
and do
find / -name .mozilla -type d -exec ls -ld {} \;
That will show all the directories that are .mozilla once you figured
which your $HOME's .mozilla
you can issue chown user:group .mozilla directory and then your firefox may
start normally
Best regards
DAK
When run as root it seems to be fine. The binary has execute
permissions for everyone.
What do i need to be doing?
Thanks!
Jen
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Re: Firefox only runs as root--help!
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:04:33 -0800 (PST) Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: What do i need to be doing? 1. Backup /home/$user/.mozilla/ directory. 2. Remove /home/$user/.mozilla/ directory. 3. Start firefox on the command line as a normal user. -- Best regards, Smith Wesson: Cemasko Viktor. the original point-and-click interface. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox only runs as root--help!
Paulette McGee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: This is a resend of something i sent to the freebsd-gnome list a few days ago, but there wer no answers and i think its a real problem, so i hope no one minds. I have a new install of FreeBSD 6.2, and installed Gnome 2.16 and other things, including Firefox 2.0, from Ports. Firefox only runs as root. Every time. I Googled and saw that in an early version there was a problem that it had to be run the _first_ time as root but after that it was OK, but thats not the problem here--it ONLY runs as root all the time. If I type firefox on the command line it just immediately returns to the command line, no error messages of any sort, nothing in /var/log/messages. When run as root it seems to be fine. The binary has execute permissions for everyone. What do i need to be doing? Thanks! Jen - Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] What happens if you type firefox on the command line as a normal user?As i posted in the message you replied to, if you type firefox nothing happens, it just returns silently to the commandline. But anyway the problem was that my .mozilla directory and everything in it was permitted only to root. So when i changed that everything worked fine. Thanks! Jen - No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Firefox only runs as root--help!
This is a resend of something i sent to the freebsd-gnome list a few days ago, but there wer no answers and i think its a real problem, so i hope no one minds. I have a new install of FreeBSD 6.2, and installed Gnome 2.16 and other things, including Firefox 2.0, from Ports. Firefox only runs as root. Every time. I Googled and saw that in an early version there was a problem that it had to be run the _first_ time as root but after that it was OK, but thats not the problem here--it ONLY runs as root all the time. If I type firefox on the command line it just immediately returns to the command line, no error messages of any sort, nothing in /var/log/messages. When run as root it seems to be fine. The binary has execute permissions for everyone. What do i need to be doing? Thanks! Jen - Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: Re: Firefox only runs as root--help!
And i can't even spell freebsd.org right. Not my day. Jen - Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now.---BeginMessage--- Jeremy Gransden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/2/07, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a resend of something i sent to the freebsd-gnome list a few days ago, but there wer no answers and i think its a real problem, so i hope no one minds. I have a new install of FreeBSD 6.2, and installed Gnome 2.16 and other things, including Firefox 2.0, from Ports. Firefox only runs as root. Every time. I Googled and saw that in an early version there was a problem that it had to be run the _first_ time as root but after that it was OK, but thats not the problem here--it ONLY runs as root all the time. If I type firefox on the command line it just immediately returns to the command line, no error messages of any sort, nothing in /var/log/messages. When run as root it seems to be fine. The binary has execute permissions for everyone. What do i need to be doing? Thanks! Jen Hi Jen, what are the permissions on .mozilla in your home directory. jeremy Oh, g#d... /me hangs head in shame and embarrassment. Thank you. So sorry to bother the list with this. I thought i had been clever to check the permissions on the binary :-( Thank you Jeremy! Jen _ It's here! Your new message! Get [2]new email alerts with the free [3]Yahoo! Toolbar. References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49938/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ 3. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49938/*http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ---End Message--- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox only runs as root--help!
--- Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a resend of something i sent to the freebsd-gnome list a few days ago, but there wer no answers and i think its a real problem, so i hope no one minds. I have a new install of FreeBSD 6.2, and installed Gnome 2.16 and other things, including Firefox 2.0, from Ports. Firefox only runs as root. Every time. I Googled and saw that in an early version there was a problem that it had to be run the _first_ time as root but after that it was OK, but thats not the problem here--it ONLY runs as root all the time. If I type firefox on the command line it just immediately returns to the command line, no error messages of any sort, nothing in /var/log/messages. When run as root it seems to be fine. The binary has execute permissions for everyone. What do i need to be doing? Thanks! Jen - Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] What happens if you type firefox on the command line as a normal user? Paulette McGee Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
