@Chris Coulson. Just had a look into /var/log... it seems there is a failure earlier, and not just for firefox.
gnomeplayer reported a crash... ERROR: apport (pid 16477) Mon Feb 24 10:08:16 2014: called for pid 16447, signal 5, core limit 0 ERROR: apport (pid 16477) Mon Feb 24 10:08:16 2014: executable: /usr/bin/gnome-mplayer (command line "/usr/bin/gnome-mplayer --window=54102218 --controlid=25263 --width=1600 --height=674 --autostart=1 --showcontrols=1") ERROR: apport (pid 16477) Mon Feb 24 10:08:16 2014: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 16477) Mon Feb 24 10:08:16 2014: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 16477) Mon Feb 24 10:08:22 2014: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-mplayer.1000.crash ERROR: apport (pid 17555) Mon Feb 24 11:18:04 2014: called for pid 4535, signal 11, core limit 0 Now when firefox then crashed out..... ERROR: apport (pid 17555) Mon Feb 24 11:18:04 2014: executable: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox (command line "/usr/lib/firefox/firefox") ERROR: apport (pid 17555) Mon Feb 24 11:18:04 2014: gdbus call error: Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files ERROR: apport (pid 17555) Mon Feb 24 11:18:04 2014: debug: session gdbus call: ERROR: apport (pid 17555) Mon Feb 24 11:19:18 2014: wrote report /var/crash/_usr_lib_firefox_firefox.1000.crash Hope this is of help... I've taken a backup of /var/log in case you need it in its entireity (I did some re-boots, tried re-installing etc). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1278062 Title: firefox crashes on startup (but apparently layunched properly to enable me to post this) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1278062/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
