There is been a lot of discussion already that resulted in several BZs [0][1] opened and worked on. Generally caused by relatively recent change [2].
Quick workaround is to comment out or remove this line: `DBusActivatable=true` from `/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop` I hope that helps. [0] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475266 [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242454 [2] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/firefox/c/85de885472621621af497b204a2f45f7122e8a23?branch=rawhide --- Best regards, Alex ------- Original Message ------- On Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at 17:41, stan via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > On Sat, 07 Oct 2023 03:44:56 -0700 > Jonathan Ryshpan jonr...@pacbell.net wrote: > > > After the latest upgrade to Fedora, when Firefox is started from the > > panel, the screen goes dark, and then refreshes itself; Firefox does > > not start. Firefox appears to start perfectly when run from the > > console or from the application launcher. I have attached a fragment > > of the system log showing activity immediately before and after > > Firefox was started (Journal.txt) > > > > Any ideas how to investigate. > > > > Application info: > > firefox-118.0.1-4.fc38.x86_64 > > System info: > > Operating System: Fedora Linux 38 > > KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8 > > KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0 > > Qt Version: 5.15.10 > > Kernel Version: 6.5.5-200.fc38.x86_64 (64-bit) > > Graphics Platform: X11 > > Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz > > Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM > > Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4600 > > Manufacturer: ASUS > > > It sounds like there isn't a problem with firefox, per se. If it > starts fine with two out of three methods, it is the invocation that is > causing the problem. I'm not sure what starting from the panel is, but > can you get to the actual command being run when you do that? Then > compare it to what you run from the console or application launcher. > Can you alter the panel version to run with firefox --safe-mode, so > that it starts without any add-ons. Maybe try with a different user; > create a new user [1] and start firefox from the panel with that new > user and a pristine /home directory. Success with the new user will > indicate that there is something in your /home directory > configuration that is causing the problem. Failure, a KDE panel > problem, and probably time for a bugzilla. > > 1. See man useradd for how to add a new user. You should be able to > switch to that new user from the greeter. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
