I saw the same message after installing Ubuntu 24.10. After a reboot it went away. This was on my Dell Inspirin 15-3555.
On Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 5:00 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send xubuntu-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of xubuntu-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start ([email protected]) > 2. Re: Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start (Liam Proven) > 3. Re: Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start ([email protected]) > 4. Re: Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start (Cody Smith) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 09:40:45 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected], "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general > discussions" <[email protected]> > Cc: Mailing Lists <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 18.10.2024 11:09, Jeffery Small wrote: > > Firefox was working fine on Xubuntu 22.04. The OS upgrade completely > > failed and I am now rebuilding a new Xubuntu 24.04.1 system. I > > uninstalled the snap package and installed the latest version of > > Firefox from the mozillateam ppa > > (131.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.24.04.1~mt1). Any attempt to start > > /usr/bin/firefox results in the pop-up message: > > > > "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or > > inaccessible." > > > > This is not true. The same profiles exist in ~/.mozilla/firefox and > > even attempting to specify a specific profile with -P fails. This > > problem seems commonly reported on other versions of Linux but not > > Ubuntu. I tried removing the entire ~/.mozilla directory but that did > > nothing. I tried starting in safe mode, but same results. However, > > there are also other start-up messages: > > > >> 17-> /usr/bin/firefox > >> [Parent 29355, Main Thread] WARNING: Failed to parse > >> /u/jeff/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini: Permission denied: 'glib > >> warning', file > >> > > > /build/firefox-E8vObn/firefox-131.0.2+build1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:187 > >> > >> (firefox:29355): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:37:42.425: Failed to parse > >> /u/jeff/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini: Permission denied > >> [Parent 29355, Main Thread] WARNING: Theme parsing error: > >> gtk.css:1:0: Failed to import: Error opening file > >> /u/jeff/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css: Permission denied: 'glib warning', > >> file > >> > > > /build/firefox-E8vObn/firefox-131.0.2+build1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:187 > >> > >> (firefox:29355): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:37:42.426: Theme parsing error: > >> gtk.css:1:0: Failed to import: Error opening file > >> /u/jeff/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css: Permission denied > >> [Parent 29355, Unnamed thread 74eea8386ca0] WARNING: Failed to get > >> cache content /u/jeff/.cache/gtk-3.0/compose/8bedc2de.cache: Failed > >> to open file “/u/jeff/.cache/gtk-3.0/compose/8bedc2de.cache”: > >> Permission denied: 'glib warning', file > >> > > > /build/firefox-E8vObn/firefox-131.0.2+build1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:187 > >> > >> (firefox:29355): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:37:42.732: Failed to get cache > >> content /u/jeff/.cache/gtk-3.0/compose/8bedc2de.cache: Failed to > >> open file “/u/jeff/.cache/gtk-3.0/compose/8bedc2de.cache”: > >> Permission denied > >> [Parent 29355, Unnamed thread 74eea8386ca0] WARNING: Failed to open > >> file “/u/jeff/.XCompose”: Permission denied: 'glib warning', > >> file > >> > > > /build/firefox-E8vObn/firefox-131.0.2+build1/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:187 > > > >> firefox:29355): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:37:42.732: Failed to open file > >> “/u/jeff/.XCompose”: Permission denied > > > > None of this makes sense as all these files exist and are readable. > > This may be an underlying gtk problem. > > > > Has anyone else run across this and any suggestions as to what needs > > to be done. > > > > Thanks. > > Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. The problem was not due to any > residual snap package, my home directory location, or file/directory > permissions. > > I did solve the problem -- sort of. In previous versions of the OS I > had > been using an old tarball installation of Firefox which has been > updating > itself over the years. I copied this installation over to my > usr/local/lib > directory and the tried to run that version of Firefox and it started up > immediately without any problems. > > So there does seem to be a GTK library problem with the mozillateam > build, > At least with this installation of the OS. I've reported the bug and > hopefully the Mozilla engineers will be able to track it down. > > I appreciate the input from everyone here. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 20:09:29 +0100 > From: Liam Proven <[email protected]> > To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions > <[email protected]>, "Ubuntu user technical > support, not > for general discussions" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start > Message-ID: > <CAMTenCFOxmzaVfWUGRT0BJyDYOqd58fTE= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 at 19:11, Jeffery Small <[email protected]> wrote: > > > installed the latest version of Firefox from the mozillateam ppa > > Why? It's available straight from Mozilla. The closer to the source, > the better, surely? > > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended > > -- > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: [email protected] ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: [email protected] > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > IoM: (+44) 7624 227612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 > Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:34:01 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" > <[email protected]> > Cc: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On 19.10.2024 12:09, Liam Proven wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 at 19:11, Jeffery Small <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> installed the latest version of Firefox from the mozillateam ppa > > > > Why? It's available straight from Mozilla. The closer to the source, > > the better, surely? > > > > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended > > > > -- > > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > > Email: [email protected] ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: [email protected] > > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > > IoM: (+44) 7624 227612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 > > Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 > > Liam: > > I agree. Using the ubuntuteam ppa was the first article I ran across to > replace the snap package. I was just about to remove it and install > directly from Mozilla itself when I had this idea to try the old tarball > installation, which worked. Had that failed, I would have done exactly > what you suggested, but no need at this point. > > Regards, > -- > Jeffery Small > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 03:27:00 +0000 > From: Cody Smith <[email protected]> > To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 24.04.1: Firefox fails to start > Message-ID: > < > cab2rwyxhpmvcojnfx31ocdzt1ypryenm_6wppeo+-xo_ymg...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > installing from a tarball, it's up to you to keep up to date, not the > package manager, it's also up to you to keep up with any updated > dependencies. It's generally easier to stick with even a PPA and just let > the package manager do the work. > > You're one step removed from slackware with the route you went. > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 10:34 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 19.10.2024 12:09, Liam Proven wrote: > > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 at 19:11, Jeffery Small <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> installed the latest version of Firefox from the mozillateam ppa > > > > > > Why? It's available straight from Mozilla. The closer to the source, > > > the better, surely? > > > > > > > > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions-recommended > > > > > > -- > > > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > > > Email: [email protected] ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: [email protected] > > > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > > > IoM: (+44) 7624 227612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 > > > Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 > > > > Liam: > > > > I agree. Using the ubuntuteam ppa was the first article I ran across to > > replace the snap package. I was just about to remove it and install > > directly from Mozilla itself when I had this idea to try the old tarball > > installation, which worked. Had that failed, I would have done exactly > > what you suggested, but no need at this point. > > > > Regards, > > -- > > Jeffery Small > > > > -- > > xubuntu-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-users/attachments/20241020/0f93fb2a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > ------------------------------ > > End of xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 211, Issue 5 > ********************************************* >
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