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Date:      Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:00:06 +0300
From:      Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>
To:        Joe Tseng <joe_tseng@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Firefox won't start
Message-ID:  <48D2B346.4040608@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY117-W15C6E9AC29C15472971A499B4F0@phx.gbl>
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Joe Tseng wrote:
> I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I got firefox3 to compile with no errors.  But now when I either select Firefox from the menu or start it from a terminal window nothing happens.  Firefox does not start and there's no indication of any problems.  When I use ps to see if it's hung I see nothing.  Ideas?
>
> tia,
>
>  - Joe
>
>   

Check out the permissions on your ~/.mozilla directory. Sometimes (I 
believe if you use sudo to compile / upgrade firefox), this directory is 
created with root/wheel ownership and restrictive permissions



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