Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:17:48 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP FIREFOX USERS: New firefox must be run as root FIRST! Message-ID: <20040616061748.GB93340@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <1087344835.898.66.camel@gyros> References: <1087344835.898.66.camel@gyros>
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--7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Joe, On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 08:13:55PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > If you're going to install the new firefox-0.9 update, there's something > important you should know. You MUST run firefox as root before running > it as any other user. The best way to do this is to su - to root or log > in as root (i.e. do not su -m to root). After becoming root, simply run > ``firefox''. You can then quit the browser, then run it as any other > user. If you do not run firefox as root first, the browser window will > not appear. >=20 > This is a known issue with 0.9. See the Known Issues list at: >=20 > http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/0.9.html >=20 > (it's the first one) thanks for the headsup (and the porting!) -- I can't believe why they've regressed in this, after the ultralong discussion about this way back when mozilla 0.9 was released with this same annoying behaviour :( Is there a bug nr. somewhere where this is discussed? It's not in the release notes. --Stijn --=20 The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella, But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella. --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAz+YMY3r/tLQmfWcRAoCLAJ4sQt0Qb9lwk+K6cIwjn54zCku5tgCfYcU/ q064c9XLaJsZpaMjihrUODs= =qnHZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH--
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