Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:32:48 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP FIREFOX USERS: New firefox must be run as root FIRST! Message-ID: <1087367567.24564.11.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20040616061748.GB93340@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <1087344835.898.66.camel@gyros> <20040616061748.GB93340@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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--=-Rw+AkxDTV+raSVGomz32 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 02:17, Stijn Hoop wrote: > Joe, >=20 > 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 somethin= g > > 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 lo= g > > in as root (i.e. do not su -m to root). After becoming root, simply ru= n > > ``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) >=20 > 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 whe= n > mozilla 0.9 was released with this same annoying behaviour :( >=20 > Is there a bug nr. somewhere where this is discussed? It's not in the > release notes. I pulled this from their release notes. Look at the Known Issues link in the release notes. I don't know if there's a bug with more details, but the problem certainly exists. I'm trying to find a better way to work around it, but so far, running first as root is the most reliable option. Joe >=20 > --Stijn --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-Rw+AkxDTV+raSVGomz32 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAz+mPb2iPiv4Uz4cRAloqAJwO9BavR/aZh5i9hQlX2LCy9/3GmgCgrSRq Llbx2ndeR4MYLhQrgw+lxuM= =efaC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Rw+AkxDTV+raSVGomz32--
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