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sean4u
September 25th, 2008, 06:32 AM
Upgraded firefox from the 'Updates available' prompt today and got a dialogue on restarting firefox that said:


Error launching browser window:no XBL binding for browser

I had epiphany (among others!) installed, so I searched and found an old thread here that suggested reinstalling firefox. Other forums suggested deleting firefox's settings (WTF?!). Yet others suggested '--safe-mode' and removing extensions.

I had a sneaking suspicion nothing was that badly wrong, so I opened an xterm and had a look to see if firefox was still running in any way:


ps -ef | grep firefox

There was a process still running so I kill'd it, and starting firefox in the usual way JustWorked(TM). Thought I'd better post before anybody starts taking a sledgehammer to their nuts.

LlamaCaeruleus
September 27th, 2008, 01:54 AM
Thanks a lot. Had the same problem. Without your post i probably would have done a lot more damage...

actan
June 19th, 2009, 10:09 AM
Thanks!
Thank you ..
Thanks Google help me find your post ..

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