Firefox Crash on Update

[RieuxTarrou]

I use Xubuntu 11.10, and after the most recent update, Firefox crashes immediately after initializing the program. A brief report indicates that my /usr/bin/firefox shell script is not executable, but after reviewing the file properties, this doesn't look like the case.

I sent a bug report to Mozilla, but is there a way to get a more comprehensive read-out of what the issue might be? A command line function, maybe.

Thanks for the help!

[lrcaballero]

I use Xubuntu 11.10, and after the most recent update, Firefox crashes immediately after initializing the program. A brief report indicates that my /usr/bin/firefox shell script is not executable, but after reviewing the file properties, this doesn't look like the case.

I sent a bug report to Mozilla, but is there a way to get a more comprehensive read-out of what the issue might be? A command line function, maybe.

Thanks for the help!

Did you tried uninstalling firefox via terminal and then re-installing again via terminal? This happened to me with Midori and doing this solved my issue.

Cheers,

lrcaballero

[kanikilu]

Run firefox from the terminal and observe any errors or output there.

With firefox issues, the first thing I'd suggest is trying to run it in safe-mode and if that doesn't work try creating a new profile:

firefox --safe-mode
firefox -P

[RieuxTarrou]

Did you tried uninstalling firefox via terminal and then re-installing again via terminal? This happened to me with Midori and doing this solved my issue.

Cheers,

lrcaballero

It looks like the re-installation worked. Thanks! Do you know what the bug may have been?