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#1 2004-06-06 10:26:40

tyler
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2004-06-05
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mozilla does not start for any user but root

mozilla runs fine as root but when i attempt to run it as any other user it does nothing. i mean i enter the command mozilla in a terminal and it doesn't do anything, no processes are started, nothing. it takes the command and promptly returns the next bash line without any comments or fatal error in melting process x0876w or whatever. i re-installed it with pacman (-R and again -Sy), no luck. any ideas?


Till human voices wake us, and we drown. -Eliot

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#2 2004-06-06 12:53:25

Dusty
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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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Re: mozilla does not start for any user but root

that is super weird.

What happens if you run

/opt/mozilla/bin/mozilla

? Same thing?

Dusty

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#3 2004-06-06 19:47:33

tyler
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2004-06-05
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Re: mozilla does not start for any user but root

same thing, wether i run /opt/mozilla/bin/mozilla or /usr/bin/mozilla.
i decided to try galeon, so as to be able to browse the internet as a normal user, and again it works fine for root, but for any other user it tells me that my MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME is not set correctetly. now, i tried every possible value for it:

export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/opt/mozilla
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/opt/mozilla/bin
export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/opt/mozilla/lib

but still the same thing. there is an evil force that is preventing my users from using the internet and i can't figure out why.


Till human voices wake us, and we drown. -Eliot

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#4 2004-06-06 21:34:55

IceRAM
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From: Bucharest, Romania
Registered: 2004-03-04
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Re: mozilla does not start for any user but root

Try reinstalling the mozilla(-firefox)'s dependencies, maybe something's broken there.

As far as I know, mozilla firefox starts by using a script (don't know about mozilla). You could also have a look in that script to check what ENV variables it sets.

Unfortunately, these are just ideas... maybe they work... or give you a  hint. Good luck.

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#5 2004-06-06 21:38:43

Xentac
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From: Victoria, BC
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Re: mozilla does not start for any user but root

Another thing you can try is this combination:

pacman -Rd mozilla
rm -r /opt/mozilla
pacman -S mozilla

It might have been that root wrote something to /opt/mozilla that it wasn't supposed to and ruined it for everyone else.


I have discovered that all of mans unhappiness derives from only one source, not being able to sit quietly in a room
- Blaise Pascal

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#6 2004-06-06 21:52:22

Dusty
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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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Re: mozilla does not start for any user but root

Xentac wrote:

It might have been that root wrote something to /opt/mozilla that it wasn't supposed to and ruined it for everyone else.

The question is, Why would root do anything like that? :?

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#7 2004-06-06 22:18:42

Xentac
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Re: mozilla does not start for any user but root

It was under duress by the mozilla binary.


I have discovered that all of mans unhappiness derives from only one source, not being able to sit quietly in a room
- Blaise Pascal

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#8 2004-06-06 22:34:47

tyler
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2004-06-05
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Re: mozilla does not start for any user but root

i haven't figured out why, i tried everything. but, i installed firefox, and that one works. it's pretty fast too, compared to plain mozilla.


Till human voices wake us, and we drown. -Eliot

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#9 2004-06-16 21:24:56

kpiche
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From: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Registered: 2004-03-30
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Re: mozilla does not start for any user but root

This happened to me.  The problem with Mozilla is the file permissions on your fonts.  An update of ttf-ms-fonts borked my browser.  Make sure your fonts are world readable using:  chmod 444 *.ttf

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