[23464] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 9.2.15: mozilla
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Caryn Bullard)
Tue Aug 5 18:30:41 2003
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 18:30:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Caryn Bullard <ebullard@MIT.EDU>
To: Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>
cc: bugs@MIT.EDU
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Hi. Mozilla doesn't run for me as root; it just produces the error
message. I moved .mozilla to see if that would do anything, but it
didn't. What should I do next?
Thanks,
Caryn
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Robert A Basch wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Does mozilla start up (despite the gtk warning) when you run it as
> root? (The warning occurs when I run it as root on my machine, but
> it does start up OK).
>
> Assuming mozilla starts up for root, does it fail to start for you if
> you try it on another workstation? If so, there could be something in
> your mozilla profile triggering the problem. To test that, please try
> renaming your .mozilla directory, and trying again to start it, e.g.:
>
> mv $HOME/.mozilla $HOME/.mozilla-saved
> <start mozilla>
>
> It should create a new profile for you (converting any existing
> netscape profile).
>
> To revert to your original profile, make sure you have exited from
> mozilla, then do:
>
> rm -rf $HOME/.mozilla
> mv $HOME/.mozilla-saved $HOME/.mozilla
>
> Bob
>
