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firefox issue after upgrade

Asked by bunahama

after i upgrade from ubuntu 9.10 to Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) when i run firefox its starts with the choose user profile window and after i choose my profile its starts fine but after i close firefox and start it again its fail to start i try to run this command

mv ~/.mozilla/firefox ~/.mozilla/firefox.old

its run again but starts with choose user profile i create a new profile then its start fine after i close firefox i cant start it again.

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bunahama (bunahama) said : 		#1

also i try to kill all process

killall firefox-bin

and the result firefox-bin: no process found

so its not a process issue

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Please send us the full terminal output of the following commands:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude search firefox

Also try all the suggested workarounds in this bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/518422

Maybe your issue is related to that bug......

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Neil (goofandfroggie) said : 		#3

Hi
I m have problems with Firefox too, just waiting for a fix, but I can use google chrome with no problems at all, It might worth using until a fix is released.
Hope this helps
Neil

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bunahama (bunahama) said : 		#4

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release i386 (20091028.5)]/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted #Added by software-properties
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ly.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ly.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security multiverse
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu karmic-getdeb apps # disabled on upgrade to lucid
# deb http://debian.opennms.org stable main # disabled on upgrade to lucid
# deb-src http://debian.opennms.org stable main # disabled on upgrade to lucid
# deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/some-guy:/screenlets/xUbuntu_9.04/ ./ # disabled on upgrade to lucid
# deb http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/intrepid-i386/arch ./
# deb http://repo.mindtouch.com xUbuntu_8.04/ # disabled on upgrade to lucid
# deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb stable non-free # disabled on upgrade to lucid

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sudo aptitude update
Writing extended state information... Done
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ lucid/partner Translation-en_US
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release [57.2kB]
Hit http://archive.canonical.com lucid/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Sources [659kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Sources [3,761B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages [1,389kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/restricted Packages [6,217B]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Sources [118kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources [3,173kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources [3,173kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Sources [3,173kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages [5,468kB]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages [179kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/multiverse Packages [179kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages [7,068kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages [7,068kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages [7,068kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Packages [7,068kB]
Fetched 11.3MB in 1h 23min 46s (2,250B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Current status: 3493 new [+1].

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sudo aptitude search firefox
i firefox - safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
p firefox-2 - dummy upgrade package for old firefox-2 ->
p firefox-2-dbg - dummy upgrade package for old firefox-2 ->
p firefox-2-dev - dummy upgrade package for old firefox-2 ->
p firefox-2-dom-inspector - dummy upgrade package for old firefox-2 ->
p firefox-2-gnome-support - dummy upgrade package for old firefox-2 ->
p firefox-2-libthai - dummy upgrade package for old firefox-2 ->
p firefox-3.0 - dummy upgrade package for firefox-3.0 -> f
p firefox-3.0-dev - dummy upgrade package for firefox-3.0 -> f
p firefox-3.0-gnome-support - dummy upgrade package for firefox-3.0 -> f
c firefox-3.5 - dummy upgrade package for firefox-3.5 -> f
pi firefox-3.5-branding - dummy upgrade package for firefox-3.5 -> f
p firefox-3.5-dbg - dummy upgrade package for firefox-3.5 -> f
p firefox-3.5-dev - dummy upgrade package for firefox-3.5 -> f
pi firefox-3.5-gnome-support - dummy upgrade package for firefox-3.5 -> f
v firefox-3.6 -
v firefox-3.6-branding -
v firefox-3.6-dbg -
v firefox-3.6-dev -
v firefox-3.6-gnome-support -
v firefox-adblock-plus -
v firefox-all-in-one-sidebar -
v firefox-bindwood -
i A firefox-branding - Package that ships the firefox branding
p firefox-dbg - firefox debug symbols
p firefox-dev - Development files for Mozilla Firefox
v firefox-downloadstatusbar -
v firefox-firebug -
v firefox-firegpg -
v firefox-flashblock -
v firefox-flashgot -
v firefox-gears -
pi firefox-gnome-support - Support for GNOME in Mozilla Firefox
p firefox-gnome-support-dbg - firefox gnome support debug symbols
v firefox-greasemonkey -
p firefox-launchpad-plugin - Launchpad firefox integration
v firefox-mozgest -
p firefox-notify - transitional dummy package
v firefox-prism -
v firefox-pwdhash -
v firefox-stumbleupon -
v firefox-ubufox -
p firefox-ubuntu-it-menu - transitional dummy package
p firefox-webdeveloper - transitional dummy package
v firefox-webfav -
p kubuntu-firefox-installer - Mozilla Firefox installer for Kubuntu

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

Did the workarounds in this bug report solve your issue?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/518422

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