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After upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10, firefox only starts by sudo firefox. It does not start at all when running as a normal user.

Asked by Robert Jacobs

After upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10, firefox only starts by sudo firefox. It does not start at all when running as a normal user.
Firefox does not issue an error message though either a button click, or typing firefox on the command line.
I am running in the OS in VMWare Workstation 6.5.0 build-118166. My host OS is Windows XP.

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Robert Jacobs (robert-jacobs) said : 		#1

Current Firefox Version is 3.5.4

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Best FD (fdouw) said : 		#2

Can you run Firefox as a normal user if you temporarily move your Firefox profile (~/.mozilla/firefox/<random>.default/)?

Perhaps you are not the owner of all the files in your profile, to make yourself the owner of *all* files in your profile issue “sudo chown -R <username> ~/.mozilla/firefox/<random>.default/” in a terminal, after you have moved it back.

Some additional advice: do not use “sudo” to run graphical programmes, because it could mess up your home directory: instead use “gksudo” on GNOME, or “kdesudo” on KDE.

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Robert Jacobs (robert-jacobs) said : 		#3

Needed to perform the sudo at a higher level.
sudo chown -R <username> ~/.mozilla

Thanks.