ps shows: chrb 32369 0.0 0.2 3020 1308 ? S 11:46 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/libexec/mozilla-launcher chrb 32383 1.9 4.5 93056 23092 ? Sl 11:46 0:01 /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin because of this, mozilla-launcher won't actually run firefox. It would be nice if mozilla-launcher could detect when firefox gets into a crashed state like this and actually start a new instance (there are no firefox windows present, it must have crashed sometime during application closing).
hmmm, it looks like those processes are just part of the previous failed attempt to launch. Running firefox from the command line with 'set -x' in the mozilla-launcher script gives: + moz_pis_startstop_scripts start ++ grep -m1 MOZ_USER_DIR= /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox + eval 'MOZ_USER_DIR=".mozilla/firefox"' ++ MOZ_USER_DIR=.mozilla/firefox + [[ -z .mozilla/firefox ]] + MOZ_PIS_API=2 + MOZ_PIS_MOZBINDIR= + MOZ_PIS_SESSION_PID=2827 + MOZ_PIS_USER_DIR=.mozilla/firefox + export MOZ_PIS_API MOZ_PIS_MOZBINDIR MOZ_PIS_SESSION_PID MOZ_PIS_USER_DIR + case "${1}" in + for curr_pis in '"${dist_bin}/init.d"/S*' '"${HOME}/${MOZ_USER_DIR}/init.d"/S*' + '[' -x '/init.d/S*' ']' + for curr_pis in '"${dist_bin}/init.d"/S*' '"${HOME}/${MOZ_USER_DIR}/init.d"/S*' + '[' -x '/home/chrb/.mozilla/firefox/init.d/S*' ']' + false + /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/firefox-bin + mozpid=2841 + set -- '' + shift + urls=("$@") + candidates=:0.0 + args=() + [[ 0 -gt 0 ]] + [[ -n 2841 ]] + wait 2841 and there it hangs forever.
I had attempted to downgrade from firefox 1.5 -> 1.0.7. Changed back to 1.5 and all is fine. Moral of the story: never go back.
If you downgrade you have to remove the profile. Profiles are not backward compatible. I will make a note to add a warning on next bump.
