I upgraded to the ~x86 firefox and it had some stability issues so I downgraded again. Now when I run firefox in a terminal it outputs this: Extension System Warning: Failed to set up default extensions files probably because you do not have write privileges to this location. While you can run Firefox like this, it is recommended that you run it at least once with privileges that allow it to generate these initial files to improve start performance. Running from a disk image on MacOS X is not recommended. over and over again, doesn't ever start firefox, and pegs the CPU at 100%. Ctrl+C in the terminal does not stop it. I tried deleting my .mozilla folder and a new one is being created.
You can not upgrade/downgrade firefox without using a clean profile, if you test with a clean profile and problem persists reopen bug.
As I said in my original post, deleting my .mozilla folder does not fix the problem. I also tried deleting the folder and then running 'firefox -profilemanager' to create a new profile that way but I get the same results.
(In reply to comment #0) For what it's worth, it's probably not a good idea to run Firefox (or any other large, complex user application that touches untrusted external data) as root. There's no good reason for it. Just recursively chown /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/ to your uid, run firefox, close it, run again, close it (two sessions seem to be required under some circumstances to allow certain extensions to complete installation), then chown /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/ back to root.
I'm actually not running firefox as root. This is all happening as a normal user. What made you think I was running it as root? Should I still follow your instructions to fix my problem?
Upgrading to 1.0.8 fixed this.
