Mozilla mystery

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On Thursday 26 December 2002 09:39 am, someone claiming to be Net Llama!
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Collins wrote:
> <snip>
> > > It means does not start, mozilla screen never appears, no error
> > > messages in the console, nothing in XFree.. erors, etc., but it does
> > > build all the usual ~/.mozilla, ~/.netscape... directories.  The only
> > > hint is 'mozilla &' in a terminal window eventually returns 'exit11'.
> > >
> > > BTW, no user has a .bashrc, etc.  Only the standare /etc stuff are
> > > used in starting bash.
> > >
> > > No similar problems found on moz bugzilla.
> >
> > I'd suggest running it through strace.  BTW, which version of mozilla is
> > this?
>
> Are there any failed mozilla process running when you do a 'ps -ax'?

oooh, good point, although mozilla traditionally gives some kind of
warning when there is a pre-existing instance running.

> FWIW, all my users have a .netscape6 directory and a .mozilla directory, and
> Netscape 6 has *never* been installed. I'd copy over the .netscape6 dir to
> /home/new, change perms appropriately and see what happens. Better yet, 'rm
> -rf' the .mozilla directory and then try starting Moz again.

Yea, i've got a .netscape6 dir too, however its paltry contents haven't
been touched in over 8 months.

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