Yep - Firefox again.

[Tabor Kelly]

Kirk Strauser wrote:
> I can't get Firefox to start.  I'm on a 5.3 system with all ports rebuilt on 
> November 8, so there shouldn't be an "obsolete library" issues.  I've 
> completely removed ~/.mozilla.  I initially tested with Firefox built from 
> the port, but have also tried installing the pre-built package.  When run 
> as root (after deleting /root/.mozilla), I get:
> 
>     # firefox
>     *** nsExtensionManager::_disableObsoleteExtensions - failure, catching 
> exception so finalize window can close
>     *** loading the extensions datasource
>     *** loading the extensions datasource
> 
> and then nothing more.  I don't know what else to try.  Any thoughts?

This happened to me, but only _after_ I ran firefox as root once.

My shameless hack to fix this was to:

$ cd /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox
$ rm -R *
$ portupgrade -f firefox

However now every time I start firefox it says:

 > 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.*** loading the extensions data source

But, firefox works. I am just careful to never run it with root priveledges.

-Tabor