Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 20:35:14 -0800 (PST) From: Paulette McGee <paulette_mcgee@yahoo.com> To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firefox only runs as root--help! Message-ID: <684714.83355.qm@web62309.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <770699.33265.qm@web53414.mail.yahoo.com>
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--- "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com> wrote: > This is a resend of something i sent to the > freebsd-gnome list a few days > ago, but there wer no answers and i think its a real > problem, so i hope > no one minds. > > I have a new install of FreeBSD 6.2, and installed > Gnome 2.16 and other things, including Firefox 2.0, > from Ports. > > Firefox only runs as root. Every time. I Googled and > saw that in an early > version there was a problem that it had to be run > the _first_ time as root > but after that it was OK, but thats not the problem > here--it ONLY runs as > root all the time. If I type "firefox" on the > command line it > just immediately returns to the command line, no > error messages > of any sort, nothing in /var/log/messages. > > When run as root it seems to be fine. The binary has > execute > permissions for everyone. > > What do i need to be doing? > > Thanks! > > Jen > > > --------------------------------- > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel > sites to find flight and hotel bargains. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > What happens if you type "firefox" on the command line as a normal user? Paulette McGee ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
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