Re: problem with firefox not starting illegal instruction

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:39:18 +1100, Alex Samad wrote:

> seem to have a problem with iceweasel this morning it will not start -
> for different users - upgraded to lastest version
> 
> 
> ii  iceweasel                             3.5.6-1                    
> lightweight web browser based on Mozilla un  iceweasel-dom-inspector    
>           <none>                      (no description available) ii 
> iceweasel-gnome-support               3.5.6-1                    
> Support for GNOME in Iceweasel ii  iceweasel-l10n-en-gb                 
> 1:3.5.6+debian-1            English (Great Britain) language package for
> 
> tries to start, multiple flashes and then nothing but illegal
> instruction.
> 
> using gdb (real novice), I can see the stack trace is from gnomevfs +
> xulrunner I think

Have you tried to launch it in safe mode?

"mozilla-firefox -safe-mode"

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón