error trying to launch the first firefox window on Debian Jessie
Hi list,
my system is Debian 8 Jessie (stable) with XFCE Desktop Environment and
just a few days back my Iceweasel browser transformed to Firefox. After
that my keyboard shortcut for launching Firefox isn't working if Firefox
isn't running! In other words: if a Firefox Window is open then I can
launch other (new) Firefox windows with my shortcut but if no Firefox
windows are open the none starts.
From: XFCE Menu >> Keyboard >> Application Shortcuts I found the exact
command which was "exo-open --launch WebBrowser" so I tried that on a
console and got this error:
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dalios@debian-8:~$ exo-open --launch WebBrowser
dalios@debian-8:~$ 1466093150530 addons.xpi WARN Exception running
bootstrap method startup on {fe272bd1-5f76-4ea4-8501-a05d35d823fc}:
ReferenceError: invalid assignment left-hand side
(resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm ->
jar:file:///home/dalios/.mozilla/firefox/5k17vuc8.default/extensions/%7Bfe272bd1-5f76-4ea4-8501-a05d35d823fc%7D.xpi!/bootstrap.js
->
jar:file:///home/dalios/.mozilla/firefox/5k17vuc8.default/extensions/%7Bfe272bd1-5f76-4ea4-8501-a05d35d823fc%7D.xpi!/lib/ui.js:407:5)
JS Stack trace: require@bootstrap.js:141:4 < @main.js:19:1 <
require@bootstrap.js:141:4 < startup@bootstrap.js:28:2 <
this.XPIProvider.callBootstrapMethod@XPIProvider.jsm:4656:9 <
this.XPIProvider.startup@XPIProvider.jsm:2727:13 <
callProvider@AddonManager.jsm:227:12 <
_startProvider@AddonManager.jsm:833:5 <
AddonManagerInternal.startup@AddonManager.jsm:1016:9 <
this.AddonManagerPrivate.startup@AddonManager.jsm:2782:5 <
amManager.prototype.observe@addonManager.js:58:7
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If I try the command "firefox" (or "iceweasel") then a similar error is
produced but at least Firefox is launched.
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dalios@debian-8:~$ firefox
1466095187537 addons.xpi WARN Exception running bootstrap method startup
on {fe272bd1-5f76-4ea4-8501-a05d35d823fc}: ReferenceError: invalid
assignment left-hand side (resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm
->
jar:file:///home/dalios/.mozilla/firefox/5k17vuc8.default/extensions/%7Bfe272bd1-5f76-4ea4-8501-a05d35d823fc%7D.xpi!/bootstrap.js
->
jar:file:///home/dalios/.mozilla/firefox/5k17vuc8.default/extensions/%7Bfe272bd1-5f76-4ea4-8501-a05d35d823fc%7D.xpi!/lib/ui.js:407:5)
JS Stack trace: require@bootstrap.js:141:4 < @main.js:19:1 <
require@bootstrap.js:141:4 < startup@bootstrap.js:28:2 <
this.XPIProvider.callBootstrapMethod@XPIProvider.jsm:4656:9 <
this.XPIProvider.startup@XPIProvider.jsm:2727:13 <
callProvider@AddonManager.jsm:227:12 <
_startProvider@AddonManager.jsm:833:5 <
AddonManagerInternal.startup@AddonManager.jsm:1016:9 <
this.AddonManagerPrivate.startup@AddonManager.jsm:2782:5 <
amManager.prototype.observe@addonManager.js:58:7
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A similar problem is that when I click on a link on a document or an
application (for example Icedove, yes that is still Icedove and not
Thunderbird) then nothing happens unless firefox is already running.
I searched the web with the above errors (and parts of them) but didn't
come up with anything useful.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Dalios
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