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ubuntu 11.10 firefox issue


tendouser

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Does anyone know why is this happening when starting FF in Ubuntu Oneric?

 

Profile couldn't be created. Probably the chosen folder isn't writable.

[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) [nsIToolkitProfileService.createProfile]"  nsresult: "0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED)"  location: "JS frame :: chrome://mozapps/content/profile/createProfileWizard.js :: onFinish :: line 233"  data: no]

 

I have to launch FF with gksu command from terminal.

 

Thanks for your comments!

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I have to launch FF with gksu command from terminal.

 

That alone sounds like a bad idea to me.

 

Anyway, FF needs to be able to write to a profile directory normally stored within a users ~/ somewhere. It appears you do not have permission to write to or create this directory.

 

Why would you need to run FF as root?

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