Can you launch firefox via commandline with strace? It might offer some
insight as to what it's doing when it crashes...

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:03 AM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

> My question:
> > On my Linux Mint 17 system, Firefox started crashing
> > and now at version 49, I can't even start it in safe mode.
> > So hope someone can tell me how to fix this?
> > I've tried reinstalling, then uninstall and install
> > from synaptic, but still the same crashing.
>
> == ET replied: Firefox is sucking more and more overtime.
> Try: mv ~/.mozilla ~/DOT.mozilla
> You will lose any passwords and what not, but if that
> stops the crashing, at least you know where it is coming
> from. You can restore it later if need be.
>
> == Rusty replied: Try renaming ~/.mozilla/firefox to something
> else and then restarting firefox. The directory with ALL your
> firefox 'stuff'. If renaming it makes firefox work ...
>
> Thanks guys.  I tried both, but it still crashes.
> I even deleted all known mozilla and firefox and did
> a complete fresh install from synaptic, and it still
> keeps crashing on startup. Everything else on my system
> is working fine.
>
> What next?
>
>
>
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