Re: firefox keeps crashing

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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