This problem was eliminated when Firefox was upgraded to version 13 and has not recurred. Given the tiny impact to the community I think it should be closed.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997527 Title: Firefox profile corruption Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Third time in a week... Firefox 12.0 launches with a dialog box warning that "some security elements could not be installed and that this is probably a problem with the application's profile.... I can delete the profile and restore Firefox but the problem repeats itself on this new install of 12.04 LTS. When I try to access it from the terminal with "firefox --profile [dir]" I get a dialog box that says that the profile is unavailable or missing. When this failure occurs the firefox browser does launch however it will not connect with the internet. When I launched firefox with the profile command it did print out some information however am not savvy enough to figure out what it implies regarding this problem; output follows: tm@tm-Satellite-Pro-L300D:~$ firefox --profile .mozilla/f05l3vta.default tm@tm-Satellite-Pro-L300D:~$ firefox --profile .mozilla/firefox/f05l3vta.default[ConvertMgr] !!! constructor: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80570015 (NS_ERROR_XPC_CI_RETURNED_FAILURE) [nsIJSCID.createInstance]" nsresult: "0x80570015 (NS_ERROR_XPC_CI_RETURNED_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://dwhelper/conversion-manager.jsm :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 1004" data: no] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 Firefox V 12.0 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic-pae 3.2.0-24.37 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: tm 1853 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: tm 1853 F.... pulseaudio Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xce400000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC268' Components : 'HDA:11c11040,11790001,00100200 HDA:10ec0268,1179ff68,00100003' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 9 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Device'/'USB VoIP Device at usb-0000:00:13.5-1.4.3, full speed' Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' Components : 'USB05e1:2010' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 2 Date: Wed May 9 22:44:37 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1af056aa-3617-4a31-9712-78ddb1d4c21e InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite Pro L300D ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic-pae root=UUID=6d4cc680-4f99-49aa-af35-6316cbf98c33 ro quiet splash acpi_osi= vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-24-generic-pae N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-24-generic-pae N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/16/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. dmi.bios.version: 1.40 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.vendor: ATI Corp. dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvr1.40:bd03/16/2008:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteProL300D:pvrPSLC1U-00C002:rvnATICorp.:rn:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: Satellite Pro L300D dmi.product.version: PSLC1U-00C002 dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/997527/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
