Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: firefox
When a data directory is a bad symlink (it links to not existing
directory) Firefox doesn't start and gives no error message, even when
run in CLI.
When run by issuing a "strace firefox" command there are two relevant
lines, one by one:
access("/home/kocio/.mozilla/firefox", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
mkdir("/home/kocio/.mozilla/firefox", 0700) = -1 EEXIST (File exists)
Looks like Firefox doesn't take symlinks into account here, but worse
thing is it even doesn't inform about the error.
I get it when I share the profile between Linux and Windows - the
profile is stored on the Windows partition and when it is not mounted
for some reason the link becomes dead (typically not clean exit from
Windows or Windows reinstallation resulting in changing the partition
UUID).
Bug checked in 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 version, but
shows also in current Intrepid package.
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Not starting (silently) when data directory is a bad symlink
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433565
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