I've reported it also directly to the Firefox bugzilla, since the problem persists even with newest night build: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=517779
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #517779 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=517779 -- Not starting (silently) when data directory is a bad symlink https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/433565 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs