Missing Firefox profile...

[davec60]

Hi,
I have been having some difficulty in getting Firefox to run. When clicking the wbar icon
the message box states:
'Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible'.
This is despite the file /usr/local/tce.icons showing the correct link to firefox.
When trying to run it via the terminal the return message is:
'Error: Access was denied while trying to open files in your profile directory'.
Can anyone please suggest how I may be able to repair this? Where can I find the
'profile directory'?
(Incidentally, when I click on the firefox executable in both /usr/local/firefox-official/firefox and
 /tmp/tcloop/firefox16/usr/local/firefox-officisl/firefox then it runs normally indicating that it has
at least been installed).
Thanks,
dave-c

[tinypoodle]

See what happens when running:

"firefox -profile /tmp/.mozilla"

[davec60]

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I tried your suggestion. The 'response' was the same message box mentioned earlier ie. 'Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible'.
davec60

[tinypoodle]

What happens if you boot with "base norestore", then load firefox and try to run it?

[netnomad]

hi friends,

or just rename for ~/.mozilla directory, it´s like deleting and a new profile is provided for your further tests.
afterwards you can decide whether you want to go back.

[davec60]

Hi,
Thanks for your further replies.
I tried booting with base norestore on the kernel line but the extensions failed to load and I ended up with a CLI (tc@box) at which point I was out of my depth.
I then tried renaming the existing .mozilla file (in /home/tc) and this did the trick ie. clicking on the Firefox wbar icon started Firefox successfully and a new .mozilla folder appeared in /home/tc. Thanks again for your help.
davec