cant start gksu firefox

[John Vivirito]

On 04/04/2010 10:28 AM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
> On 4 April 2010 14:46, Michael Kappes <michael at cacn.de> wrote:
>> hello again all,
>>
>> thanks a lot for help...
>>
>> Am 04.04.2010 13:23, schrieb John Vivirito:
>>> There is a good chance that starting Firefox as root/sudo will screw up
>>> your profile as it happens a lot.
>>
>> i use ubuntuzilla (1)
>>
> 
> Why not use ppa? ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
> 
> It provides firefox 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and similar versions of xulrunner &
> thunderbird. You can have stable, next release or development if you
> wish switching between them =)
> 
> Plus it's build by official ubuntu-mozilla team and exactly these
> versions end up in the Ubuntu (+ ubuntu branding).
> 
> Just a though =) use binaries build for ubuntu by ubuntu on your ubuntu ;-)
> 
The Ubuntu Mozilla team does not support or recommend using ubuntuzilla
as it has caused problems and as you can see it needing to be launched
as root) that alone is a very bad security issue

-- 
Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

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