[Bug 294247] [NEW] firefox: Couldn't load XPCOM

[nadamsieee]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

I just upgraded my system76 pangolin laptop from 8.04 to 8.10 and now
firefox-3.0.3 will not launch:

$ firefox
Couldn't load XPCOM.

It appears that xulrunner is not in the path:

$ xpcshell-1.9 
xpcshell-1.9: error while loading shared libraries: libmozjs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Adding xulrunner to LD_LIBRARY_PATH allows me to launch firefox-3.0.3
from the shell:

$ find /usr/lib -name "libmozjs.so"
/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.3/libmozjs.so
/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.1/libmozjs.so
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.0.3
$ firefox

Also this problem doesn't occur if I run firefox-3.0.1 directly:

$ /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.1/firefox.sh

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 8.10
Release:	8.10
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.0.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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firefox: Couldn't load XPCOM
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294247
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