firefox broken

[Colin Law]

On 8 December 2010 11:34, Dave Howorth <dhoworth at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Colin Law wrote:
>> I am losing track of what is going on here with the various machines
>> and where the error is occurring.  Can you summarise the state of play
>> in terms of what works where.  Also I am now not sure what you mean by
>> running it remotely.  Could you clarify this also.
>
> Hi Colin,
>
> I have a desktop machine that I sit in front of and normally use its
> keyboard and screen.
>
> I have another machine running Ubuntu 10.04. When I want to run
> applications on that machine, I ssh into it and execute the application.

What ssh command are you using to connect?

What command are you running to start FF?

>
> That's what I mean by running it remotely.
>
> There is one specific combination that causes grief, which is running
> firefox on the ubuntu machine using my own userid/profile and displaying
>  on my desktop machine.
>
> All other combinations appear to work normally, including running
> locally on the ubuntu machine, locally on my desktop, remotely from a
> third machine, as another user etc. My desktop and the third machine run
> opensuse.

What happens if you run remotely from the third machine, but as
yourself as user?

Colin

>
> The ubuntu machine used to work properly in the specific combination
> that now causes grief. Hence my desire to unwind the most recent update.