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BrummieJim
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:04 am    Post subject: Firefox profile missing error[solved] Reply with quote

Hi,
I can't start firefox (Aurora), I get "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible"

I've tried uninstalling firefox, removing .mozilla but I can't get anything to work. It occurred after the system powered down, so I think something's gotten corrupted, but I can't think what. I've searched for a profiles.ini, but none seems to exist. I've googled this, but can't find anything,

Thanks,
James

tl;dr make sure you delete .cache/mozilla as well as .mozilla


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've tried all the things listed. firefox -P just returns the same error. There seem no profiles to fix or delete.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Would you mind posting the full message like
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$ firefox

(process:12986): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The actual error appears in a XFCE message box window. I'm using firefox 31.3.0

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$ firefox -P

(process:5225): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed


Once I press ok in the message box, the terminal prompt comes back like it's finished processing.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you open "$ firefox -ProfileManager"?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Exactly the same error, sorry.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you try removing .mozilla and .cache/mozilla

If this don't work post
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ls -la | grep mozilla
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brilliant, I'd missed the .cache/mozilla directory, deleting that did it!
Thanks!
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