213802 - after running the mozilla installer, mozilla cannot be run without being root

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[kramer]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

I downloaded the x86 Talkback enabled Net Installer for mozilla 1.4 and placed
it in $HOME/mozilla-1.4.  Then I gunziped the file and untarred it.  Then I went
intothe directory mozilla-installer.  I then ran ./mozilla-installer and told
the wizard to install to /usr/local/mozilla.  Mozilla installed properly but
when I run /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla without being root nothing happens. 
Instead the cursor just moves down a line and I need to press ctrl+C to stop
mozilla to enter a new command.  However, if I run /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla as
root, mozilla 1.4 runs normally.  I tried using setuid by typing chmod +s
/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla so that I can theoretically run
/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla with root power without being root.  However, it
doestn't work.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.move into /usr/local/mozilla (where mozilla installed to)
2.run ./mozilla without being root
3.

Actual Results:  
mozilla doesn't start

Expected Results:  
mozilla should have started

Comment 1

[Andrew Schultz]

try a new profile (as a normal user)
% mozilla -CreateProfile clean
% mozilla -P clean

you shouldn't need to run Mozilla as root.  there might be something about your
profile that Mozilla doesn't like.

Comment 2

[Andrew Schultz]

is this still a problem (1.7.x or 1.8b)?
were you using sudo?  if so, don't.

Comment 3

[John Levon]

possible dupe of bug 163524

Comment 4

[Andrew Schultz]

quite possibly... but we will probably never know

resolving WORKSFORME