CentOS - Mar 2015 - C5.11 Firefox Upgrade = Firefox will not start

Upgraded Firefox due to today's security announcement. 

Closed Firefox and restarted but after about 20 seconds, Firefox stopped
trying to start. No error messages displayed. 

Firefox would not start in safe mode. Reluctant to try Firefox with
complete reset as might loose passwords and other settings made in
about:config

Have downgraded Firefox
> Removed:
>   firefox.i386 0:31.5.3-1.el5.centos              firefox.x86_64
0:31.5.3-1.el5.centos
> 
> Installed:
>   firefox.i386 0:31.5.0-1.el5.centos              firefox.x86_64
0:31.5.0-1.el5.centos
Have looked in /var/logs but can not see anything relevant.

How can I identify the cause of the problem ?


Thanks,

Paul.
England, EU.      Je suis Charlie.

On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 02:51:52 +0000
Always Learning wrote:
> How can I identify the cause of the problem ?
mv ~/.mozilla mozilla-old
firefox

See what happens.

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On Wed, 2015-03-25 at 21:00 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 02:51:52 +0000
> Always Learning wrote:
> 
> > How can I identify the cause of the problem ?
> mv ~/.mozilla mozilla-old
> firefox
> 
> See what happens.
It now works, Thank You.

(1) renamed the directory.
(2) yum upgrade firefox = 31.5.3
(3) started Firefox and got a horrible nightmare - ugly tabs, no menu
bar and all my familiar settings gone. It was a real devastating and
emotional shock. It prompted me to do a backup !
(4) closed Firefox
(5) renamed the new directory *-crap
(6) restored the previous directory
(7) restarted Firefox and everything was familiar and wonderful again.

Thanks for your very effective solution.

Paul.
England, EU.      Je suis Charlie.