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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003802Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2016-12-25 12:522017-02-20 14:39
Reporterryo Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionunable to reproduce 
Product Version2016.2 
Summary0003802: Unable to boot Firefox ESR on Standard GNOME 3 Live ISO.
Description

Unable to boot Firefox ESR on Standard GNOME 3 Live ISO disk image(kali-linux-2016.2-i386.iso).

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root@kali:~# which firefox
/usr/bin/firefox
root@kali:~# firefox -v
Mozilla Firefox 45.3.0
root@kali:~# firefox
Bus error
root@kali:~#

However, fail safe mode is OK.

Incidentally, Light ISO image(kali-linux-light-2016.2-i386.iso)'s Firefox ESR and Iceweasel can boot too.

I have do not try another.

Steps To Reproduce
  1. ISO boot kali-linux-2016.2-i386.iso by loopback from usb memstick.

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ex, GRUB 2(grub.cfg)

menuentry 'Kali Live' {
set root=(hd0,X)
set isofile="/kali-linux-2016.2-i386.iso"
loopback loop $isofile
linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz boot=live findiso=$isofile noconfig=sudo username=root hostname=kali
initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}

Select Kali Live on the GRUB Boot Menu...login: root/toor

  1. Boot the Firefox by click desktop icon or from menu or on terminal.

Click desktop icon of firefox.

or

[Applications] - [Favorites] - [Firefox ESR]

or

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root@kali:~# firefox
Bus error
root@kali:~#

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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-12-25 12:52 ryo New Issue
2017-02-20 14:39 sbrun Status new => closed
2017-02-20 14:39 sbrun Resolution open => unable to reproduce