dispvm - firefox profile missing, won't start

[cubit]

Hello,

I am having problems with Firefox in DispVM.    When I try start Firefox it give error

"Profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible"

Does any one know how to fix?

[Andrew David Wong]

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Try this:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-
missing-inaccessible

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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[cubit]

27. May 2016 12:12 by a...@qubes-os.org:

On 2016-05-27 05:07, cubit wrote:

Hello,

I am having problems with Firefox in DispVM. When I try start
Firefox it give error

"Profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible"

Does any one know how to fix?

Try this:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-
missing-inaccessible

Thank you Andrew I am a bit confused though how that is related to for DispVM, do I look in the template it is using or some how else.   A fast look in the template and I do not find firefox related profiles

I also would think that as it is dispVM the profile is created fresh every single time

[Andrew David Wong]

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On 2016-05-27 05:17, cubit wrote:
>
> Thank you Andrew I am a bit confused though how that is related to
> for DispVM, do I look in the template it is using or some how
> else. A fast look in the template and I do not find firefox
> related profiles
>

Yes, it would probably be in the TemplateVM on which your DVM template
is based.

>
> I also would think that as it is dispVM the profile is created
> fresh every single time
>

If the TemplateVM on which your DVM template is based isn't
experiencing the same problem, I would just re-create the DVM template:

qvm-create-default-dvm --default-template

(if using the default template; otherwise, specify your own template)

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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[cubit]

27. May 2016 12:49 by a...@qubes-os.org:

If the TemplateVM on which your DVM template is based isn't
experiencing the same problem, I would just re-create the DVM template:

qvm-create-default-dvm --default-template

Thanks Andrew, got it fixed but not with above though you lead me in the right direction.

My dispVM is using the default fedora-23 that comes with the system where as my other appVM are use either a copy of the fedora-23 or debian8 templates.

I create a appvm based on the default fedora23 template and test firefox it works,  after that dispVM firefox start working again.

 

[raah...@gmail.com]

I've had this happen to me a couple times after viewing porn sites in a dispvm. it crashes and then I can't load another dispvm from anywhere afterwards.

What I do is just show internal vms in the qubes manager. Then i just right click and remove the fedora-23-dvm and recreate another one from dom0 terminal with qvm-create-default-dvm fedora23