I cannot reproduce this bug anymore. There is however not much which changed. I reinstalled the 2.0.0.1 and started firefox a few days later, when I discovered that it suddenly works. Here is an excerpt from my dpkg.log for the relevant timeframe:
2007-01-25 10:22:28 status installed firefox 2.0+0dfsg-0ubuntu3 2007-01-25 10:24:30 status installed firefox-dbgsym 2.0+0dfsg-0ubuntu3 2007-01-25 10:50:02 status installed libmyspell-dev 1:3.1-16 2007-01-25 10:50:23 status installed firefox-dbgsym 2.0+0dfsg-0ubuntu3 2007-01-25 12:28:15 status installed firefox 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 2007-01-25 15:15:29 status installed firefox 2.0.0.1+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 2007-01-25 23:18:09 status installed dpatch 2.0.20 2007-01-25 23:18:09 status installed libcairomm-1.0-dev 1.2.0-0ubuntu1 2007-01-25 23:18:09 status installed libgc-dev 1:6.7-2ubuntu1 2007-01-25 23:18:09 status installed libsigc++-2.0-dev 2.0.16-3 2007-01-25 23:18:12 status installed libglibmm-2.4-dev 2.12.2-0ubuntu1 2007-01-25 23:18:12 status installed libgtkmm-2.4-dev 1:2.10.2-0ubuntu1 2007-01-25 23:18:12 status installed libperl-dev 5.8.8-6 2007-01-25 23:18:12 status installed python-dev 2.4.3-11ubuntu3 2007-01-25 23:20:19 status installed automake1.8 1.8.5-5 2007-01-26 14:52:14 status installed kcoloredit 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu2 2007-01-27 11:58:03 status installed libpanel-applet2-0 2.16.1-0ubuntu4 2007-01-27 11:58:25 status installed gnome-panel-data 2.16.1-0ubuntu4 2007-01-27 11:58:29 status installed gnome-panel 2.16.1-0ubuntu4 2007-01-30 09:45:10 status installed libvolumeid0 093-0ubuntu18.0edgy2 2007-01-30 09:45:45 status installed volumeid 093-0ubuntu18.0edgy2 2007-01-30 09:46:06 status installed udev 093-0ubuntu18.0edgy2 2007-01-30 18:40:09 status installed wengophone 0.99+svn4511-4ubuntu4 2007-01-30 19:07:16 status installed myspell-de-de 20051113-2 2007-01-30 19:07:16 status installed myspell-de-at 20051113-2 2007-01-30 22:26:11 status installed qmpdclient 1.0.7-1 2007-01-30 22:32:46 status installed qt4-qtconfig 4.2.0-1ubuntu6 2007-01-30 22:34:04 status installed qt4-qtconfig 4.2.0-1ubuntu6 2007-01-31 16:25:38 status installed gizmo-project 1.1.0.40 2007-02-01 09:30:58 status installed xorg-driver-fglrx 7.1.0-8.28.8+2.6.17.7-10.1 2007-02-01 10:29:46 status installed python2.5-minimal 2.5-2ubuntu2 2007-02-01 10:30:11 status installed python2.5 2.5-2ubuntu2 -- firefox deadlock / freeze / hang on startup https://launchpad.net/bugs/81418 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
