Public bug reported: I have upgraded from ubuntu 19.04 to 20.04 this morning. and now firefox asks to restart.
I have also tested with a fresh firefox profile, and it is the same problem. the console shows the following error message ###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x370034,name=PContent::Msg_UpdateSharedData) Channel error: cannot send/recv I have stopped apparmor (systemctl stop apparmor) and the problem remain ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: mfe_aac_100608112 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: eric 2799 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: eric 2799 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20200403170909 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['dmesg'] failed with exit code 1: dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted Date: Fri Apr 24 10:45:06 2020 Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8) auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-11 (1564 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) IpRoute: default via 192.168.0.254 dev wlo1 proto dhcp metric 600 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlo1 scope link metric 1000 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlo1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.11 metric 600 KernLog: Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:733 PrefSources: prefs.js ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=75.0/20200403170909 (In use) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-24 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68SCF Ver. F.22 dmi.board.name: 1618 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 97.4A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SCFVer.F.22:bd12/22/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8560p:pvrA0001D02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1618:rvrKBCVersion97.4A:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.family: 103C_5336AN dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8560p dmi.product.sku: WX788AV dmi.product.version: A0001D02 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard mtime.conffile..etc.apparmor.d.usr.bin.firefox: 2020-01-11T19:43:12.618232 ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874656 Title: on ubuntu 20.04, firefox does not start well To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1874656/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs