On Mon, January 1, 2007 10:07 am, Huub wrote: >> >> Try starting from a terminal as normal user and check the output. >> >> > > I did that and found nothing odd compared with the root. Can you tell me > what specific output should be there with what rights? >
If I recall correctly, the preferences are kept in ~/.mozilla/firefox (or at least firefox1 does) - does that directory exist? If it does, try renaming it, and then starting firefox again, and see if it recreates the directory.