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Can't start FF from the terminal

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admin237

Hello

```

~ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin

[1] 5919 killed /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin ```

Can't event imagine how to debug this - FF has stopped working totally from the command line, despite options etc It is still working when run from the dock however. But I need to start it from the terminal for the second profile

Hello ``` ~ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin [1] 5919 killed /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin ``` Can't event imagine how to debug this - FF has stopped working totally from the command line, despite options etc It is still working when run from the dock however. But I need to start it from the terminal for the second profile
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Modified by jonzn4SUSE

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It works for me. see screenshot The second screenshot, I'm running it while in my home directory using the same path you posted.

Modified by jonzn4SUSE

You should be able to run trace and see what happens. Trace on mac is new for me, but let's play with it and see what happens. trace -t [-o outfile] I assume it should be something like trace -t -o firefox_outfile /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin

Let's test...

Nope.... crashed and burned.  ;-)

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Modified by jonzn4SUSE

Browser is working when started from the Dock, yes. I've even found a workaround to start secondary profile through http://about:profiles

So all is well?

The trick with `open` helps. Thanks a lot

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