[Lilux-help] programs works as root, but not as user

[Patrick Kaell]

Patrick Useldinger wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> my Mozilla runs fine when I am the root user, but not when I use a 
> "normal" user. It starts OK, gets the default page, and produces a 
> segmentation fault when it is about to render the page.
> 
> As it is OK when run with root permissions, I suppose it is a permission 
> or path problem.
> 
> My more general question is: how can I find out which ressources are 
> searched for, accessed, and with what result?

This is very strange. I would log in as a normal user and do a

mv .mozilla .mozilla.bck

Start Mozilla and let it create a new .mozilla. Check if the problem
still persists.

A good method to see which files are accessed is by using strace. But I
have never used strace on a big program like Mozilla.

Have you changed your Mozilla or do you use the default Slackware package?

Greetings, Patrick Kaell