Unable to open Mozilla Firefox

Question

pinank@pinank-NE56R:~$ firefox

(process:14941): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed

(firefox:14941): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised

(firefox:14941): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised

(firefox:14941): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised

(firefox:14941): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised
Could not create gnome accelerators directory `/home/pinank/.gnome2/accels': Permission denied

Hello,
I am new to Linux and I am unable to open my Firefox browser, it seems there are some permission issues. Can anyone please guide me? The above is the terminal error that is shown in my laptop.

Thank You.

Answer 1

You probably messed up either the owner or the permissions of your directory

/home/pinank/.gnome2/accels

This can be fixed and reset to the correct values:

• permissions: drwx------ or 700 (equal permissions, but different notation)
  It means that it's a directory (d) and that only the owning user has full access (read/write/execute) while neither the owning group nor other users may do anything with it (not even enter and display contents).
• owner user: your user (pinank)
• owner group: your group (pinank)

You correct the owner with the command:

sudo chown pinank:pinank /home/pinank/.gnome2/accels

You correct the permissions after that with the command:

chmod 700 /home/pinank/.gnome2/accels