On startup, Galeon exits with :

** ERROR **: file /home/erich/debian/galeon/galeon-1.2.5/src/main.c: line
789 (galeon_exit): assertion failed: (g_list_length (all_embeds) == 0)
aborting...

Just before exiting, Galeon very briefly displays its main window.

Here is the last screenful of the strace output, although I have no idea if
this will help :

open("/home/jim/.galeon/mozilla/galeon/prefs.js",
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 29
lseek(29, 0, SEEK_CUR)                  = 0
lseek(29, 0, SEEK_END)                  = 0
lseek(29, 0, SEEK_SET)                  = 0
write(29, "# Mozilla User Preferences\n// Th"..., 4096) = 4096
write(29, "mp.printerfeatures.PostScript/de"..., 596) = 596
close(29)                               = 0
close(14)                               = 0
munmap(0x4001e000, 4096)                = 0
close(19)                               = 0
munmap(0x4001f000, 4096)                = 0
writev(6, [{"GIOP\1\0\1", 7}, {"\0p\0\0\0", 5}, {"\0\0\0\0", 4},
{"4\364\377\277\1", 5}, {"\0\0\0", 3},
{"\34\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\334\302\374\200\301\201h\250\300+((("..., 32},
{"\4\0\0\0set\0", 8}, {"\0\0\0\0", 4}, {",\0\0\0", 4},
{"/apps/galeon/Browsing/History/Se"..., 44}, {"\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8}], 11)
= 124
select(9, [5 6 7 8], NULL, [5 6 7 8], NULL) = 2 (in [6 7])
read(6, "GIOP\1\0\1\1 \0\0\0", 12)      = 12
read(6, "\1\0\0\0\1\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\1\1\1\1\1\0\1\5\t\1\1\0004\364"..., 32) = 32
write(2, "\n** ", 4
** )                    = 4
write(2, "ERROR **: ", 10ERROR **: )              = 10
write(2, "file /home/erich/debian/galeon/g"..., 131file
/home/erich/debian/galeon/galeon-1.2.5/src/main.c: line 789 (galeon_exit):
assertion failed: (g_list_length (all_embeds) == 0)) = 131
write(2, "\naborting...\n", 13
aborting...
)         = 13
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0
kill(2814, SIGABRT)                     = 0
--- SIGABRT (Aborted) ---
+++ killed by SIGABRT +++