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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: Gentoo User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] weird goings-on with Firefox
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 16:12:59
Message-Id: 20180418161249.GE1958@ca.inter.net
1 I normally use Firefox 52.6.0 , the latest stable version.
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3 A few weeks ago, for no apparent reason, it suddenly lost some functions :
4 the Red Cross (recall most recent item) disappeared from the toolbar,
5 the session manager disappeared altogether, the items in the tab organiser
6 couldn't show the title of the items when moused over,
7 but only a small empty outline box instead.
8 I tried remerging FF & restarting it, but that made no difference.
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10 Equally suddenly today, it all reappeared as before : what was going on ?
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12 Yesterday, I happened to notice a ghost item in one of my desktops,
13 visible in my KDE panel & hidden under the Konsole running there.
14 It turned out to be the FF previous-sessions' box
15 & the date of the latest available session showed it was some weeks ago.
16 It was after I closed that box that FF returned to normal.
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18 I was about to ask for advice here, but instead am recording the facts
19 in case they help someone else. Comments welcome.
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