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From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: waltdnes@××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox (mis)behavior
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:43:15
Message-Id: 20070228073743.3e1bfda5@osage.osagesoftware.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox (mis)behavior by Walter Dnes
1 On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:09:34 -0500
2 Walter Dnes wrote:
3
4 > Here's a workaround that seems to help in a lot of cases...
5 >
6 > 1) Shut down all instances of Firefox
7 >
8 > 2) rename your profile directory. It usually looks something like
9 > ~/.mozilla/firefox/<gobbledeygook>
10 >
11 > 3) Start Firefox again. It'll create a new profile.
12 >
13 > Firefox has occasional problems when the profile from an older
14 > version won't work for the new version. You should be able to copy
15 > or import the bookmarks file from the old format. But you'll have to
16 > do your settings all over again.
17
18 Walter,
19
20 Renaming the <gobbledeygook> directory didn't
21 help, but renaming ~/.mozilla did!
22
23 Next, there's the issue of saved passwords. Do you know which file
24 they're in?
25
26 Thanks for the tip.
27
28 Regards,
29
30 David
31
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Re: [gentoo-user] firefox (mis)behavior Peter Ruskin <peter.ruskin@×××××××××.com>
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Re: [gentoo-user] firefox (mis)behavior Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>