Re: [gentoo-user] firefox (mis)behavior

[David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:09:34 -0500
Walter Dnes wrote:

>   Here's a workaround that seems to help in a lot of cases...
> 
> 1) Shut down all instances of Firefox
> 
> 2) rename your profile directory.  It usually looks something like
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/<gobbledeygook>
> 
> 3) Start Firefox again.  It'll create a new profile.
> 
>   Firefox has occasional problems when the profile from an older
> version won't work for the new version.  You should be able to copy
> or import the bookmarks file from the old format.  But you'll have to
> do your settings all over again.

Walter,

Renaming the <gobbledeygook> directory didn't
help, but renaming ~/.mozilla did!

Next, there's the issue of saved passwords.  Do you know which file
they're in?

Thanks for the tip.  

Regards,

David

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