From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A42361384B4 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:30:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 618A721C0CB; Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:30:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6588621C0C2 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:30:18 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0DrEgA731xV/8eyxEVcgxBUXogluzcJgVyFbwQCAoE8ORQBAQEBAQEBgQpBBYNdAQEDATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gkCA3PFgEBAQcBAQEBGgSLOoQZcxaDAYEWBYtEbIZAd4M6hk6BKIZQi0SCFIFFI2GDNSAxgkcBAQE X-IPAS-Result: A0DrEgA731xV/8eyxEVcgxBUXogluzcJgVyFbwQCAoE8ORQBAQEBAQEBgQpBBYNdAQEDATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gkCA3PFgEBAQcBAQEBGgSLOoQZcxaDAYEWBYtEbIZAd4M6hk6BKIZQi0SCFIFFI2GDNSAxgkcBAQE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,465,1427774400"; d="scan'208";a="177924955" Received: from 69-196-178-199.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.178.199]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 12 Nov 2015 19:30:16 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:30:07 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:30:07 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox profile uses 100% CPU Message-ID: <20151113003007.GB17732@waltdnes.org> References: <5643DF95.2030507@sys-concept.com> <20151112083505.2faa9169@coreI5.fabnetwork> <5644A64F.3000700@sys-concept.com> <201511122040.44196.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <5644FCFC.8000506@sys-concept.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5644FCFC.8000506@sys-concept.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: 95c72fe1-7056-466c-a038-e5edcde27927 X-Archives-Hash: ea24d497434f10c95067b1f45f5f8b1e On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 01:56:28PM -0700, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote > I do agree, but I'm looking for a way to fix it. What file should I > delete from Firefox profile. I just want to retain bookmarks, passwords > etc. Do *NOT* delete any files just see. I would suggest the following course of action... * Do not start any of the profiles unless the instructions say to * Create 2 new profiles; call them "salvage1" and salvage2" ***IMPORTANT*** If copying any specific file to "salvage1" screws up that profile, do ***NOT*** copy it to "salvage2". * Copy the "places.sqlite" file from the bad profile over top of the "places.sqlite" file in the "salvage1" profile * Start up the "salvage1" profile. Try surfing for a few minutes. If it works, close "salvage1" and copy "places.sqlite" to the same place in the "salvage2" profile, and skip "Restoring bookmarks from backups". "Restoring bookmarks from backups" (ONLY IF places.sqlite IS DAMAGED) ===================================================================== * Copy all the files from the "bookmarksbackup" folder in the bad profile to the "bookmarksbackup" folder in the "salvage1" profile. * Start up the "salvage1" profile. Select... Bookmarks ==> Manage Bookmarks From the Bookmarks Manager select... Tools ==> Restore ...and select a backup. Obviously, the more recent the better. If this works, close the browser ("salvage1") and repeat with the "salvage2" profile. ===================================================================== There are several more items... https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data Passwords are stored in the key3.db and logins.json files. Site-specific preferences are stored in the permissions.sqlite and content-prefs.sqlite files. Search engines are stored in the search.sqlite file and searchplugins folder. Personal dictionary is stored in persdict.dat etc, etc. I know that it's painfull, but... 1) Make sure "salvage1" and "salvage2" are both shut down. 2) Copy over *ONE* file listed on the above webpage at a time to the "salvage1" profile, and launch "salvage1" and try it out. 3) If it works, shut down "salvage1", and copy the same file over to the "salvage2" profile. If "salvage1" dies, you've found a culprit. Copy the file of the same name from the "salvage2" profile to the "salvage1" profile. 4) GOTO 1 (i.e. "rinse, lather, repeat") and repeat for every file listed on the webpage I pointed to. There may be more than 1 corrupted file After you're finished, you can go to Tools ==> Switch Profile ==> Manage Profiles There, you can rename or delete the old profile, and rename "salvage1" to the name of your old profile. Note that this will only affect the name that it is invoked with by the "-P" option. It will not change the directory name. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications