Re: [gentoo-user] firefox profile uses 100% CPU

[thelma@sys-concept.com]

Thelma

On 11/12/2015 05:30 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
> 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.

Thank you for detailed instructions, that was a good idea but I'm
puzzled and surprised by the result.

I created two new profiles:
salvage1 (new)
salvage2 (new)
test (this profile is damaged)

Originally started profile salvage1, salvage2 to create all the
necessary files.

I've copied all the files from: .mozilla/firefox/tscsip8f.test/ (not
sub-folders)
to: salvage1 profile, indeed something is dammage CPU goes 100%
Deleted "salvage1" and recreated it.

Now, I copied files "one by one" from test profile to salvage1 and
started "salvage1" every time to make sure it work. At the same time I
copied the same file from "test" to "salvage2" (without starting
"salvage2"); I was only starting "salvege1" after each file I copied.
I finished copping all the file from test "one-by-one" starting the
profile "salvage1" and it worked but when I started profile "salvage2"
the CPU when 100%.
So it seems to me every time I was restarting profile "salvage1" Firefox
was correcting the error some how.

Though, I can not import the bookmarks, I'm on Firefox-bin-38.3.0
There is no entry: Bookmarks ==> Manage Bookmarks
I have: Bookmarks ==> Show All Bookmarks
where I can restore and backup bookmars. I've tried to restore bookmarks
from file: bookmarks-2015-11-12.json
but I'm getting an error message: "Unable to process the backup file."

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Thelma