[Bug 101916] profile settings are not retained between Ubuntu&Windows

ashrack ashrack at gmail.com
Mon Apr 2 14:27:35 UTC 2007


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

I am sharing a Firefox profile on a FAT32 partition between Windows XP and
LINUX!
The problems are the following:

1. I boot into UBUNTU Feisty and launch Firefox where AUTOSCROOLING OPTION
is TICKED in FF 'preferences'. Then I close FF and reboot to WIndows XP where I
also launch Firefox and the 'autoscrooling option' is still 'ticked. But when I
reboot back to UBUNTU from Windows and open FF the 'autoscrooling option' gets
unticked.

I've tried it with a clean profile an also on a friends computer. He has Win2k3 and UBUNTU DAPPER-GNOME
and the same problem ocures when he was sharing the profile on a FAT32
partition.

The solution for this is to create 'user.js' and put this line in:
----------
user_pref("general.autoScroll", true);
----------
My question is why is this happening, why do some settings get changed in Linux?

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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profile settings are not retained between Ubuntu&Windows
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/101916
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