[Bug 329998] Re: history, bookmarks, passwords, start page all lost. address bar, menus no longer function

walter keller wkeller at vtxmail.ch
Mon Mar 2 09:32:12 UTC 2009


Hi

I had the same problem (running 1.5.0#2ubuntu6:), and by accident found
the reason

* I started firefox from eclipse running as root and shut my system down without exiting the browser
* the problem happens, whenever you start firefox as user - not root
* to fix the problem start firefox as root (e.g. sudo firefox) and exit firefox normally
* afterwards everything runs ok again

to reproduce the problem, open a terminal and

sudo firefox
ctrl c (kills firefox)
firefox ----> no you lost everything and the page back button will not be activated. exit firefox 
sudo firefox ----> everything is ok again

is that your problem also?

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history, bookmarks, passwords, start page all lost. address bar, menus no longer function
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