I broke Firefox :-(

[Scott Sweeny]

On 6/19/07, stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
> K, I've broken Friefox, and I don't know how to fix it.
>
> Here is what I did, I installed the Google Browser Sync plugin.
> Unfortunately I installed it on a maachine that is behind a very
> restricitve firewall :-( Now whne it comes up, it hangs, and won't accept
> any input. I'm assuming it's trying to access Google in some way that is
> being blocked. So, what Ipribably need to do is remove this plugin.
>
> Problem, I can't figure out how to do this, since it freezes, and won't
> accept any user input. I've waited a long time, and it's not going to time
> out, as a matter of fact, I can't get it to close :-(
>
> How can I remove this plugin, under this circumstance?
>


Try starting firefox in a terminal with 'firefox -safe-mode'.  That
should bring it up with plugins disabled, and you can remove the
offending plugin from there.  Once it's removed, you can close firefox
and start it again normally.

HTH,
~Scott