Firefox problem on 8.04

[Eric S. Johansson]

thaChris Mohler wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Eric S. Johansson <esj at harvee.org> wrote:
>> sometime in the past week, Firefox died on 8.04.  Symptoms are it wakes up with
>> a completely white screen, bookmarks have vanished, the next page/back page
>> icons are grayed out.  When you type in a URL, the page is rendered but the only
>> way to navigate is via links on the page or typing in a new URL.
>>
>> I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but with no luck.   Any ideas?
> 
> Maybe rename your ~/.mozilla directory to ~/.mozilla_OLD and restart FF?
> 
> Chris
> 
that worked