Why doesn't Firefox on Ubuntu fill in passwords on forms?

[Chris Mohler]

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:37 AM, David Karr <davidmichaelkarr at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I've used Firefox on Windows, when I go to a page that corresponding to
> an entry in my passwords list, I believe it filled in the login name &
> passwords fields with the data stored in my passwords list.  I've noticed
> recently after using Ubuntu regularly for a couple of months that Firefox
> never does this anymore (I don't have an easily available WIndows box right
> now to validate the previous behavior).  Is this expected behavior?

In short: no.  I can access most sites with stored passwords using
Ubuntu 8.10 and FF3. There are exceptions though - notably Paypal.

Creating a new profile is a reasonable suggestion...

Chris