Suddenly A Firefox Issue

Michael Haney thezorch at gmail.com
Fri Jan 22 05:55:42 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> First, and always a good step when troubleshooting an app in Linux,
> create a new user, log in as that user, and try firefox.  That will
> confirm whether or not the program is running or not.  Assuming firefox
> works well in a completely new user account, then enable your file
> manager of choice to view hidden files, and look in your $Home (usually
> /home/username) directory for the Mozilla configuration directory.
> Should be .mozilla.  Rename it to something like mozilla-old, then start
> Firefox again.  that way, you will be able to retrieve files from the
> old config directory (likely the only thing you'll want is the bookmarks
> file.)
>

I use Xmarks, so my bookmarks are kept synced to an online server.
I'll give this a try.

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