Difference between revisions of "Firefox"
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Sometimes, firefox fails to load, giving an error such as [[Image:http://kb.mozillazine.org/images/CloseFX_msg.png]]. | Sometimes, firefox fails to load, giving an error such as [[Image:http://kb.mozillazine.org/images/CloseFX_msg.png]]. | ||
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Typically, this is caused by a machine crash or strange profile conflicts from logging onto multiple machines at once and running firefox multiple times. | Typically, this is caused by a machine crash or strange profile conflicts from logging onto multiple machines at once and running firefox multiple times. | ||
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| + | == Grey buttons, no bookmarks == | ||
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| + | Haven't quite figured out why this happens, but sometimes firefox gets greyed out back and forward buttons, google search bar stops working, bookmarks vanish, and the address bar fails to update. | ||
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| + | Solution: Delete places.sqlite and places.sqlite-journal. Firefox will regenerate non-corrupted ones from the backups. | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 10 November 2008
Profile collison
Sometimes, firefox fails to load, giving an error such as File:Http://kb.mozillazine.org/images/CloseFX msg.png.
The solution is to delete the files lock and .parentlock in the afflicted user's profile directory. The profile name is a garbled mess, for example looking in a location such as ~/.mozilla/firefox/fdsfh385.default/ should show the files.
Typically, this is caused by a machine crash or strange profile conflicts from logging onto multiple machines at once and running firefox multiple times.
Grey buttons, no bookmarks
Haven't quite figured out why this happens, but sometimes firefox gets greyed out back and forward buttons, google search bar stops working, bookmarks vanish, and the address bar fails to update.
Solution: Delete places.sqlite and places.sqlite-journal. Firefox will regenerate non-corrupted ones from the backups.
