cptaylor Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 (edited) When I make changes to my preferences in Firefox 1.0 I get an error message that it can not save the preferences file and changes will be lost. Even bookmarks are lost and I am not able to install extensions. This happens whether I run as root or ordinary user. It sounds like a configuration issue butI can't seem to find the problem. The configuration file $HOME/.mozilla/prefs.js does exist and I do have write priveleges. In fact, I can edit the file manually and the changes take effect. I have tried uninstalling & re-installing with 3 different builds from 2 different sourses but no luck. I originally had mozilla 1.7 installed and have since removed it. Any suggestions? Thanks Edited December 25, 2004 by cptaylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 Delete the profile from your original mozilla installation. Launch firefox and create a new profile: $HOME/where-ever/firefox/firefox -profilemanager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Have u tried to delete ~/.mozilla folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptaylor Posted December 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Deleting the original profile by running "mozilla-firefox -ProfileManager" and then creating a new one did the trick. So simple once you have the answer. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Glad you were able to get firefox running! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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