firefox problem

[H.Breimer]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:38:15 +0200
David Pettersson <david_pettersson at bredband.net> wrote:

> Jim Barrows skrev:
> >
> > On 3/31/06, *David Pettersson* <david_pettersson at bredband.net 
> > <mailto:david_pettersson at bredband.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     I saved my home directory under FC3 to a DVD. Then I installed
> > FC5 and moved my .mozilla file on the DVD to my new home directory.
> > When I try to start firefox I get an error msg telling me that
> > firefox "is already
> >     running, but is not responding". There is no file in .mozilla
> > to that match *lock*. If I remove .mozilla firefox starts but then
> > I lose my valueable bookmarks and passwords.
> >
> >     Does anyone else have this problem? 
> >
> >
> >
> > I did.  a little 'sudo chown username:username -R .*' solved it.
> >
> >     I came to think of the problem with the DVD renaming files (so
> >     .mozilla
> >     is actually _mozilla on the DVD and I had to rename it when
> > copying it back). Do anyone have a list of filenames
> > from .mozilla/firefox in FC3 to send me, so I can see how to rename
> > them back if this should be the problem?
> >
> >     Thanks
> >     David
> >
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> > James A Barrows
> Thanks,
> 
> but I already own all those files since I copied them from the DVD.
> (I tried anyway just in case and it didn't work). There is some other
> problem.
> 
> /David
> 
In the proces you used permissions are usually changed.
Directories loose "x" and files loose "w".
The result is that most things do not work anymore.
Henk