firefox problem

[Jim Barrows]

On 3/31/06, David Pettersson <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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