firefox problem
David Pettersson
david_pettersson at bredband.net
Fri Mar 31 18:38:15 UTC 2006
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
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