On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:38:15 +0200
David Pettersson <david_pettersson(a)bredband.net> wrote:
Jim Barrows skrev:
>
> On 3/31/06, *David Pettersson* <david_pettersson(a)bredband.net
> <mailto:david_pettersson@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