My cheat sheet that I used in going from F20 to F21 is not working on F21 to F22.
To restore Firefox:
~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/
move:
places.sqlite permissions.sqlite formhistory.sqlite cookies.sqlite cert8.db mimeTypes.rdf save-session: sessionstore.js
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No sessionstore.js actually anymore in F21 to move. My bookmarks, history, etc. Do not seem to be moved.
I cannot find any F22 help on this, and interestingly Firefox on my F21 is 39.0.0 and on F22 it is 39.0.3 (of course don't know what originally came with F21).
On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 11:19 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
My cheat sheet that I used in going from F20 to F21 is not working on F21 to F22.
To restore Firefox:
~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/
move:
places.sqlite permissions.sqlite formhistory.sqlite cookies.sqlite cert8.db mimeTypes.rdf save-session: sessionstore.js
===============
No sessionstore.js actually anymore in F21 to move. My bookmarks, history, etc. Do not seem to be moved.
I cannot find any F22 help on this, and interestingly Firefox on my F21 is 39.0.0 and on F22 it is 39.0.3 (of course don't know what originally came with F21).
Why do you have to move anything? If you have /home on a separate partition you should't need to do anything at all.
poc
On 08/13/2015 12:14 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 11:19 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
My cheat sheet that I used in going from F20 to F21 is not working on F21 to F22.
To restore Firefox:
~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/
move:
places.sqlite permissions.sqlite formhistory.sqlite cookies.sqlite cert8.db mimeTypes.rdf save-session: sessionstore.js
===============
No sessionstore.js actually anymore in F21 to move. My bookmarks, history, etc. Do not seem to be moved.
I cannot find any F22 help on this, and interestingly Firefox on my F21 is 39.0.0 and on F22 it is 39.0.3 (of course don't know what originally came with F21).
Why do you have to move anything? If you have /home on a separate partition you should't need to do anything at all.
Different computer and drive. F21 is still on the old computer that at least needs a new fan, but probably some other fix ups. F22 is now on a computer that is the sum of working parts of two other computers :)
I COULD copy the whole .default directory over...
On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 12:40 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Different computer and drive. F21 is still on the old computer that at least needs a new fan, but probably some other fix ups. F22 is now on a computer that is the sum of working parts of two other computers :)
Your original question didn't mention that. You appeared to be simply updating from one Fedora version to another.
I would still copy the entire /home to the new machine, all the same, but that's just me.
poc
On 08/13/2015 12:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 12:40 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Different computer and drive. F21 is still on the old computer that at least needs a new fan, but probably some other fix ups. F22 is now on a computer that is the sum of working parts of two other computers :)
Your original question didn't mention that. You appeared to be simply updating from one Fedora version to another.
I would still copy the entire /home to the new machine, all the same, but that's just me.
I did not want to copy all the hidden directories, as I don't know all that they do and what may be different between releases. I DO copy .ssh, .svn, and .vnc, but that is pretty much it. And I do have a user crontab, but that lives elsewhere.
Not getting anywhere here. See below.
On 08/13/2015 12:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 12:40 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Different computer and drive. F21 is still on the old computer that at least needs a new fan, but probably some other fix ups. F22 is now on a computer that is the sum of working parts of two other computers :)
Your original question didn't mention that. You appeared to be simply updating from one Fedora version to another.
I would still copy the entire /home to the new machine, all the same, but that's just me.
I looked in the old ~/.mozilla/firefox/profile.ini to see what the old default directory was. I moved that directory off the backup to the new ~/.mozilla/firefox/ and changed the new profile.ini to point to it.
I HAD stopped Firefox before doing all this, and then restarted Firefox, and it ignored everything I did, showing all the startup defaults.
So either:
There is some stub service that is helping Firefox to restart where it last was before I terminated it. And I will probably have to reboot. Or everything is kept somewhere else?
On 08/13/15 11:48, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 08/13/2015 12:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
<<>>
I would still copy the entire /home to the new machine, all the same, but that's just me.
I did not want to copy all the hidden directories, as I don't know all that they do and what may be different between releases. I DO copy .ssh, .svn, and .vnc, but that is pretty much it. And I do have a user crontab, but that lives elsewhere.
if you "cp -R" your ~/.mozilla and ~/.thunderbird directories to your f22 system, you will maintain settings you have in f21.
only problems that you may/might/will have is if the firefox and thunderbird versions in f22 is later than f21.
mainly, you may/will/might have conflicts with old add-ons.
other problem are:
rendering engines are diff. maybe if sqlite prog has changes.
if you can mount your ~/ drive from f21 box in f22 box, you will have an easier time with f22 moz progs if you have need to import anything.
to make imports, you will need to also install f21 to f22 box so that you can boot f21 and run moz progs to do exporting.
On 08/13/15 12:12, Robert Moskowitz wrote: <<>>
I looked in the old ~/.mozilla/firefox/profile.ini to see what the old default directory was. I moved that directory off the backup to the new ~/.mozilla/firefox/ and changed the new profile.ini to point to it.
I HAD stopped Firefox before doing all this, and then restarted Firefox, and it ignored everything I did, showing all the startup defaults.
So either:
There is some stub service that is helping Firefox to restart where it last was before I terminated it. And I will probably have to reboot. Or everything is kept somewhere else?
you should able to rename your f22 directories;
~/.mozilla/* to ~/.mozilla-new ~/.thunderbird/* to ~/.thunderbird-new
then copy your f21 ~/.mozilla/* and ~/.thunderbird/* to your f22 ~/.
On 08/13/2015 01:19 PM, g wrote:
On 08/13/15 11:48, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 08/13/2015 12:43 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
<<>>
I would still copy the entire /home to the new machine, all the same, but that's just me.
I did not want to copy all the hidden directories, as I don't know all that they do and what may be different between releases. I DO copy .ssh, .svn, and .vnc, but that is pretty much it. And I do have a user crontab, but that lives elsewhere.
if you "cp -R" your ~/.mozilla and ~/.thunderbird directories to your f22 system, you will maintain settings you have in f21.
THANKS. Got it now.
only problems that you may/might/will have is if the firefox and thunderbird versions in f22 is later than f21.
I run Thunderbird from scripts, as I have 4 copies running, each with their own mail directories (and each with multiple mail accounts). An example of one of the scripts is:
export MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 thunderbird -profile ~/data/htt/Mail & export -n MOZ_NO_REMOTE
I have been do this at least since '06. Running multiple Thunderbirds MIGHT be easier now, but it seems to work fine this way.
mainly, you may/will/might have conflicts with old add-ons.
I installed adblock plus (my only Firefox add-on) before messing with this. Thuderbird is another issue. I have lost track of extensions and add-ons, but as they are kept by mail tree, they tend to move ok.
other problem are:
rendering engines are diff. maybe if sqlite prog has changes.
if you can mount your ~/ drive from f21 box in f22 box, you will have an easier time with f22 moz progs if you have need to import anything.
to make imports, you will need to also install f21 to f22 box so that you can boot f21 and run moz progs to do exporting.
On 08/13/15 12:41, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 08/13/2015 01:19 PM, g wrote:
<<>>
if you "cp -R" your ~/.mozilla and ~/.thunderbird directories to your f22 system, you will maintain settings you have in f21.
THANKS. Got it now.
welcome. go to know.
only problems that you may/might/will have is if the firefox and thunderbird versions in f22 is later than f21.
I run Thunderbird from scripts, as I have 4 copies running, each with their own mail directories (and each with multiple mail accounts). An example of one of the scripts is:
export MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 thunderbird -profile ~/data/htt/Mail & export -n MOZ_NO_REMOTE
I have been do this at least since '06. Running multiple Thunderbirds MIGHT be easier now, but it seems to work fine this way.
yes, thunderbird will run that way, but you are using more memory and cpu time doing such, along having to keep up with 3 more email windows.
i have filters for all of my email accounts that move emails to associated 'folders' under "Local Folders". with such, i have only 1 'tree panel' and 1 thunderbird window to watch for new emails.
if/when i need to view multiple threads or emails, i do so by right clicking on email, then select "Open Message in New Window".
mainly, you may/will/might have conflicts with old add-ons.
I installed adblock plus (my only Firefox add-on) before messing with this. Thuderbird is another issue. I have lost track of extensions and add-ons, but as they are kept by mail tree, they tend to move ok.
i pull add-ons and save them in event i have to reinstall/rebuild either of progs.
because of all the crap moz devs are pushing out, i am soon to drop both firefox and thunderbird. they have spent too much time trying to "keep up with the Jones" that they are dropping good functions because they do not have time to correct bugs that they are developing. also, with their attitude of "we know more about what the user needs than what the user wants" is gotten more and more ridiculous. i do not look forward to what they will be coming up with trying to keep up with the new ms web browser.
anyway, enough rant. glad to see you have things working.
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