Things are getting really messed up on Fedora 14
les
hlhowell at pacbell.net
Thu Feb 3 22:36:43 UTC 2011
On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 11:34 +0100, Jon Ingason wrote:
> 2011-02-03 02:21, les skrev:
> > On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 22:38 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
> >> On 02/02/2011 07:46 PM, compdoc wrote:
> >>>> Every now and again, the firefox profile gets hosed.
>
>
> >
> > The first is prefs.js. It warns that if you edit it with firefox open,
> > it will be rewritten. Apparently this is what is killing the setting in
> > about:config.
> >
> > The second one is user.js. It had only one line:
> > user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "stickyhomepage");
> > Changing stickyhomepage (my substitute for my home page) to the one I
> > wanted in both files, and eureka, it works as desired.
> >
> > Deleted the new, unwanted profile and things are peachy again for now.
> > Question, where did the user.js file come from?
>
> Look at the following URL:
>
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prefs.js_file
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/User.js_file
>
> This does not explain why user.js file exist. It should not hav been
> there in the first place.
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Les H
> >
> >
>
> --
> Regards
> Jon Ingason
>
Hi, Jon,
Interesting that these pages never came up when I was searching for
preferences stuff using google. It is valuable information. The
user.js file should be mentioned somewhere on the about:config page I
think, to help people having problems. I don't remember ever setting
this file up myself, so the next question comes, where did this file
come from? I will have to see if I can find the source of the user.js
file. Maybe a new round of Google will help.
I struggled with this stupid problem for many days before I resorted to
asking the list.
I have had a really bad month from mid Dec to mid Jan with all kinds of
electronics failing. I have replaced at least 6 major pieces of
electronics, all with issues, from this stuff here to Windows 7
(re-vista maybe?) to remote controls failing (car, garage door, TV, VCR,
and DVD player.) If I have seemed a bit scrambled, it is because the
electronic gods are blowing my fuses.
Regards,
Les H
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