Re: Firefox oddities

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Author: Paul Dickson
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Firefox oddities
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 15:48:39 -0700, Dazed_75 wrote:

> Hmmm, I wonder if this would solve a problem I have had (on a computer which
> is not here today or I would check it b4 writing this). I use Firefox on 5
> systems and 2 of those dual boot XP and Ubuntu 6.06. The Firefox is
> 1.5.x.xon all of these 7 OS's. You might understand why I think the
> GoogleSync
> addon is the greatest thing since sliced bread and jam in a jar.
>
> The only problem is that one of the Ubuntu environments will not permit me
> to install GoogleSync. One difference between the Ubuntu systems is that on
> the one that works I had installed Firefox 1.5.x.x BEFORE upgrading Ubuntu
> from 5.10 to 6.06. That system has it in /opt/firefox/ rather than
> /usr/bin/firefox/ (as I recall). The system I have here has ~/.mozilla/*
> for personalizations as I presume the other system has.
>
> I had previously assumed I could not install GoogleSync on the other system
> for some silly reason relating to the difference of /opt/ vs /usr/bin/ but
> perhaps the issue is actually what Darrin said. Now I can't wait to get to
> that other system to check this.
>
> Anyway, Thanks Darrin! But if there are any other thoughts on this I would
> love to hear them as well.


Several months ago, I had to remove my extensions info from my ~/.mozilla
directory. I had problems loading an extension. To remove, I copied the
files to a temp directory and started firefox. My ~/.mozilla directory
is very very old.

You might want to write down what extensions you currently have loaded first.

    -Paul


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