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firefox-3.0 package

firefox google desktop problem

Asked by Adnan Doyuran

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I am using Google desktop with Firefox in ubuntu 9.04 and Firefox does not run Google desktop off-line. Other browsers work but firefox does not. It is inconvenient since the search data in available locally but I need Internet connection to be able search. I tried with Google Chrome and IE in ubuntu and it works fine. is there a setting that I need to change in Firefox to get this working?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

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This question was originally filed as bug #438191.

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Adnan Doyuran (adoyuran) said : 		#1
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Micah Gersten (micahg) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Have you tried renaming ~/.mozilla to then get a stock firefox profile? This will isolate the issue to a malformed profile. Close all firefoxes and run:

mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla_old

then rerun your browser. Let us know if its better

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Adnan Doyuran (adoyuran) said : 		#4

yes that solved the problem, how can I restore my bookmarks though?

actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #84197 on firefox-3.0 in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+question/84197
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Have you tried renaming ~/.mozilla to then get a stock firefox profile?
> This will isolate the issue to a malformed profile. Close all firefoxes
> and run:
>
> mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla_old
>
> then rerun your browser. Let us know if its better
>
>

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

OK great. If you rename the profile back:

rm -rf ~/.mozilla; mv ~/.mozilla_old ~/.mozilla

Then relaunch firefox, you can now export your bookmarks from the bad profile to then rename the old profile again (see above) and then reimport

This will also help:
http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/10/21/how-to-backup-firefox-bookmarks/

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