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graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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firefox problem - bookmarks do not update

I'm using the latest version of firefox from the official repo (3.0.10).  My bookmarks aren't saving my selections if my basic problem.  For example, I added some sites to my bookmarks just now and they appeared in the bookmarks list as they should, however when I close firefox and reload it at a later point, the are not in the list at all.  Same goes for deleting some bookmarks from the list.  They are deleted for the active session only; when I close and reload firefox, they are still in the list!

I checked the permissions on my profile's folder and they look fine.  Thoughts are welcomed

$ pwd
/home/squeeze/.mozilla/firefox/d5g21tt3.default

[squeeze@novelty d5g21tt3.default]$ ls -lh
total 36M
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  18K 2008-12-22 15:49 90376900.s
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeeze squeeze 4.0K 2008-12-22 15:51 Cache
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeeze squeeze 4.0K 2009-05-02 12:27 OfflineCache
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 2.5M 2009-05-02 12:29 XPC.mfasl
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 2.4M 2008-12-22 15:49 XPC.mfl
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 993K 2009-05-02 12:29 XUL.mfasl
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 998K 2008-12-22 15:49 XUL.mfl
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeeze squeeze 4.0K 2009-05-02 12:29 adblockplus
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 2.1K 2009-05-02 05:23 blocklist.xml
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeeze squeeze 4.0K 2009-05-02 12:27 bookmarkbackups
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 1.2M 2008-12-22 15:49 bookmarks.html
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze 208K 2009-05-02 12:29 cert8.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 2.0K 2009-04-28 19:39 cert_override.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 squeeze squeeze 4.0K 2009-05-02 12:27 chrome
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze  161 2009-04-28 15:26 compatibility.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze   92 2008-12-22 15:49 components.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 146K 2009-05-02 12:28 compreg.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 7.0K 2009-04-27 19:48 content-prefs.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 121K 2009-05-02 12:29 cookies.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  336 2008-12-22 15:49 defaults.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  14K 2009-05-02 06:22 downloads.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  622 2008-12-22 15:49 dta_history.xml
drwxr-xr-x 6 squeeze squeeze 4.0K 2009-05-02 12:27 extensions
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  532 2009-05-02 12:28 extensions.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  445 2009-05-02 12:28 extensions.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 3.7K 2008-12-22 15:49 extensions.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  21K 2009-05-02 12:28 extensions.rdf
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze  96K 2009-04-17 18:11 flashgot.log
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze  98K 2009-04-17 18:11 flashgot.log.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  231 2008-12-22 15:49 formhistory.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 4.0K 2009-04-23 15:03 formhistory.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 1.2M 2008-12-22 15:49 history.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  828 2008-12-22 15:49 hostperm.1
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze  16K 2009-05-02 12:29 key3.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  35K 2009-05-02 12:29 localstore.rdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 squeeze squeeze   16 2009-05-02 12:29 lock -> 127.0.0.1:+19609
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  40K 2009-03-14 09:52 mimeTypes.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 2.0K 2009-02-16 16:45 permissions.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  154 2009-04-17 18:28 persdict.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 1.7M 2009-05-02 12:30 places.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 350K 2009-05-02 12:30 places.sqlite-journal
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze 4.4K 2009-04-23 15:46 pluginreg.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 3.0K 2008-12-22 15:49 prefs.bkp
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  53K 2009-05-02 12:29 prefs.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  752 2008-12-22 15:49 search.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 4.0K 2009-03-28 04:58 search.sqlite
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze  16K 2009-04-16 19:50 secmod.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze    0 2008-12-22 15:49 sessionstore-1.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  24K 2009-04-23 16:19 sessionstore.bak
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze  43K 2009-05-02 12:32 sessionstore.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  44K 2008-12-22 15:49 signons2.txt
-rw------- 1 squeeze squeeze  68K 2009-04-26 15:37 signons3.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  24M 2009-05-02 12:29 urlclassifier3.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze  154 2009-05-02 12:29 urlclassifierkey3.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 2.0K 2009-03-10 16:47 webappsstore.sqlite
-rw-r--r-- 1 squeeze squeeze 100K 2009-05-02 12:28 xpti.dat

Last edited by graysky (2009-05-02 16:59:53)

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skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: firefox problem - bookmarks do not update

I've had this happen before and since my Firefox set up is so simple, it wasn't a major problem. I simply backed up my bookmarks, removed ~/.mozilla, and reinstalled my bookmarks and extensions.

bwalk

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Registered: 2007-03-21

Posts: 177

Re: firefox problem - bookmarks do not update

As a workaround, when you change something in your bookmarks, use the backup function from the 'Organize Bookmarks' dialog. Somehow, this works for me then.

graysky

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From: :wq

Registered: 2008-12-01

Posts: 10,597

Website

Re: firefox problem - bookmarks do not update

Guess something in my profile got corrupted; I restored it with an older version (backup) and it seems fine.  I thought it might have something to do w/ the latest release of firefox since I recently did an update.  Thanks for the replies.

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