On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 19:26 +0200, David Pettersson wrote:
> I saved my home directory under FC3 to a DVD. Then I installed FC5 and
> moved my .mozilla file on the DVD to my new home directory. When I try
> to start firefox I get an error msg telling me that firefox "is already
> running, but is not responding". There is no file in .mozilla to that
> match *lock*. If I remove .mozilla firefox starts but then I lose my
> valueable bookmarks and passwords.
If worst comes to worst, you could probably set it up with a new
profile, then afterwards copy your old bookmarks (bookmarks.html) and
the passwords file (signons.txt, I believe) into the new working one
(while the browser is shut down, of course).
$ ll .mozilla/firefox
total 32
-rw------- 1 tim tim 822 Apr 1 21:34 pluginreg.dat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 164 Dec 18 00:25 profiles.ini
drwx------ 7 tim tim 4096 Apr 1 21:34 sjfajfsa.default
$ ll sjfajfsa.default
total 3000
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tim tim 29173 Apr 1 18:14 bookmarks.bak
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tim tim 29173 Apr 1 18:14 bookmarks.html
drwxrwxr-x 2 tim tim 4096 Apr 1 12:48 Cache
drwxrwxr-x 2 tim tim 4096 Mar 27 14:31 Cache.Trash
-rw------- 1 tim tim 65536 Apr 1 00:48 cert8.db
drwxr-xr-x 3 tim tim 4096 Nov 11 22:38 chrome
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 65 Mar 13 06:58 compatibility.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 24 Mar 13 06:58 components.ini
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 130535 Mar 13 06:58 compreg.dat
-rw------- 1 tim tim 162 Mar 31 23:19 cookies.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 24 Mar 13 06:58 defaults.ini
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 54025 Mar 29 20:08 downloads.rdf
drwxr-xr-x 10 tim tim 4096 Mar 13 06:58 extensions
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 1077 Mar 23 02:28 formhistory.dat
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 1116168 Apr 1 21:34 history.dat
-rw------- 1 tim tim 10540 Apr 1 00:24 hostperm.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 1915 Mar 13 06:57 install.log
-rw------- 1 tim tim 16384 Apr 1 00:48 key3.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 17758 Apr 1 18:14 localstore.rdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tim tim 16 Apr 1 21:34 lock -> 192.168.1.4:6649
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 8948 Mar 23 02:13 mimeTypes.rdf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tim tim 13081 Apr 1 18:14 prefs.js
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 752 Jul 25 2005 search.rdf
-rw------- 1 tim tim 16384 Sep 28 2005 secmod.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 22 Jul 29 2005 StyleSheetChooser-0.1.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 tim tim 4096 Apr 1 21:36 US
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 78990 Mar 13 06:58 xpti.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 1293025 Apr 1 00:28 XUL.mfasl
$ ll chrome/
total 68
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 21741 Mar 13 06:58 chrome.rdf
drwxrwxr-x 4 tim tim 4096 Mar 13 06:58 overlayinfo
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 2783 Jul 27 2005 userChrome.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 2783 Jul 27 2005 userChrome-example.css
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tim tim 1374 Nov 11 20:30 userContent.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 898 Jul 25 2005 userContent-example.css
$ ll extensions/
total 84
drwxr-xr-x 4 tim tim 4096 Jul 27 2005 {0441798B-805D-4f2d-9321-F3FCC8171127}
drwxr-xr-x 4 tim tim 4096 Mar 13 06:58 {411ff9bf-b22f-4777-b030-32bb280744db}
drwxr-xr-x 4 tim tim 4096 Jul 27 2005 {81e1eff0-0e84-4b9f-a027-22fdd2d280dc}
drwxr-xr-x 4 tim tim 4096 Jul 27 2005 {89ff55ac-4b2e-43e4-eb6d-8656239ac095}
drwxr-xr-x 2 tim tim 4096 Jul 25 2005 {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
drwxr-xr-x 4 tim tim 4096 Jul 27 2005 {9e2d63a2-2532-489a-8c7f-a7f70e4f990c}
drwxr-xr-x 4 tim tim 4096 Jul 27 2005 {9f08cb5a-76b1-4bcf-aff9-90e1a5d60b1e}
drwxr-xr-x 4 tim tim 4096 Jul 27 2005 {E800A8D5-6B36-4854-9F21-443F8CBFF835}
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 6654 Mar 13 06:58 Extensions.rdf
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim tim 45 Jul 25 2005 installed-extensions.txt
I only have one extension installed, so this surprises me. Though I do
have a few skins installed, I didn't think they'd end up here. I only
use one of them, so I'll see what removing them does, later on.
$ ll US/
total 8
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tim tim 2411 Jul 25 2005 bookmarks.html
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