I screwed up firefox

schleyfox · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2024 1:00 am Post subject: I screwed up firefox

Ok i was having some issues with the new firefox (i think it was the way i emerged stuff) and tried to delete the ~/.phoenix folder i deleted it and unmerged firefox then reemerged firefox. Unfortunately whenever i try and save preferences it says cant write to config file. I checked and it never regenerated .phoenix. i have tried stealing my sisters .phoenix directory but i t doesnt work. Help me!

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Germ · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2024 1:56 am Post subject:

My Firefox user directory is /home/germ/.mozilla/firefox.

If you installed Firefox globally, you should run it as root first. That will create some necessary files and give write permissions to users.

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geeshock · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2024 10:09 am Post subject:

yes, thats what I do first also and the imput I get from others. Run as root first. Not exactly sure why you have to do that but when I don't do that. firefox does the same thing you mentioned

schleyfox · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2024 1:54 pm Post subject:

ok i ran it as root and it still doesnt work i am going to reemerge it and run it as root. wish me luck

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schleyfox · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2024 2:42 pm Post subject:

reemerged and ran as root first, still no dice. I just want it to work
through portage :/

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Germ · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2024 9:50 pm Post subject:

I've Googled around and haven't found anything. Unfortunately, I'm out of ideas... Sad

EDIT: OK, I have one more idea. Start Firefox with the -P switch and that should bring up the Profiles dialog. Create a new profile and see if Firefox works correctly with it. If that fixes it, just run Firefox with the new profile. Add -P <name of profile> to your Firefox command and it will automatically start the new profile.

Mine would be:

schleyfox · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2024 4:49 pm Post subject:

it worked thank you!

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Germ · Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2024 6:37 pm Post subject:

You're welcome. Smile

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