David Christensen composed on 2025-08-17 13:51 (UTC-0700): > Felix Miata wrote:
>> David Christensen composed on 2025-08-16 23:00 (UTC-0700): >> ... >>> Also -- move aside your Firefox profile directory. Run the following >>> command in a terminal with your normal user account: >>> $ mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla- old >> ... >> That could be excessive: >> ~/.mozilla> ls -1 | wc -l >> 36 >> ~/.mozilla> grep Name firefox/profiles.ini | wc -l >> 19 >> ~/.mozilla> grep Name seamonkey/profiles.ini | wc -l >> 5 >> ~/.mozilla> ls -d1 p* t* >> pmcur >> tbc >> ~/.mozilla> >> Instead, consider to examine ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini and if more >> than one >> exists, mv only the actually applicable firefox profile directory. Or, leave >> it >> all safely alone and create a new profile: >> <firefoxdir>/firefox --ProfileManager >> Note too that actual profile data need not be in ~/.mozilla/ anywhere. Each >> profile in a profiles.ini can point anywhere desired. > I assume the OP has a default installation of Firefox and does not have > SeaMonkey or other software that shares the ~/.mozilla directory. Best to somehow so state. There's nothing to prevent a default installation from acquiring additional Firefox profile(s), or installing apps that share ~/.mozilla/; or user from moving her Firefox profile elsewhere. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1196116 "Is it possible to change the location of the FF profile folder?" -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
