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Firefox forgets the location of the main window each time I close it down and start it back up. I have investigated this, and it turns out that Firefox rewrites parts of the localstore.rdf file in my profile, and thus changes the screenX="499" setting to screenX="0" as can be seen in the below diff. Steps to reproduct: 1) Start firefox and move the main window until it touches the right edge of the screen. 2) Shut down firefox. 3) Start Firefox again Result: Firefox is positioned on the very left side of the screen. Expected result: Firefox should be started in the position I left it. Below is a diff that shows what changes are done by Firefox to my localstore.rdf file between step 2 and 3: --- localstore.rdf_correct 2008-03-21 03:45:28.000000000 +0100 +++ localstore.rdf_wrong 2008-03-21 03:48:25.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,21 +1,17 @@ <?xml version="1.0"?> <RDF:RDF xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"; xmlns:RDF="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";> + <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul"> + <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#main-window"/> + <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-box"/> + <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-title"/> + </RDF:Description> <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#main-window" screenY="25" sizemode="normal" width="1093" height="1122" - screenX="499" /> + screenX="0" /> <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-title" value="" /> - <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-box" - sidebarcommand="" - width="" - src="" /> - <RDF:Description RDF:about="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul"> - <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#main-window"/> - <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-box"/> - <NC:persist RDF:resource="chrome://browser/content/browser.xul#sidebar-title"/> - </RDF:Description> </RDF:RDF> This problem has been observed in all Ubuntu releases that I can remember. Info about my Ubuntu installation and Firefox installation: Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch) Release: 8.04 firefox: Installed: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Mar 21 03:46:38 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 Package: firefox 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic i686 ** Affects: firefox Importance: Medium Status: In Progress ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Triaged ** Tags: apport-bug -- Window position is not remembered between starts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204480 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
