Public bug reported: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
ubuntu 8.04, firefox 3.0+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 Note: the following was an intentional experiment to (successfully) verify identical problems reported by two other users at our site a) After an unclean shutdown of the machine (by switching off the power), and subsequent removal of the stale lock file that firefox leaves behind, firefox 3 will start up, but WITHOUT ANY BOOKMARKS. b) Tried the suggestions listed on http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Lost+Bookmarks#Restoring_bookmark_backups but none of them worked c) Actually, the attempt to restore bookmark backups, as described on the aforementioned website, consistently resulted in the error "Unable to process the backup file". d) The box has firefox 2 installed as well, using the same profile. Firefox 2 has NO PROBLEMS at all. Thus this is a regression only affecting firefox 3 e) I could only restore the bookmarks in firefox 3 by deleting the complete profile and restoring it from a nightly backup The following list is the output of "diff -qr bad.firefox firefox", where bad.firefox has the non-working profile and firefox is the good one restored from backup: Only in firefox/b48x3vsr.default: blocklist.xml Only in firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups: bookmarks-2008-05-27.json Only in firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups: bookmarks-2008-06-11.html Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups: bookmarks-2008-06-20.html Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups/bookmarks-2008-06-20.json and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/bookmarkbackups/bookmarks-2008-06-20.json differ Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default: bookmarks_backup.html Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_001_ and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_001_ differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_003_ and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_003_ differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_MAP_ and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/Cache/_CACHE_MAP_ differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/compatibility.ini and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/compatibility.ini differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/compreg.dat and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/compreg.dat differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/cookies.sqlite and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/cookies.sqlite differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/extensions.cache and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/extensions.cache differ Only in firefox/b48x3vsr.default: extensions.ini Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/extensions.rdf and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/extensions.rdf differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/history.dat and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/history.dat differ Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default: install.log Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/localstore.rdf and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/localstore.rdf differ Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default: localstore-safe.rdf Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/places.sqlite and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/places.sqlite differ Only in bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default: places.sqlite-journal Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/prefs.js and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/prefs.js differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/secmod.db and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/secmod.db differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/XPC.mfasl and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/XPC.mfasl differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/xpti.dat and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/xpti.dat differ Files bad.firefox/b48x3vsr.default/XUL.mfasl and firefox/b48x3vsr.default/XUL.mfasl differ ** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Firefox 3 bookmarks lost after unclean shutdown https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241609 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
