[Bug 122648] majority of bookmarks have dissappeared

[richarde]

Hi Alexander,

On 6/27/07, Alexander Sack <asac at jwsdot.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 06:47:31PM -0000, richarde wrote:
> > Public bug reported:
> >
> > Binary package hint: firefox
> >
> > Following a restart (regular) of firefox, all bookmarks previously
> > defined in the bookmarks tool bar have dissapeared.
> >
> > Following from that, when viewing trying to view them in the bookmarks
> > organiser,  virtually all bookmarks are no longer there.
> >
> > The bookmarks.xml file contains just the remaining bookmarks, whereas
> > the bookmarks backup folder contains previous backups of the actual
> > bookmarks.
> >
> > Strange that on a simple restart the bookmarks would go and purge
> > themselves like that.
> >
>
> Strange indeed. Maybe you used the firefox-granparadiso package
> (e.g. 3.0 preview package)?
>

Nope - version of firefox 2.0.0.4

> or maybe firefox crashed during restart? How did you restart firefox?

If it crashed during restart, it did not indicate it. I restarted
firefox simply by closing the browser, File --> Quit

>
> Do you have a crash for firefox in /var/crash/ ?

nothing in /var/crash I'm afraid. I also just noticed that a number of
extensions (delicious bookmark, unplug, mouse gestures) are also now
disabled.

>  - Alexander
>
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