[GRLUG] Failing Firefox

[john-thomas richards]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:38:53AM -0700, Jason Kisner wrote:
> On 5/7/07, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >On 5/7/07, Jason Kisner <airplanejay at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I have a problem with Firefox failing. It stays open long enough for me
> >to
> >> click on a link... and then closes w/out an error message. This all
> >started
> >> when I inadvertantly installed a plugin that was not compatible with
> >Firefox
> >> 2.0.0.3. I have since removed the plugin but Firefox still fails. I have
> >> tried everything I know of to do short of completely removing and
> >freshly
> >> installing Firefox.
> >
> >Erasing your Firefox profile would be the fastest and most effective
> >way to do it.  It may be at ~/.mozilla, ~/.mozilla-firefox or
> >~/.firefox.  However, that'll erase all of your personal settings.
> >
> >BTW, why not remove and reinstall Firefox?  In Ubuntu, it's simple:
> >
> ># apt-get install --reinstall mozilla-firefox

> I was trying not to do that.

How did you install the plugin?  Where did you install the plugin?
Plugins can be installed in /home/your_directory/.firefox/plugins or
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins (at least on my Debian box; YMMV).
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