I am also getting this since about 1 week ago. I though my profile might be corrupt, however I have created a new profile and yet firefox still asks if I would like to install all my add-ons, each time I start firefox.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058209 Title: firefox re-installs Add-ons everytime I restart Ubuntu Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: It doesn't happen everytime I start firefox, but every couple of starts, firefox wants me to re-install all of my extensions. Started since I upgraded from 12.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: firefox 15.0.1+build1-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: private 1753 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120928004059 Channel: Unavailable Date: Fri Sep 28 18:12:21 2012 DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js [Profile]/extensions/donottrackp...@abine.com/defaults/preferences/prefs.js [Profile]/extensions/https-everywh...@eff.org/defaults/preferences/preferences.js EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth1 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth1 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.14 metric 9 Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js [Profile]/extensions/https-everywh...@eff.org/defaults/preferences/preferences.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=15.0.1/20120928004059 (In use) Profile1 - LastVersion=15.0.1/20120928004059 RelatedPackageVersions: gnome-shell 3.6.0-0ubuntu2 rhythmbox-mozilla 2.97-1ubuntu5 totem-mozilla 3.4.3-0ubuntu4 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-27 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/13/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: IBM dmi.bios.version: 70ET64WW (1.24 ) dmi.board.name: 1871FAG dmi.board.vendor: IBM dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIBM:bvr70ET64WW(1.24):bd02/13/2006:svnIBM:pn1871FAG:pvrThinkPadT43:rvnIBM:rn1871FAG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 1871FAG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T43 dmi.sys.vendor: IBM To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1058209/+subscriptions -- 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