I had issues too. XP Professional, FF 3.5.8. The first time I created a new profile and tried to install, it didn't work and it didn't appear in the add-ons list. I tried again and it worked. (whew)
On Feb 25, 4:24 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 25, 1:50 pm, Fishous <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Window XP, Firefox 3.6. I tried that, nothing in the error console > > except for normal stuff. I tried uninstalling, reinstalling. Tried > > disabling some of my other add-ons. Restarted many times. The Firebug > > menu under tools is not even popping out it's sub-menu. Often, the > > firebug pane won't even open. > > Uninstalling, reinstalling, upgrading or restarting Firefox does not > alter the configuration data stored in the Firefox "profile". As a > result, these steps rarely have any effect. > > > > > You've got a serious bug in there somewhere. That's too bad, because > > this WAS a really nice add-on. When the pane does decide to open, it > > has a toolbar across the top with only a pause button. The lower left > > has >>> and there's a red ^ in the lower right. > > Base on our extensive testing and use by many thousands of users I > think the more likely explanation is that some setting or other addon > in your Firefox profile is conflicting with Firebug. > > > > > Uninstalling seemed to correctly remove all files and folders in the > > folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Mike\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox > > \profiles\default.8ql\extensions\[email protected]\ > > Uninstalling Firebug will remove these files, but it won't change > other values in your Firefox profile. > > > > > I'm a software developer, and I tried everything I could think of. I'm > > not messing with trying another profile. > > The only reliable solution to these kinds of problems is to install > Firebug in an new Firefox profile. You can try it and switch back if > it does not work for you:http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ > > jjb > > > > > On Feb 25, 12:29 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On Feb 25, 8:51 am, Rick Ogden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I too am getting this problem. Running Firefox 3.5.7 on Windows XP. > > > > You can try > > > 1) Exit and restart Firefox, > > > 2) Firefox > Tools > Error Console > > > 3) Try to open Firebug > > > any errors? > > > > jjb > > > > > Rick > > > > > On Feb 25, 1:34 pm, mwo123 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I updated half an hour ago to 1.5.2 and Firebug doesn't open anymore. > > > > > Neither by the statsbar nor the menu. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Thanx and greez > > > > > mwo123 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
