On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:53:55 +0100 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: > The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start > and a reinstallations ends with this error message > (popup): > > "Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot > modify the needed file." > > Is this a proble of the plugin, a wrong permissions > setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo > box?
It's not just you, and it's not just that extension. I don't know the cause, but many of my extensions stopped working, including Adblock Plus. (I noticed the problem because I was seeing ads, then I noticed there was no ABP icon available any more.) Judging from the fairly cryptic console output, Firefox's add-on registration system can't read (or maybe just can't modify) a lot of the files it needs to. > How can I fix it -- a downgrade to the previous version > (34.0.5-r1) is not possible, since one had decided to > remove that version from the ebuilds ??? I reinstalled 34.0.5-r1 from a tarball, and everything works again for me. I know that doesn't help you, but I mention it because it seems to indicate that running Fx 35 didn't actually damage my profile. I'll try upgrading again in a few days, then file a bug if still no joy.
