On 10/20/09 09:43, Patrick Arnoux wrote: > awr wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm on 2009.06 snv_111b X86 >> >> Firefox is displaying the message 'The bookmarks and history system will not >> be functional because one of Firefox's files is in use by another >> application'. This means Firefox is basically unusable for me now. I can >> delete the user profile directory and make Firefox create a new one, but if >> I reboot I'm back to the same problem. >> >> As far as I can tell, nothing changed, just booted up one day and Firefox is >> broken...Can anyone perhaps tell me either what might be the problem, or >> how to find out for myself what might be the problem? >> >> Thankyou >>
The following discusses this issue for windows and I believe you can follow it for Opensolaris too - especially related to the addons and extentions: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/The+bookmarks+and+history+system+will+not+be+functional HTH, Anand. > Had a similar problem recently, in my case after killing the firefox > process. > Did not investigate beyond the "Phew, I can get back to work!" moment. > > Just install the latest version (/opt ) and revector the link > /usr/bin/firefox to its path in /opt. > Yeah, I know. Not too proud of it either. > > On a related note, Firefox is a memory hog, specially when abusing Tags, but > has anybody taken a look at how fat a running Solaris system has become. > > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
