Great News. Thanks for the help. I did add a comment about this to bugzilla @ the Mozilla website (bug # 309645) which seemed like the same exact problem I was having, but I did not get any response from Mozilla. Please let me know if I should do anything about this (if you know).
Mike Elkevizth ----- Original Message ----- From: Wolfgang Rosenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:30 am Subject: Re: [opensuse] Firefox profile not working on a vfat partition. Permissions I think. > Hi, > > On 2005-10-21 at 10:43:51 -0400, Michael A. Elkevizth wrote > (shortened): > > Ok, sorry it took me so long to reply to this, I have been too > busy to get > > to try this. I downloaded and ran Firefox 1.5b2 right from > www.mozilla.org . > > The same error occurs if I try to use a profile from a vfat > partition (like > > I said in an earlier post, the error wording is slightly > different in 1.5, > > but I think it is the exact same error). I tried moving the > profile to the > > /boot partition just to test it, and it works fine from there. I > also tried > > as root and a normal user (both with full access to the > partition), so the > > problem is either with the way Firefox is creating the lock, or > the way 10.0 > > is allowing access. I have been running 1.5b2 on WinXP Pro since > it was > > released with no problems. Same basic setup, Windows partition is > NTFS,> profile is on a FAT32 partition. > > just to let you know. > We fixed it and it will be made available at least with our upcoming > Firefox 1.5 package. > I'm not sure if we will get an official update for this problem for > 10.0. > But when Firefox 1.5 will be finally released you can get it from > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/mozilla/ > (release candidates will be available in the experimental subtree in > addition but there is no package with the fix yet. If you'll see a > change in the packages in experimental/firefox the fix will be in > there) > > CU, > > Wolfgang > > -- > SUSE LINUX GmbH -o) Tel: +49-(0)911-740 53 0 > Maxfeldstr. 5 /\\ Fax: +49-(0)911-740 53 679 > 90409 Nuernberg, Germany _\_v simply change to www.suse.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
