Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Wayne Topa wrote: Think about what you would lose _if_ you delete .mozilla. Bookmarks and passwords come to mind. Ask me how I know that. I stopped relying on browser's bookmarks. That is because they are not available if I shift to another browser, another machine or another os. These days, I am using google's toolbar and using their bookmarks facilities provided by www.google.com/bookmarks just my 2 cents raju Very handy tip. I use many different machines and could definitely use a web service like that. Thanks for the info. Shame on me for not finding that myself. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGINraiXBCVWpc5J4RAvZaAKCA/NpouSrBItsqYQv859mg2DtVuQCgo1TQ hmcH1Fq93VOxw8+f88eLAzI= =7O0a -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 16:04, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Wayne Topa wrote: Think about what you would lose _if_ you delete .mozilla. Bookmarks and passwords come to mind. Ask me how I know that. I stopped relying on browser's bookmarks. That is because they are not available if I shift to another browser, another machine or another os. These days, I am using google's toolbar and using their bookmarks facilities provided by www.google.com/bookmarks And then your government subpoenas (or just asks) Google for your bookmarks and finds all sorts of interesting links that they can use to trump up charges against you. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGIN5CS9HxQb37XmcRApm5AKDLmOfnyi6LBududxN0SD5708oRFQCfX7hz t23aZcayTlY3IrvCNcGcl4w= =zt1K -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:25:20PM +0200, Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: I can bet. I suppose it makes a difference how many users are on the machine. For me it's just me, so if I screw something else I get to yell at myself, but if I had 200 users yelling at me for doing something like that I might decide that it's better to jump off a bridge. Not just that: think about what happens if you share $HOME between machines (not an uncommon seutp). Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 15:44 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: Wayne Topa wrote: Think about what you would lose _if_ you delete .mozilla. Bookmarks and passwords come to mind. Ask me how I know that. I stopped relying on browser's bookmarks. That is because they are not available if I shift to another browser, another machine or another os. These days, I am using google's toolbar and using their bookmarks facilities provided by www.google.com/bookmarks just my 2 cents raju Very handy tip. I use many different machines and could definitely use a web service like that. Thanks for the info. Shame on me for not finding that myself. There are at least a dozen different social bookmarking services out there. Like Kamaraju, I prefer Google's implementation because it's simple and integrates well with my search history. But I also use del.icio.us sometimes, mainly because it has achieved critical mass and thus can be an excellent place to find relevant links, even better than searching Google for some topics. If you're a Firefox user, del.icio.us has pretty good extensions too. But I mostly use a simple bookmarklet, because I mostly don't use Firefox/Iceweasel anymore. Have a look around, you might find something you like better than GBookmarks. As for the privacy concerns, I have pretty much put my faith in Google. Google knows all about me. Google is Borg. I have been assimilated. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. --S. Jackson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 KS wrote: Joe Hart wrote: Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Any suggestions on how to stop this? Many TIA! Dennis * Perhaps uninstalling (purging) the one you have and installing it again will solve your problem. Joe Not if the problems exists in his Iceweasel profile. /KS Perhaps you are correct, but isn't the idea of purge to get rid of all the config files too? Does that not apply to files that may be in a user's /home directory? If not, then by removing that directory (in this case the .mozilla directory should do it, since reinstalling it will recreate the directory. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGH5haiXBCVWpc5J4RAu04AJ9SINtVGls3dzepOh3RKSdkp9WSYQCfTgM2 JMQxWUu/u6ACxxfdCRfZ4pg= =YUAS -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:48:58 +0200 Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 KS wrote: Joe Hart wrote: Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Any suggestions on how to stop this? Many TIA! Dennis * Perhaps uninstalling (purging) the one you have and installing it again will solve your problem. Joe Not if the problems exists in his Iceweasel profile. /KS Perhaps you are correct, but isn't the idea of purge to get rid of all the config files too? Does that not apply to files that may be in a user's /home directory? If not, then by removing that directory (in this case the .mozilla directory should do it, since reinstalling it will recreate the directory. Joe I believe that purging doesn't remove files in $HOME; this was discussed sometime recently on the list. Right now I see at least one '.' directory in $HOME belonging to a package that I purged. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:48:58 +0200 Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 KS wrote: Joe Hart wrote: Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Any suggestions on how to stop this? Many TIA! Dennis * Perhaps uninstalling (purging) the one you have and installing it again will solve your problem. Joe Not if the problems exists in his Iceweasel profile. /KS Perhaps you are correct, but isn't the idea of purge to get rid of all the config files too? Does that not apply to files that may be in a user's /home directory? If not, then by removing that directory (in this case the .mozilla directory should do it, since reinstalling it will recreate the directory. Joe I believe that purging doesn't remove files in $HOME; this was discussed sometime recently on the list. Right now I see at least one '.' directory in $HOME belonging to a package that I purged. Celejar See, I learn something new from this list every day. At least now the OP should know what to do. Thanks Celejar, Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFGH6mpiXBCVWpc5J4RAqIvAJdWxBHcqVY8mY6JibGjNlAzjeYsAJ0YG/uM 64dLfO5pZha1173SnIgCIg== =jmrG -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:48:58 +0200 Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 KS wrote: Joe Hart wrote: Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Any suggestions on how to stop this? Many TIA! Dennis * Perhaps uninstalling (purging) the one you have and installing it again will solve your problem. Joe Not if the problems exists in his Iceweasel profile. /KS Perhaps you are correct, but isn't the idea of purge to get rid of all the config files too? Does that not apply to files that may be in a user's /home directory? If not, then by removing that directory (in this case the .mozilla directory should do it, since reinstalling it will recreate the directory. Joe I believe that purging doesn't remove files in $HOME; this was discussed sometime recently on the list. Right now I see at least one '.' directory in $HOME belonging to a package that I purged. Think about what you would lose _if_ you delete .mozilla. Bookmarks and passwords come to mind. Ask me how I know that. wt -- Has anyone had problems with the computer accounts? Yes, I don't have one. Okay, you can send mail to one of the tutors ... -- E. D'Azevedo, Computer Science 372 ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wayne Topa wrote: Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:48:58 +0200 Joe Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 KS wrote: Joe Hart wrote: Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Any suggestions on how to stop this? Many TIA! Dennis * Perhaps uninstalling (purging) the one you have and installing it again will solve your problem. Joe Not if the problems exists in his Iceweasel profile. /KS Perhaps you are correct, but isn't the idea of purge to get rid of all the config files too? Does that not apply to files that may be in a user's /home directory? If not, then by removing that directory (in this case the .mozilla directory should do it, since reinstalling it will recreate the directory. Joe I believe that purging doesn't remove files in $HOME; this was discussed sometime recently on the list. Right now I see at least one '.' directory in $HOME belonging to a package that I purged. Think about what you would lose _if_ you delete .mozilla. Bookmarks and passwords come to mind. Ask me how I know that. wt Oh yes, I know all about that. Ran into the iceweasel bug that did it to me. All fixed now. There is such a thing as restoring a backup, which is what people should all have. The bookmarks.html file is enough for bookmarks, but for cookies and passwords, more files are required. Personally, passwords are not kept in my browsers for security reasons, and cookies are routinely deleted, so it makes little difference to me if they are gone. Plus the fact that my Konqueror has the same bookmarks as my IceWeasel and it is not difficult to copy them from Konqueror to Iceweasel (even easier the other way around) means deleting .mozilla has more of an effect on the plugins than on anything else. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGH7RniXBCVWpc5J4RAkyaAJ9cmPHcDsz947r/AJKpnxJYbN7FagCfYfEf CdPHyZDgHT2j5VRiqMKii8w= =24+Q -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 11:02, Joe Hart wrote: [snip] See, I learn something new from this list every day. At least now the OP should know what to do. Imagine the howls of outrage if apt-get decided to scan thru /etc/passwd deleting each account's $HOME/.iceweasel directory. There would be much blood spilt, and I'd be one of those doing the spilling. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGH8mGS9HxQb37XmcRAueoAKCUbAm3ElNYv5+Dk+utngXI67oxIACfRYrH aqHo7pHwIc9mmay60eqP8LM= =LQDQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: On 04/13/07 11:02, Joe Hart wrote: [snip] See, I learn something new from this list every day. At least now the OP should know what to do. Imagine the howls of outrage if apt-get decided to scan thru /etc/passwd deleting each account's $HOME/.iceweasel directory. There would be much blood spilt, and I'd be one of those doing the spilling. I can bet. I suppose it makes a difference how many users are on the machine. For me it's just me, so if I screw something else I get to yell at myself, but if I had 200 users yelling at me for doing something like that I might decide that it's better to jump off a bridge. Still, backups to the rescue. Once can never can underestimate the importance of a good backup plan. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGH8sPiXBCVWpc5J4RAsMJAJ0Zyl55lvogwe6FjdohOtaNKmxBNwCgxYrb t9N4zJyvPjVm0xlagmt8VvM= =vmwM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
Wayne Topa wrote: Think about what you would lose _if_ you delete .mozilla. Bookmarks and passwords come to mind. Ask me how I know that. I stopped relying on browser's bookmarks. That is because they are not available if I shift to another browser, another machine or another os. These days, I am using google's toolbar and using their bookmarks facilities provided by www.google.com/bookmarks just my 2 cents raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
Joe Hart wrote: Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Any suggestions on how to stop this? Many TIA! Dennis * Perhaps uninstalling (purging) the one you have and installing it again will solve your problem. Joe Not if the problems exists in his Iceweasel profile. /KS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
I think my Firefox/Weasel browser has been hi-jacked. Regardless the url it displays a page that says * The Web site for the supplied URL is under construction. Please come back and visit soon. and an ad for making web sites for funeral homes! If I use Galeon or lynx I get to the real site. I tried shutting down all FF/IW sessions but it doesn't do any good. Any suggestions on how to stop this? Many TIA! Dennis * -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
Scribit Dennis G. Wicks dies 05/04/2007 hora 08:28: I think my Firefox/Weasel browser has been hi-jacked. [...] Any suggestions on how to stop this? Backup your FF private dir to be able to inspect it later and see what happened, but get it out of the way, so that you start a clean browser session. $ mv ~/.firefox ~/.firefox.bak If you didn't make the utterly stupid mistake to browse the Web while being root and have not installed as root some malware, that should resolve the problem entirely. Quickly, Pierre -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP 0xD9D50D8A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Help! Strange FF/Iceweasel problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dennis G. Wicks wrote: I think my Firefox/Weasel browser has been hi-jacked. Regardless the url it displays a page that says * The Web site for the supplied URL is under construction. Please come back and visit soon. and an ad for making web sites for funeral homes! If I use Galeon or lynx I get to the real site. I tried shutting down all FF/IW sessions but it doesn't do any good. Any suggestions on how to stop this? Many TIA! Dennis * Perhaps uninstalling (purging) the one you have and installing it again will solve your problem. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGFPVsiXBCVWpc5J4RAm5OAKC1taaYh+/P+PXvAbw88xoaoFZ2EQCbBk4J SvgNMAvNvldVORSZmyujQYc= =Rp1N -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
