Re: [newbie] Firefox gone bad

2005-03-21 Thread SigmaX
Aidan Holmes wrote: Miark wrote: You may have to blow away your ~/.mozilla directory. Actually, I'd rename it to something else, let Firefox make a new directory, then copy my bookmarks from the old directory to the new. Miark Can't seem to find the .mozilla directory - any clues as to where to

Re: [newbie] Firefox gone bad

2005-03-20 Thread Aidan Holmes
Thanks Miark and Graham for your help and for being so prompt, you're both lifesavers. Especially the tip about renaming the folder. I use the net all day at work and while I could recreate my favourites, being able to restore them to the new .mozilla directory has certainly saved me heaps of t

Re: [newbie] Firefox gone bad

2005-03-20 Thread Graham Watkins
Aidan Holmes wrote: Can't seem to find the .mozilla directory - any clues as to where to look? Since I still rely on urpmi (and can't see a good reason not to at this stage) I still have no idea where things get installed on my system. It's in your home directory - you'll need to switch on "show

Re: [newbie] Firefox gone bad

2005-03-20 Thread Aidan Holmes
Miark wrote: You may have to blow away your ~/.mozilla directory. Actually, I'd rename it to something else, let Firefox make a new directory, then copy my bookmarks from the old directory to the new. Miark Can't seem to find the .mozilla directory - any clues as to where to look? Since I still

Re: [newbie] Firefox gone bad

2005-03-20 Thread Miark
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:27:38 +0800, Aidan wrote: > This morning firefox asked me to look for an update for the > theme I was using. I clicked the update now button and things > have gone horribly wrong. All the buttons etc now appear as > text... You may have to blow away your ~/.mozilla directo

[newbie] Firefox gone bad

2005-03-20 Thread Aidan Holmes
Hi all, This morning firefox asked me to look for an update for the theme I was using. I clicked the update now button and things have gone horribly wrong. All the buttons etc now appear as text. But the fonts are all too big and everything overlaps. It's a mess! It's impossible to use the fir