On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 20:23 +, g wrote:
> when thought does not work as thought, answer/solution is always to up
> grade.
It's the first thing you'd probably need to do, as if there is a bug
that needs fixing, the programmers will be working on new, not, older
versions. They need test cases a
On 02/09/2011 01:31 PM, les wrote:
<>
> You understand it correctly. Once I changed user.js to the page I
> wanted, everything was happy. Maybe I'm a bit dense, but why would one
> want two means to set a preference, when the hidden one overrides the
> normal one?
dank:
there is questionable lo
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 20:42 +, g wrote:
> On 02/08/2011 10:39 AM, les wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 23:25 +, g wrote:
> <>
>
> >> did your your 'user.js' get picked up by 'prefs.js'?
> >
> > Yes, apparently it did. Not just that, but it appeared to reset the
> > selection in prefs.js.
Joe Zeff
>> If you really want to make sure this can't happen again. create your own
>> user.js file containing the home page location you want. Then use this
>> to make sure it never gets changed:
>>
>> chmod a-w user.js
>>
>> and Bob's your uncle.
g:
> or maybe "bob's your goat".
And gee's
On 02/08/2011 07:26 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
<>
> If you really want to make sure this can't happen again. create your own
> user.js file containing the home page location you want. Then use this
> to make sure it never gets changed:
>
> chmod a-w user.js
>
> and Bob's your uncle.
or maybe "bob's
On 02/08/2011 10:39 AM, les wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 23:25 +, g wrote:
<>
>> did your your 'user.js' get picked up by 'prefs.js'?
>
> Yes, apparently it did. Not just that, but it appeared to reset the
> selection in prefs.js.
reset in 'prefs.js' or reset in 'user.js'?
excuse my laz
On 02/08/2011 02:39 AM, les wrote:
> Yes, apparently it did. Not just that, but it appeared to reset the
> selection in prefs.js.
If you really want to make sure this can't happen again. create your own
user.js file containing the home page location you want. Then use this
to make sure it neve
On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 23:25 +, g wrote:
> On 02/07/2011 11:46 AM, les wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 17:07 +, g wrote:
> <>
> >> on a curious side, if not deleted, what is in user.js?
> >
> > I use Southern California Bell, so originally it pointed to
> > sbc.yahoo.com i.e. "http://www.s
On 02/07/2011 11:46 AM, les wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 17:07 +, g wrote:
<>
>> on a curious side, if not deleted, what is in user.js?
>
> I use Southern California Bell, so originally it pointed to
> sbc.yahoo.com i.e. "http://www.sbc.yahoo.com";. SBC seems to have lots
> of adware these
On 02/07/2011 03:46 AM, les wrote:
> I use Southern California Bell, so originally it pointed to
> sbc.yahoo.com i.e."http://www.sbc.yahoo.com";.
SCB doesn't even host its own website? I'm amused.
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On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 17:07 +, g wrote:
> On 02/07/2011 12:22 AM, les wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 07:12 +, g wrote:
> >> On 02/03/2011 10:20 PM, les wrote:
> >> <>
> >>
> >>> I did that as well. No joy, it only worked when I hand modified the
> >>> two .js files.
> >>
> >> did you rea
On 02/07/2011 12:22 AM, les wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 07:12 +, g wrote:
>> On 02/03/2011 10:20 PM, les wrote:
>> <>
>>
>>> I did that as well. No joy, it only worked when I hand modified the
>>> two .js files.
>>
>> did you read and follow instructions in the 'User.js_file' link?
>
> As
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Jon Ingason wrote:
> Look at the following URL:
>
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prefs.js_file
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/User.js_file
>
> This does not explain why user.js file exist. It should not hav been
> there in the first place.
Oh God... this comes back from
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 07:12 +, g wrote:
> On 02/03/2011 10:20 PM, les wrote:
> <>
>
> > I did that as well. No joy, it only worked when I hand modified the
> > two .js files.
>
> did you read and follow instructions in the 'User.js_file' link?
>
As I recall now, the link said I could remov
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 07:01 +, g wrote:
> On 02/03/2011 10:36 PM, les wrote:
> <>
>
> > Interesting that these pages never came up when I was searching for
> > preferences stuff using google.
>
> hello les,
>
> could be you need to start using google advance search;
>
>http://www.google
On 02/03/2011 10:20 PM, les wrote:
<>
> I did that as well. No joy, it only worked when I hand modified the
> two .js files.
did you read and follow instructions in the 'User.js_file' link?
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On 02/03/2011 10:36 PM, les wrote:
<>
> Interesting that these pages never came up when I was searching for
> preferences stuff using google.
hello les,
could be you need to start using google advance search;
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&num=100
above link will set up for eng
-Original Message-
>From: les
>Sent: Feb 2, 2011 7:21 PM
>To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org
>Subject: Re: Things are getting really messed up on Fedora 14
>
>On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 22:38 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
>> On 02/02/2011 07:46 PM, compdoc wrote:
>&g
On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 14:36 -0800, les wrote:
> Interesting that these pages never came up when I was searching for
> preferences stuff using google. It is valuable information. The
> user.js file should be mentioned somewhere on the about:config page I
> think, to help people having problems. I
On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 11:34 +0100, Jon Ingason wrote:
> 2011-02-03 02:21, les skrev:
> > On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 22:38 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
> >> On 02/02/2011 07:46 PM, compdoc wrote:
> Every now and again, the firefox profile gets hosed.
>
>
> >
> > The first is prefs.js. It warns that
On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 08:58 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 09:15 -0800, les wrote:
> > Hi, guys,
> > First it was evolution, and some poor slowdowns with other things, now
> > it is firefox, where I cannot set the home page. I have tried using
> > edit>preferences and typ
On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 05:02 -0600, Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 09:15 -0800, les wrote:
> > Hi, guys,
> > First it was evolution, and some poor slowdowns with other things, now
> > it is firefox, where I cannot set the home page. I have tried using
> > edit>preferences and typ
On 02/03/2011 03:24 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> Nice one :-)
Thank you. It's from Oath Of Fealty, by Larry Niven and Jerry
Pournelle. If you haven't read it, I recommend it.
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On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 09:15 -0800, les wrote:
> Hi, guys,
> First it was evolution, and some poor slowdowns with other things, now
> it is firefox, where I cannot set the home page. I have tried using
> edit>preferences and typing it in, selecting the page I want and
> selecting edit>prefer
On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 21:09 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 02/02/2011 07:08 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 09:15 -0800, les wrote:
> >> > By the way the problem of not saving the
> >> > separator position in evolution has come back as well.
> > It's a bug. There's a workaro
On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 09:15 -0800, les wrote:
> Hi, guys,
> First it was evolution, and some poor slowdowns with other things, now
> it is firefox, where I cannot set the home page. I have tried using
> edit>preferences and typing it in, selecting the page I want and
> selecting edit>prefer
2011-02-03 02:21, les skrev:
> On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 22:38 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
>> On 02/02/2011 07:46 PM, compdoc wrote:
Every now and again, the firefox profile gets hosed.
>
> The first is prefs.js. It warns that if you edit it with firefox open,
> it will be rewritten. Apparently
On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 22:38 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
> On 02/02/2011 07:46 PM, compdoc wrote:
> >> Every now and again, the firefox profile gets hosed.
> >
> >
> > Are you saying this is a normal occurrence in Fedora 14, or for Firefox in
> > general?
> >
> > I've never had it happen...
> >
>
On 02/02/2011 07:08 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 09:15 -0800, les wrote:
>> > By the way the problem of not saving the
>> > separator position in evolution has come back as well.
> It's a bug. There's a workaround. See the Evolution list for the last
> day or two.
The l
On 02/02/2011 07:46 PM, compdoc wrote:
>> Every now and again, the firefox profile gets hosed.
>
>
> Are you saying this is a normal occurrence in Fedora 14, or for Firefox in
> general?
>
> I've never had it happen...
>
>
>
I've had it happen with Firefox on more than one OS. It's not a big
On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 09:15 -0800, les wrote:
> By the way the problem of not saving the
> separator position in evolution has come back as well.
It's a bug. There's a workaround. See the Evolution list for the last
day or two.
poc
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> Every now and again, the firefox profile gets hosed.
Are you saying this is a normal occurrence in Fedora 14, or for Firefox in
general?
I've never had it happen...
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-Original Message-
>From: Steven Stern
>Sent: Feb 2, 2011 7:20 PM
>To: Community support for Fedora users
>Subject: Re: Things are getting really messed up on Fedora 14
>
>On 02/02/2011 11:15 AM, les wrote:
>> Hi, guys,
>> First it was evolution
On 02/02/2011 11:15 AM, les wrote:
> Hi, guys,
> First it was evolution, and some poor slowdowns with other things, now
> it is firefox, where I cannot set the home page. I have tried using
> edit>preferences and typing it in, selecting the page I want and
> selecting edit>preferences and s
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