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Re: Firefox problem

From Frank Miles <pedicularis@mail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Firefox problem
Date 2021-02-05 20:00 +0100
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On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:20:01 +0100, Charles Curley wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 23:12:52 -0000 (UTC)
> Frank Miles <pedicularis@mail.com> wrote:
> 
>> With the most recent Firefox update, some of the widgets on a 
>> Bibliocommons (library) website cease working.  They still work
>> either using the Epiphany browser, or my android phone.
>> 
>> Any recommendations on how I might debug this?
> 
> Sometimes Firefox loses its marbles. To check on this, shut Firefox
> down, move ~/.mozilla aside (rename it), then start Firefox up again.
> 
> If that solves the problem, you have some re-installing to do. If that
> doesn't solve the problem, reverse the above.

That fixes it!  As such, I presume it's a matter of piece-by-piece
"installing" add-ons and configuration settings, not installing Firefox
itself since that "works".

Thanks for the tip!!
  Frank

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Firefox problem Frank Miles <pedicularis@mail.com> - 2021-02-03 00:40 +0100
  Re: Firefox problem Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2021-02-03 03:40 +0100
  Re: Firefox problem Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-02-03 05:20 +0100
    Re: Firefox problem Frank Miles <pedicularis@mail.com> - 2021-02-05 20:00 +0100
      Re: Firefox problem Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-02-05 20:20 +0100

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