Several points: First I am rather new to Ubuntu and Firefox. Second I am now using Epiphany. Third, I tried to do as you suggested (I think I did it right). After closing Firefox , I later tried to reopen it and got a window with the note that Firefox was already running (a shock to me as there were no other indications) and that I must close the current session in order to open another. The window reappeared at every attempt of mine to open OR close the Firefox window that I could not find. Since the notice window gave the alternative of restarting my system, I did so. Three times. On each occasion the same notice window reappeared. I could find no other indication that Firefox WAS running. I could not find a way to terminate the ghost session. Finally, I went to the Synaptic Package Manager and removed Firefox. I will reinstall it when an upgrade is available. Meanwhile I will use Epiphany. Thanks for trying to help me, but I haven't had any good results since the problem first suddenly appeared. Marvin
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Micah Gersten < launch...@micahscomputing.com> wrote: > Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. > Many bad Firefox behaviors are in fact caused by one of the many > third-party 'themes', 'extensions' and 'plugins'. These will go away with a > new profile - that is, when Firefox is restored to default settings and > without any extensions and themes. Could you please try with a new profile? > You do not need to delete your old profile to test. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MozillaTeam/Bugs?action=show&redirect=DebuggingFirefox#Try%20with%20a%20new%20profile > > ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > web pages often revert to home page without warning > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373467 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “firefox-3.0” source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 > > Ubuntu 8.04. Firefox 3.0 Home page set to Google. After linking to gmail > page sometimes reverts to home. Even when signed into gmail sometimes > reverts to home. Logging into Yahoo mail also reverts to google page at > times. There is sometimes a delay, Sometimes the reversion is almost > instant. Behavior started suddenly two days ago. > I linked to Mozilla page, but quickly the Google page reappeared. I > reloaded Firefox from the Synaptic package manager yesterday, but the > problem continued at that time. > I have restarted the computer in recovery mode after restarting and after > complete shut downs. As of this morning the problem still occurred. > I have just rebooted and as yet have not had the problem in this session, a > real surprise. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Thu May 7 18:46:18 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 > Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 > PackageArchitecture: i386 > ProcEnviron: > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 > Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686 > -- web pages often revert to home page without warning https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373467 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
