In doing some research about this, I came across
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1050588
which lead me to
resource:///modules/sessionstore/SessionFile.jsm
I currently have a previous.js (dated 08/16), recovery.bak and recovery.js
(along with some upgrade.js- files that are dated most recently 07/29)
The recovery.xxx files before FF is launched are dated yesterday (08/19) at
what I guess
was around the time I launched it yesterday.
After launch (today, 8/20, about 15:34), the recovery.xxx files changed to
today's date, about 15:35, but subsequently changed again to 15:59, but have
not changed again (now is 17:22).
the resource: file says that:
previous.js is "Updated whenever we successfully load from `clean`"
and that for each of: recovery.js and recovery.bak
"... this file is therefore removed during clean shutdown"
I must therefore conclude that FF is essentially crashing each time it
shuts down, since apparently 08/16.
I do not quite understand:
" Paths: Object.freeze({
// The path to the latest version of sessionstore written during a clean
// shutdown. After startup, it is renamed `cleanBackup`.
clean: Path.join(profileDir, "sessionstore.js"),
"
as I do not have anything labelled cleanBackup or sessionstore.js anywhere I
have looked...
Once or twice I got the "This is embarrassing" (at which I thought:
"That's funny - FF didn't crash!?!"), but mostly the only difference I
have noted in FF is that when shutting down (File-->Quit) all the tabs
disappear at once, instead of rippling closed from right to left in
maybe 1/2 second(?).
FF is now at 48.0 (48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1), but all else is as originally
reported.
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Title:
Recently, when FF starts up, not all of the restored windows/tabs are
the most recent ones.
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
With the latest FF (or perhaps one version before?) a weird thing
happens when I start up my FF profile:
Once all the windows and tabs are loaded, and I peruse the list of windows in
my bottom panel,
I will see things that were NOT as I left them when I shut FF down last.
Ex. I see that one window has the focus tab (the one tab per window that
actually gets loaded when FF starts up) has the text "BBQ Crock Pot..." This
is a recipe that I no longer need, and have deleted - several times. The 4
tabs that follow that tab I also deleted.
I have just deleted them again, but I know that when I start FF tomorrow,
THERE they will be again...
Next, there is a tab labeled "Rochester Gas..." a site where I can
find low gas prices here in Rochester, NY. Now I know that when I
leave this window, I leave it on the Weather tab almost every time.
Probably once in the last couple of weeks it was on the gas prices tab
when I shut FF down. Apparently THAT was the day that FF keeps
resurrecting (for that window, at least...)
Another window tab shows the correct tab, Google Translate, but when I
go there to translate something, the text that it resurrects from "the
last time" is actually from several sessions (maybe a week?) before
(and naturally, it is something embarrassing that I wouldn't want
people to see...! Of course.)
Although it has finally gone away, there was one time that I opened up
a window to look up probably 8 to 10 things on the same subject,
finished with them, deleted the tabs, and then the window - but then
had the window/tabs reappear every time FF loaded, perhaps for the
next 4-5 days.
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Basically - something changed in FF that causes it to not load the most
recent windows/tabs,
but some earlier set.
Now... this could mean that when shut down, FF IS saving the windows and
tabs, but not loading the most recent set when re-starting.... OR
FF is not always saving windows/tabs every time it shuts down, but is
resurrecting the most recent copy it has available...
Those are the two scenarios that I have thought up, but of course
there are probably others...
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[NOTE: before I invoked ubuntu-bug to file this report, there was a
weird problem that caused Amazon.com pages to display improperly and
be almost unresponsive (memory problem? FF problem? Amazon problem?
- who knows...) Anyway, I decided it would be good to shut FF down
and restart. Apparently FF crashed during the shut-down (I had to
delete .parentlock before I could restart the profile). So ubuntu-bug
probably will have pulled in stuff that relates to that crash, that
will have nothing to do with the bug I am reporting, as it is not a
crash - merely weird behavior. ]
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scott@scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-Plus:~$ uname -a
Linux scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-Plus 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13
00:06:14 UTC 2016 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
scott@scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-Plus:~$ lsb_release -dsc
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
xenial
scott@scott-Asus-M2N68-AM-Plus:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
Lubuntu
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: firefox 47.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: scott 1240 F...m pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: scott 1240 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC2: scott 1240 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: scott 1240 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20160606113900
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Tue Jul 26 23:25:47 2016
DefaultProfileIncompatibleExtensions:
English (South Africa) Language Pack - [email protected]
English (GB) Language Pack - [email protected]
Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
DefaultProfilePlugins: Shockwave Flash -
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
DefaultProfilePrefSources: prefs.js
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-05 (83 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386
(20160420.1)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.0.1 dev enp0s7
192.168.0.0/24 dev enp0s7 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.2
MostRecentCrashID: bp-44f9dd73-a7cd-4e42-bc1b-3aa0f2160727
PciNetwork:
Profile1IncompatibleExtensions:
Global Menu Bar integration - [email protected]
English (South Africa) Language Pack - [email protected]
English (GB) Language Pack - [email protected]
Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Profile1PrefSources: prefs.js
Profile2Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile2IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant
compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
Profile2Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profile2Plugins: Shockwave Flash -
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
Profile2PrefSources: prefs.js
Profile2Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
Profiles:
Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=47.0/20160606113900 (In use)
Profile1 - LastVersion=28.0/20140410211157 (Out of date)
Profile2 - LastVersion=47.0/20160606113900
RfKill:
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
SubmittedCrashIDs:
bp-44f9dd73-a7cd-4e42-bc1b-3aa0f2160727
bp-cb6c0288-10f2-4cc9-afdd-662552160622
bp-062d78b9-0997-469d-ac2b-2c25f2160620
bp-33012966-2403-4ed0-a9f0-e94f02160519
bp-649eea70-f030-4f17-857b-f9eeb2160510
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/10/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1802
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M2N68-AM Plus
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1802:bd06/10/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N68-AMPlus:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
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