This happened last night: I left for dinner with several firefox windows open. This is common for me; we normally have five to eight firefox windows open (Linux desktop) without problem.
When I came home I switched to an empty desktop (I normally have 12 desktops available to make sure I always have an empty one <smile>). I opened Firefox. Up to then I hadn't realized that all firefox windows had been closed. But I got a new firefox window opening, with a message that my Firefox had been updated. And discovered several disconcerting issues: no history, no bookmarks, no nothing. Like a brand new install. Version 2.0.0.3. Which I think was the same I had installed previously. I closed firefox. Searching this directory: ~/.mozilla/firefox/ I discovered several firefox directories in the format xxxxxxxx.default. I moved them all out of the way and restarted firefox. I then closed firefox and found a new firefox directory: r1ro795u.tempuser I removed the contents of r1ro795u.tempuser and replaced it with the contents of the oldbenkg.default directory. It appears that directory was built (renamed?) when last firefox crashed a few days ago (it does that from time to time; this version is known to use up memory). It was good that I had it because I now have back all my bookmarks, history, etc., through the date/time it was created. Does anyone have any ideas as to what might have happened? I'm switching from backing up my home directory system weekly to doing it daily. Is there anything else I can/should do? Thanks. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
