Ok, sorry it took me so long to reply to this, I have been too busy to get to try this. I downloaded and ran Firefox 1.5b2 right from www.mozilla.org . The same error occurs if I try to use a profile from a vfat partition (like I said in an earlier post, the error wording is slightly different in 1.5, but I think it is the exact same error). I tried moving the profile to the /boot partition just to test it, and it works fine from there. I also tried as root and a normal user (both with full access to the partition), so the problem is either with the way Firefox is creating the lock, or the way 10.0 is allowing access. I have been running 1.5b2 on WinXP Pro since it was released with no problems. Same basic setup, Windows partition is NTFS, profile is on a FAT32 partition.
Thanks for the help, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Wolfgang Rosenauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [opensuse] Firefox profile not working on a vfat partition. Permissions I think. On 2005-10-19 at 14:25:12 -0400, Michael A. Elkevizth wrote (shortened): > I used the standard 1.0.7 Ubuntu package and it worked fine. I have tried > the standard 1.0.6 openSUSE package and the upgraded 1.07 packages with the > same result. I also tried the 1.5beta2 package found here > http://ftp.softnet.tuc.gr/pub/linux/suse/projects/mozilla/experimental/10.0/ > The error message is worded different, but is still the same. Not proper > access to the profile. The reason I asked you to test a 1.5b2 build from www.mozilla.org is that there was a change in the profile locking mechanism. We already have the 1.5 behaviour backported to 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 So if a 1.5b2 build from mozilla.org shows the same behaviour as our 1.0.7 package it's a regression in Firefox 1.5. So please report back if the above works or not. > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolfgang Rosenauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [opensuse] Firefox profile not working on a vfat partition. > Permissions I think. > > > On 2005-10-18 at 17:02:38 -0400, Michael A. Elkevizth wrote (shortened): > > > I've installed openSuse 10.0 and am having some trouble getting everything > > setup properly. I was running Suse 9.3 Pro and had it setup to share my > > Firefox profile located on a vfat partition so I can use the same profile > on > > winXP and on Linux. All work well in 9.3, but with 10.0 I keep getting an > > error from Firefox (and Thunderbird also) stating that "Firefox cannot use > > the profile "default" because it is in use. Please choose another profile > or > > create a new one". This error appears to be being caused because Firefox > > cannot gain access to the profile properly. The same error will occur if > you > > point the profile to somewhere you don't have permissions for. The problem > > is that I DO have permissions to the share and I cannot figure out why > this > > is happening. I have tested my setup with Ubuntu 5.10 and all works > properly > > with that. Here is the fstab line that mounts the share: > > Which version of Firefox do you have on Ubuntu? > Could you please try a mozilla.org build of Firefox 1.0.7 on your 10.0? > If you are on it, it would also be interesting what you get with a 1.5b2 > build from mozilla.org. CU, Wolfgang -- SUSE LINUX GmbH -o) Tel: +49-(0)911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstr. 5 /\\ Fax: +49-(0)911-740 53 679 90409 Nuernberg, Germany _\_v simply change to www.suse.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
