In article <[email protected]>, Rufus <[email protected]> wrote:
> Daniel wrote: > > Geoff Walker wrote: > >> For over a year now I have not been using SM's browser on a day-to-day > >> basis, ever since SM browser "forgot" all my bookmarks and history, even > >> though Mail continues to work just fine. It's as though SM browser is > >> unable to see my profile. At the time it happened I posted here for > >> help but with no joy. > >> > >> Since then I have been using Safari day-to-day, but I still use SM > >> browser from time to time when some site doesn't work properly on > >> Safari. Today on just such an accasion, shortly after SM browser told > >> me it had blocked some pop-up windows, it re-opened my "previous" > >> session, ie the last session before my problems began over a year ago! > >> However it still couldn't see any bookmarks or history. > >> > >> At the top of the visible tab on the frontmost window this message was > >> displayed this message : > >> > >> "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because one of > >> SeaMonkey's files is in use by another application. Some security > >> software can cause this problem." > >> > >> I don't have any security software that I'm aware of. Can anyone use > >> this message to diagnose and solve my problem? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Geoff > >> > > > > Geoff, on Windows systems, SeaMonkey/Mozilla Suite did have a problem > > where it would not close down properly (due to system crashes, > > whatever), so the "prefs.js" file would be marked as still in use, so > > when SeaMonkey was re-started, a new, empty, profile would be created. > > Don't know if this was/is your problem!! > > > > Have a look at Tools->Switch Profiles. Do you see more profiles than you > > thought you had?? If so, check out the others to see if they contain > > your missing bookmarks. > > > > If that doesn't fix your problem, your bookmarks and history (and some > > other stuff) are now (since ver 2.1, I think) stored in a file called > > "places.sqlite". With SeaMonkey closed, do a search for this to see if > > you have more than one. If so, in a thread called "Is there a way to > > merge two different two local places.sqlite file copies together?" from > > earlier today, David E Ross has provided a method of combining two > > places.sqlite files. > > > > HTH! > > > > Before doing all the heavy lifting, try running Disk Utility and do a > Repair Permissions. Also try running a utility like Onyx to flush > cashes and temporary files. Thankyou fellows for your suggestions. It's taken me a little time to respond as I've been exploring both of them. But with both your suggestions I've now fixed the problem. First I found, downloaded and used Onyx. On its own that didn't fix the problem, although cleaning up one's files is always a good thing to do! Moving on to Daniel's suggestions, I only have one profile so the issue of merging places.sqlite files wasn't going to be the solution. But the mention of places.sqlite made me look more closely, and I noticed that I had two other places.sqlite files, namely places.sqlite-journal and places.sqlite.corrupt, both last modified on 24/7/2011, about the time that SM browser stopped seeing my profile. Some googling led me to http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite and I was able to use the suggestion there about deleting both places.sqlite and places.sqlite-journal, and then renaming places.sqlite.corrupt to places.sqlite to give me back my SM browser's full functionality. I'm not sure how the solution I found ties into the message I had previously received : "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because one of SeaMonkey's files is in use by another application. Some security software can cause this problem.", but I don't care and I'm very happy! Many thanks, Geoff _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
