I haven't followed through this whole thread in detail, but fwiw I had a problem in firefox 3.0.8 on Ubuntu 8.10 on an XO (OLPC) laptop not saving bookmarks across restart (history and other prefs were fine), and I solved it with the details here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/225257/comments/28 -- firefox-3.0, not saving history or bookmarks, the navigations buttons (foward, back,etc) does not work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/224985 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