That's because you have files that you can't write to in your profile, because you don't own them (presumably they are owned by root, which is normally a result of running firefox with sudo):
BrokenPermissions: cookies.sqlite-shm (0644, wrong owner) places.sqlite-shm (0644, wrong owner) This problem is so common that I really think it's time for us to just make Firefox abort if it is executed as the root user ** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1013316 Title: Bookmarks not available even after sqlite reset To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1013316/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs