Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-31 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 22:47 +, g wrote: > On 12/30/2011 10:05 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > <> > > > Let us be clear. You want me to cd to .mozilla/firefox/o8u6238s.default. > > o8u6238s.default is the name of my default file. > -=- > > o8u6238s.default is your _profile_ directory. > > > > Th

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-31 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 16:33 -0600, Kevin Martin wrote: > > On 12/30/2011 04:05 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 17:26 +, g wrote: > >> On 12/30/2011 04:38 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> <> > >> > >>> No bing search plugin is present. > >> if you follow what Patrick suggested

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread g
On 12/30/2011 10:47 PM, g wrote: > On 12/30/2011 09:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 12/30/2011 01:38 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >>> There is no browser.startup.homepage inabout:config >> Try creating it then. > -=- > > if not there, you need to create it. -=- if you are not familiar with how to creat

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread g
On 12/30/2011 10:33 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: <> > if that was "grep -l bing *" then you would get a list of the files that > have the word bing in them and you *might* be able to work with that (like > delete unnecessary files or edit them if there are ascii). -=- from 'man grep' +++ -l, --file

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread g
On 12/30/2011 09:45 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/30/2011 01:38 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> There is no browser.startup.homepage inabout:config > > Try creating it then. -=- if not there, you need to create it. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are dele

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread g
On 12/30/2011 10:05 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: <> > Let us be clear. You want me to cd to .mozilla/firefox/o8u6238s.default. > o8u6238s.default is the name of my default file. -=- o8u6238s.default is your _profile_ directory. > Then run: grep bing * > bing.out > > That returns a file with 4 lin

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread Kevin Martin
On 12/30/2011 04:05 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 17:26 +, g wrote: >> On 12/30/2011 04:38 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> <> >> >>> No bing search plugin is present. >> if you follow what Patrick suggested and find that problem is in your >> profile, you can use new profile a

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 17:26 +, g wrote: > On 12/30/2011 04:38 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > <> > > > No bing search plugin is present. > > if you follow what Patrick suggested and find that problem is in your > profile, you can use new profile and rebuild or... > > ok. now the 'long part'. >

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/30/2011 01:38 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: There is no browser.startup.homepage inabout:config Try creating it then. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fed

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, 2011-12-30 at 12:20 -0500, David wrote: > On 12/30/2011 11:35 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 22:36 +0100, Patrick Lists wrote: > >> On 29-12-11 22:21, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> > >> Not sure if this is related but have you tried clicking in the search > >> box on the

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread g
On 12/30/2011 04:38 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: <> > No bing search plugin is present. if you follow what Patrick suggested and find that problem is in your profile, you can use new profile and rebuild or... ok. now the 'long part'. with firefox closed, open a file browser, move to your firefox p

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread g
On 12/30/2011 04:42 PM, Patrick Lists wrote: <> > Have you tried stopping Firefox, renaming your Firefox profile and start > Firefox again to see if the problem persists? I think you could try that > with these steps after you have quit Firefox: -=- this is a good procedure and will show proble

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread David
On 12/30/2011 11:35 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 22:36 +0100, Patrick Lists wrote: >> On 29-12-11 22:21, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> >> Not sure if this is related but have you tried clicking in the search >> box on the logo/drop down arrow and then click on "Manage Search >> Eng

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread Patrick Lists
On 30-12-11 17:35, Aaron Konstam wrote: Not sure if this is related but have you tried clicking in the search box on the logo/drop down arrow and then click on "Manage Search Engines"? Bing is mentioned there. Perhaps you could try to click on "Restore Defaults" or just remove Bing and everything

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 22:53 +, g wrote: > On 12/29/2011 09:36 PM, Patrick Lists wrote: > > On 29-12-11 22:21, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> Disabling adons has the same behavior as not disabling them. > > <> > > > Not sure if this is related but have you tried clicking in the search > > box on

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-30 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 22:36 +0100, Patrick Lists wrote: > On 29-12-11 22:21, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > Disabling adons has the same behavior as not disabling them. > > I can change the home page to Google and when firefox restarts it is > > still Google. However if I shut the machine down Bing is b

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-29 Thread g
On 12/29/2011 09:36 PM, Patrick Lists wrote: > On 29-12-11 22:21, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> Disabling adons has the same behavior as not disabling them. <> > Not sure if this is related but have you tried clicking in the search > box on the logo/drop down arrow and then click on "Manage Search >

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-29 Thread Patrick Lists
On 29-12-11 22:21, Aaron Konstam wrote: Disabling adons has the same behavior as not disabling them. I can change the home page to Google and when firefox restarts it is still Google. However if I shut the machine down Bing is back. There is no Bing in by about:config display. I agree there must

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-29 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 15:59 +, g wrote: > On 12/29/2011 03:37 PM, g wrote: > > On 12/29/2011 02:12 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > <> > > > >> I reported that the method described in the web page worked. Well the > >> home page I set survived a restart but not a shut down and reboot. > >> So I a

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-29 Thread g
On 12/29/2011 03:37 PM, g wrote: > On 12/29/2011 02:12 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > <> > >> I reported that the method described in the web page worked. Well the >> home page I set survived a restart but not a shut down and reboot. >> So I am mystified why this behavior is different than all other

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-29 Thread g
On 12/29/2011 02:12 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: <> > I reported that the method described in the web page worked. Well the > home page I set survived a restart but not a shut down and reboot. > So I am mystified why this behavior is different than all other versions > of firefox and how to make the

Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-29 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 22:56 +, g wrote: > On 12/27/2011 09:28 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > In Firefox 9 in F16 I can't set the home page. I make my web page > > www.Google.com. Then I go to preferences and click "Use Current Page". > > This works for a while. But when I reboot the home page

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-28 Thread g
On 12/28/2011 10:17 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: <> > The method outlined in the web page you cited fixed the problem. Thanks! -=- great. glad it did the trick. most welcome. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text" are deleted* in a free world without fenc

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-28 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 22:56 +, g wrote: > On 12/27/2011 09:28 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > In Firefox 9 in F16 I can't set the home page. I make my web page > > www.Google.com. Then I go to preferences and click "Use Current Page". > > This works for a while. But when I reboot the home page be

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-28 Thread g
On 12/28/2011 01:17 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: <> > No I am not opening pages in a new tab or window. I will try the method > outlined in the web link and see how that works. -=- another suggestion, click "help > restart w/ extensions disabled". -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plai

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-28 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 22:56 +, g wrote: > On 12/27/2011 09:28 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > In Firefox 9 in F16 I can't set the home page. I make my web page > > www.Google.com. Then I go to preferences and click "Use Current Page". > > This works for a while. But when I reboot the home page be

Re: Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-27 Thread g
On 12/27/2011 09:28 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote: > In Firefox 9 in F16 I can't set the home page. I make my web page > www.Google.com. Then I go to preferences and click "Use Current Page". > This works for a while. But when I reboot the home page becomes Bing. > Is anyone else having this trouble and

Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

2011-12-27 Thread Aaron Konstam
In Firefox 9 in F16 I can't set the home page. I make my web page www.Google.com. Then I go to preferences and click "Use Current Page". This works for a while. But when I reboot the home page becomes Bing. Is anyone else having this trouble and know how to fix it? --