Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 22:01:05 -0500 From: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox share profile in freebsd and windows! Message-ID: <200503142201.05764.ean@hedron.org> In-Reply-To: <4236408B.3090107@163.com> References: <4235CEA6.7020202@163.com> <2907.216.220.59.169.1110825785.squirrel@216.220.59.169> <4236408B.3090107@163.com>
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On March 14, 2005 08:55 pm, heccj wrote: > Ean Kingston said the following on 03/15/05 02:43: > >>Perhaps this is not proper site to place this question,but i just meet > >>this problem! > >> > >>I want to share my firefox 1.0.1 profile in windows xp and freebsd 5.3,i > >>can run with:firefox -safe-mode,it will freeze when i > >>use:firefox,obviousely,it's because of the extensions.When you setup > >>extensions in windows xp,firefox can't start in freebsd,when you setup > >>extensions in freebsd,firefox can't start in windows!Why? > > > > Why? Because Windows XP and FreeBSD are completely different operating > > systems. Their binaries are not compatible. > > > >>How to resovle > >>it? > > > > If you can figure out how to keep the extensions directories separate > > while keeping the rest of the preferences the same it should work. > > > > At the worst, you could export your bookmarks from one and import them > > into the other. Then you would just have to go through the preferences > > and make sure the settings are the same otherwise. > > The bookmarks and history or other data can share correctly, Good. > just > extesions!Some extensions can setup into the firefox program dir in > windows(can in freebsd?), I'm not sure what you are trying to say. > but most just setup into the profile extesions > dir. I believe you can simply move the extension to the global extensions directory and restart Firefox. If you try it, make a note of which extensions you moved because you might have to move them back. > If all the extension can select setup dir at setup time,perhaps this > problem can be resolved. -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/
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