Mozilla firefox fills system memory and gets killed during startup if I use my "default" profile, even when started in safe mode. I'm using Kubuntu Linux.
$ firefox -safe-mode
Killed
$
Upgrading did not help (from firefox 3.6.13+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 to firefox_3.6.16+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb).
I created a new profile and it works, safe mode is not required.
How can I repair the "default" profile? I'd like to have access to the data stored there (bookmarks, history, scrapbook, passwords etc).
Best Answer
Create a new profile and incrementally copy the old data. For every item, close Firefox, copy file(s), start Firefox, and see if it hangs.
places.sqlite
signons.sqlite
,cert8.db
,key3.db
,secmod.db
(all four must be copied together)sessionstore.js
cookies.sqlite
prefs.js
extensions.ini
,extensions.sqlite
andextensions/
directorylocalstore.rdf