firefox share profile in freebsd and windows!

[Chris Hodgins]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:55:23 +0800, heccj <heccj at 163.com> 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,just
> extesions!Some extensions can setup into the firefox program dir in
> windows(can in freebsd?),but most just setup into the profile extesions
> dir.If all the extension can select setup dir at setup time,perhaps this
> problem can be resolved.
> 

Hmm, I was under the impression that extensions for firefox were
generally written in javascript?  Some extensions might prove to be a
little incompatible.  I would start in safe mode.  Remove all
extensions and reinstall the latest copy of them again.  Make sure
when you do this that you have checked they are actually compatible
with all OS and not just Windows and are for the correct version of
your browser.  If this still fails create a new profile and see if you
can get that working.  Remember to backup your bookmarks. :)

Good Luck
Chris