firefox share profile in freebsd and windows!

[Ean Kingston]

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
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