firefox share profile in freebsd and windows!

[heccj]

Ean Kingston said the following on 03/15/05 11:01:
> 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.
just extensions can't work correctly.If all the extension can setup at 
firefox main  direcotory,this is not a problem,i can setup in windows 
and freebsd individually.Unfortunetly,only seral extension can setup 
like that!
> 
> 
>>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.
I have tried,if the extesions at profile directory are moved into 
firefox's main directory,firefox can not find this extensions at all.
> 
> 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.
> 
>