Re: I think Firefox is crashing my system

[Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>]

David Christensen composed on 2025-08-17 13:51 (UTC-0700):

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> David Christensen composed on 2025-08-16 23:00 (UTC-0700):
>> ...
>>> Also -- move aside your Firefox profile directory.  Run the following
>>> command in a terminal with your normal user account:

>>> $ mv ~/.mozilla ~/.mozilla- old
>> ...
>> That could be excessive:

>> ~/.mozilla> ls -1 | wc -l
>> 36
>> ~/.mozilla> grep Name firefox/profiles.ini | wc -l
>> 19
>> ~/.mozilla> grep Name seamonkey/profiles.ini | wc -l
>> 5
>> ~/.mozilla> ls -d1 p* t*
>> pmcur
>> tbc
>> ~/.mozilla>

>> Instead, consider to examine ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini and if more than one
>> exists, mv only the actually applicable firefox profile directory. Or, leave it
>> all safely alone and create a new profile:

>> <firefoxdir>/firefox --ProfileManager

>> Note too that actual profile data need not be in ~/.mozilla/ anywhere. Each
>> profile in a profiles.ini can point anywhere desired.

> I assume the OP has a default installation of Firefox and does not have 
> SeaMonkey or other software that shares the  ~/.mozilla directory.

Best to somehow so state. There's nothing to prevent a default installation from
acquiring additional Firefox profile(s), or installing apps that share
~/.mozilla/; or user from moving her Firefox profile elsewhere.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1196116
"Is it possible to change the location of the FF profile folder?"
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