[opensuse] Firefox right click problem
In firefox, a right click on link should allow one to open that link in a new tab. When I start firefox it does, but after a while using it, filling in forms, some google searches, that ability seems to go away. This change in behaviour might be die to the upgrade to 11.2 (but I doubt it), or to FF 3.6 (but I doubt it). I've tried disabling some recent (and not so recent!) plugins to no avail. What left? Some settings? Oh right: my user.js is full of them, seems to be automagically generated and I'm reluctant to start deleting it randomly. Google for this produces a quarter of a million hits! ARGH! And you know what? A short while after that, clicking n the menu bar - left or right mouse button - stops working as well. Right and left click work on other applications such as Konqueror. Any suggestions? MozillaFirefox-3.6.0-1.2.i586 MozillaFirefox-theme-oxygen-1.4.92-5.1.noarch MozillaFirefox-translations-common-3.6.0-1.2.i586 MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE-3.5-8.9.1.i586 -- The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. -- Henry Kissinger, New York Times, Oct. 28, 1973 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* Anton Aylward <anton.aylward@rogers.com> [03-05-10 08:41]:
In firefox, a right click on link should allow one to open that link in a new tab.
When I start firefox it does, but after a while using it, filling in forms, some google searches, that ability seems to go away.
This change in behaviour might be die to the upgrade to 11.2 (but I doubt it), or to FF 3.6 (but I doubt it).
Recent experiences leed me to believe it is related to the ff upgrade. I had major problems displaying certain sites and intermittent problems with bookmarks and mouse clicks. I resolved the problem by moving ~/.mozilla/firefox and opening ff anew creating a new ~/.mozilla/firefox. I then transferred individually old files to the new settings. prefs.js proved to be the problem so I did a diff and altered the new prefs.js to contain the few different parameters that concerned me. Firefox is now operating as expected and even using less cpu cycles. One thing I still miss, I used to keep three or four sessions of ff active at all times but this condition drives up my cpu temperature by 30 degrees F when the system is "idle". I now close ff as defining a "start-up" session will load 3 or 4 sessions so quickly, it's not a problem. Try renaming prefs.js, ff will recreate it. And see if your problems disappear. You can then recover old setting by hand editing and testing that the problems do not return. gud luk -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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