firefox 2.0.0.1 problems

["Zafer Aydogan" <zafer%aydogan.de@localhost>]

hello list,

I recently noticed some problems with firefox.
If I run firefox (2.0.0.1, native) as a user I can't add bookmarks or
save changes in general.
For example, the "Add bookmark" window does not close, but the
bookmark is added to the list.
The directory ~./mozilla is owned by the running user and is 700.
The directory is rebuild, if I remove it but the problem persists.
If I run firefox as root, everything works like a charm.
Am I doing something wrong, or am I missing a flag ?

I also ktraced it:
--snip--
 1999      1 firefox-bin RET   read 32/0x20
 1999      1 firefox-bin CALL  poll(0x81d2cc0,6,0)
 1999      1 firefox-bin RET   poll 0
 1999      1 firefox-bin CALL  poll(0x81d2cc0,6,0)
 1999      1 firefox-bin RET   poll 0
 1999      1 firefox-bin CALL  write(7,0xbfbfcf53,1)
 1999      1 firefox-bin GIO   fd 7 wrote 1 bytes
      "\M-z"
 1999      1 firefox-bin RET   write 1
 1999      1 firefox-bin CALL  write(3,0x807c000,0x58)
 1999      1 firefox-bin GIO   fd 3 wrote 88 bytes
      "\b\^B\^B\0\M-H\^B\M-`\0\b\^B\^B\0\M-G\^B\M-`\0\b\0\^B\0\M-@\^B\M-`\0\b\
       \M-^\^B\0\M-?\^B\M-`\0\b\M-^\^B\0\M-H\^B\M-`\0\b\M-^\^B\0\M-G\^B\M-`\0\
       \b\M-^\^B\0\M-@\^B\M-`\0\b\M-^\^B\0\M-?\^B\M-`\0\^T\0\^F\0@\0\0\0\^T\
       \^A\0\0!\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\M^?\M^?\M^?\^?"
 1999      1 firefox-bin RET   write 88/0x58
 1999      1 firefox-bin CALL  read(3,0xbfbfd24c,0x20)
 1999      1 firefox-bin RET   read -1 errno 35 Resource temporarily unavailabl
e
 1999      1 firefox-bin CALL  poll(0x8065080,1,0xffffffff)
 1999      2 firefox-bin SAU   blocked, event=[<ctx=0xb8bffcf8, id=2, cpu=0>]
 1999      2 firefox-bin CALL  sa_yield
 1999      1 firefox-bin RET   poll 1
--snap--

Any ideas ?
Zafer.



ps: btw, I solved my problem with the backspace key.
browser.backspace_action has to be 0 to gain the old functionality. by
default it is 1.