On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 08:35 -0500, Phil Schaffner wrote: > William L. Maltby wrote: > > Fully up-to-date CentOS 5.2 and Firefox browser. A previous thread had a > > problem with plugins disappearing. I've discovered, by accident, a > > causal relationship. > > > > Running a Thunderbird mail client (could happen with others? Haven't > > tested with Evolution yet.) I click a link that opens the browser. BANG! > > The plugins.dat is "emptied". > > > > Restored from my rsync backup, repeat, BANG! "Empty" again. > > > > Now, if the browser is already open, NP. > > > ><snip> > Bill, > > Tried to reproduce this and could not - closed Firefox, clicked on a > link in Thunderbird that opens Firefox. All plugins are OK. Random thought: caused by the link clicked? Try this one for me? Weak possibility, but I thought no use in "ass-u-me"ing. http://links.seekingalpha.com/links/34878/83/105705/1184 > > I have no plugins.dat, only > > .mozilla/firefox/2ucxmtim.default/pluginreg.dat Heh. As mentioned in my other post, hadn't had 2nd cup yet. It is indeed pluginreg.dat. > > firefox-3.0.4-1.el5.centos > thunderbird-2.0.0.18-1.el5.centos Ditto: T'bird version 2.0.0.18 (20081120) > > Have had problems with disappearing plugins when first starting Firefox, > and then having them return after closing/restarting. Seemed to be a > function of historical user configs and updates as it was not > reproducible on a fresh user account. Never could find a bug report on > it and did not create one as it worked OK on a clean config. Perhaps > you could try this on a fresh account to check out that variable. Yep. I did go to another account, but it uses evolution. The problem didn't manifest itself using evolution. I'll go to another that uses T'bird and try there. Then, a fresh account. The fact that I can reproduce it on that account leaves me sure that some kind of bug exists. It may only be exposed by some odd-ball thing in that account or directory structure, like permissions or whatnot. I'll investigate more throughout the day, as workload permits. > > Phil > <snip sig stuff> Thanks for the reply. -- Bill