I have seen this exact same behavior under Fedora 9. it seems the bug is with firefox for some reason. It will happens when clicking over a link opens firefox. If firefox is already open, it works OK. I've found no solution yet, other than switching to opera for my browsing needs. I have the tabmixplus extension, I thought it was related. Do you have this extension? Regards. William L. Maltby wrote: > On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 08:07 -0500, 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. > > s/open/opened via the desktop/ > >> Anyone can confirm? >> >> Known problem? > > Got second cup of coffee downed and went to see if the bug was known > here > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&content=plugin > > Didn't see a match. If someone can confirm, I'll post a bug. > > BTW, > > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.4) Gecko/2008111319 > CentOS/3.0.4-1.el5.centos Firefox/3.0.4 > > is CentOS stock AFAIK. > >> <snip> > -- Cordialmente, GERMAN ANDRES PULIDO F. Ingeniero de Proyectos GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES - GTS S.A. ------------------------------------- Tel: (571) 658 34 10 ext 110 Carrera 7b No. 123-46 Bogotá-Colombia Sitio Web: www.gtscolombia.com