Unable to keep homepage across firefox restarts

Bug #1676463 reported by Cliff Carson
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firefox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Running firefox 50.1 on gnome 17.04 and every restart of firefox I have to reset my homepage. Tried the normal way by dragging the current tab to the homepage icon and manually editing prefs.js to the wanted homepage. Once set the homepage setting is held until firefox reload. Since the /home page is common to both the 17.04 system and 16.10 gnome system I've tried to reproduce this failure on 16.10 but cannot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: firefox 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-14.16-generic 4.10.3
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-14-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: cliff 2231 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20161213225349
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Mar 27 10:29:15 2017
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions:
 English (GB) Language Pack - <email address hidden>
 English (South Africa) Language Pack - <email address hidden>
 Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-13 (41 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20170211)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlp3s0 proto static metric 600
 10.0.3.0/24 dev lxcbr0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.1 linkdown
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp3s0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlp3s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.194 metric 600
MostRecentCrashID: bp-46c62897-65eb-4932-916e-3061f2170315
Plugins:
 Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so
 GNOME Shell Integration - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so (gnome-shell)
PrefSources:
 /usr/lib/firefox/defaults/pref/all-ubuntu-gnome.js
 prefs.js
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=50.1.0/20161213225349 (In use)
RelatedPackageVersions: gnome-shell 3.24.0-0ubuntu1
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/14/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.6.5
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: W35_37ET
dmi.board.vendor: CLEVO CO.
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: CLEVO CO.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.5:bd12/14/2012:svnCLEVOCO.:pnW35_37ET:pvrN/A:rvnCLEVOCO.:rnW35_37ET:rvrN/A:cvnCLEVOCO.:ct9:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: W35_37ET
dmi.product.version: N/A
dmi.sys.vendor: CLEVO CO.

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Cliff Carson (ccarson1) wrote :
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Cliff Carson (ccarson1) wrote :

This is not a problem in Zesty Unity. Have two Zesty Gnome system that will not retain their home page.

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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