Homepage does not load when opening new tab

[Martins]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

When new tab icon is clicked to open a new tab, homepage does not load. Only a blank tab/page is open.
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04

firefox-3.0:
  Installed: 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta2~hardy
  Candidate: 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta2~hardy
  Version table:
 *** 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta2~hardy 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 20 16:17:19 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta2~hardy
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum. http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use.

In addition. It requires only a simple click on the homepage button to load the homepage.

[Usability_seeker (thabet)]

Update manager installed new Fire fox updates. After the update:
1. I lost my bookmarks and shortcuts,
2. The start page do not show the web site which I specified as a defualt. Instead it shows empty tab, but when I click home icon it shows my default web site.
3.When I click on a link, the address of any new web site is missing from the address bar and the animation of loading the page keep running. And I can not go back to the previous site.

[Usability_seeker (thabet)]

Hi,
The issue above solved (and other side effects) after following these steps:
1- Close Firefox if it is open.
2- Open your home folder in Home >> [put the name of your user folder here]
3- Firefox setting folder named .mozilla and it is a hidden folder. Click on Ctrl+h to show it.
4- Delete .mozilla folder
5- start Firefox.

It worked....

Regards

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 09:37:13AM -0000, Usability_seeker wrote:
> Hi,
> The issue above solved (and other side effects) after following these steps:
> 1- Close Firefox if it is open.
> 2- Open your home folder in Home >> [put the name of your user folder here]
> 3- Firefox setting folder named .mozilla and it is a hidden folder. Click on Ctrl+h to show it.
> 4- Delete .mozilla folder
> 5- start Firefox.

following those instructions will delete all your histroy bookmakrs
and privacy data. So please dont follow those without backing up that
folder to a save location first.

 - Alexander