568418 - Autoscroll option not saved when accessing same profile from different OS's

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[dthor]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100423 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.3 GTB7.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100423 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.3 GTB7.0

When running Firefox under two operating systems and having both systems find the same target for the profile location (by editing profiles.ini), everything is properly saved between OS's except the autoscroll option. The autoscroll option is always OFF after booting in to the other operating system.

Operating Systems in question:
Win 7 Professional
Linux: Ubuntu 10.04 Distribution

Both installs of Firefox are the same version and both look for the same profile name and location.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Dual booy Windows 7 and Linux (Ubuntu 10.04).
2. Copy the current default profile to a location that both systems can read/write.
3. Edit profiles.ini for both systems to find the shared default profile location.
   a. ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini
   b. C:\Users\<user>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini
4. Boot into either OS, launch FF, enable Autoscroll.
5. Boot into the other OS, launch FF, see that all options (addons, bookmarks, security options, etc.) are the same except for autoscroll.
Actual Results:  
Autoscroll is disabled.

Expected Results:  
Autoscroll is enabled

Bug occurs with brand new profile and in safe mode.

The Win7 profiles.ini is:
[General]

StartWithLastProfile=1



[Profile0]

Name=default

IsRelative=0

Path=E:\Mozilla Profiles\Firefox\luhnpwxk.default

Default=1


The Linux profiles.ini is:
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=0
Path=/media/sdc1/Mozilla Profiles/Firefox/luhnpwxk.default
Default=1

/media/sdc1 and E:\ are the same drive.

Comment 1

[MarjaE]

See bug 1879785.

Users may not have the same mice, or the same software, on different systems, and may have other scrolling options on one system, and only autoscroll on another system.