Closed Bug 616707 Opened 14 years ago Closed 3 years ago

general.autoScroll reverts to false when using Firefox under Windows and Ubuntu

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

x86
Linux
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: contact, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Ubuntu/10.10 (maverick) Firefox/3.6.12 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Ubuntu/10.10 (maverick) Firefox/3.6.12 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) Have a computer with a dual boot (Windows and Ubuntu), Firefox installed on both OSes, and configured to use the same Firefox profile folder. When going from Ubuntu to Windows then back, the general.autoScroll value resets to false. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot Ubuntu. 2. Run Firefox. 3. Activate Autoscroll feature (set general.autoScroll to true). 4. Reboot under Windows. 5. Run Firefox. 6. Reboot under Ubuntu. 7. Run Firefox. Actual Results: Autoscroll is deactivated (general.autoScroll reverted to false). Expected Results: Autoscroll should remain activated. Possible explanation 1. Causes 1.1. Preferences are stored only when they differ from the default value. 1.2.1. Default value for general.autoScroll under Ubuntu is false. 1.2.2. Default value for general.autoScroll under Windows is true. 2. Consequences When general.autoScroll is set to true under Ubuntu, this preference is stored in the Profile. When the Profile is loaded under Windows, the preference matches the default value (true) and is pruned from the Profile. When running under Ubuntu again, the preference is not present, and this means the default value (false) is used. 3. Limits I did not inspect how preferences are stored in the Profile. I have not read the source code nor its documentation.
OS: Other → Linux

12 years later, I'm WONTFIX'ing this. Sharing a profile folder between two different OS's on the same machine isn't something that we fully support. I'm actually somewhat surprised it somewhat worked back when this was filed.

At any rate, these days, what I'd recommend is to use a Firefox Account to sync two individual profiles rather than sharing a profile directory.

Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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