98947 - bookmark top entries disappear, but not subdirectories

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect, P3)

Description

[khindenburg]

For the last several stable version of mozilla, I've noticed that the main
entries in bookmarks have disappeared (ie deleted).  Subdirectories and their
contents are still there.  I have not been able to determine exactly when this
happens.  However, I would say it happens when mozilla is closed.  Perhaps when
the X server dies?

Comment 1

[André Dahlqvist]

Reporter, please try a recent nightly build and see if you can reproduce this
bahaviour. Such a nightly build can be downloaded from
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest-trunk/. Also move your
~./.mozilla directory to a safe place and start with a new profile.

Comment 2

[khindenburg]

Ok, I just downloaded and installed build id:2001090906 nightly build.

With mozilla running, kill the X-server, restart X, start mozilla...
no top entries in the bookmarks.

XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 2 June 2001

Comment 3

[Ben Goodger (use ben at mozilla dot org for email)]

Paul Chen is now taking Bookmarks bugs. For your convenience, you can filter 
email notifications caused by this by searching for 'ilikegoats'.

Comment 4

[Paul Chen]

If it hurs when you kill your x-server, don't kill your x-server ;-).

Marking p3 and future

Comment 5

[Peter Trudelle]

mass reassign of pchen bookmark bugs to ben

Comment 6

[[not reading bugmail]]

do you still see this problem with the latest round after bookmarks-outliner?  

Comment 7

[khindenburg]

I'm using Mozilla 0.9.5+
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.5+) Gecko/20011029

and this bug still happens.  Kill the X-server while mozilla is running and I
lost all the directories and non-directories in the Bookmarks EXCEPT for 3
directories and their entires.

I'll try and download a new nightly build soon.

Comment 8

[khindenburg]

OK, I downloaded

Mozilla 0.9.8+
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8+) Gecko/20020129

and it appears to fix the bookmark bug.

Txs.

Comment 9

[Chris Lyon]

Resolving based on reporter's comments