This works in 2.x but doesn't seem to here, so I thought I'd mention it.
In Connection Settings, when I click "Manual proxy configuration" and uncheck "Use this proxy server for all protocols," whatever values I fill into the four slots below (say, SOCKS Host) are forgotten once I click OK.
Note: HTTP Proxy, which is above and not one of the group of four I'm referring to, is not forgotten.
I'm on Vista.
3.0rc2-candidate (build 2) - Manual proxy configuration lost
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3.0rc2-candidate (build 2) - Manual proxy configuration lost
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Thanks. Prefs.js is there but is not marked read-only. It's also the only Prefs file in the directory. To test it, I made a change to "HTTP Proxy" section in FF (the one that IS sticking) and OK'd out of the dialog. FF updated Prefs.js with the proper information. So I went back into FF and tried adding a Socks Host, OK'd out of it, and Prefs.js wasn't touched--the timestamp didn't change. It's as if it never attempted to write the information.
Back to the KB article, there is no User.js file in my profile, so it's not that.
Finally, I ran it in Safe Mode, and even that didn't help.
Back to the KB article, there is no User.js file in my profile, so it's not that.
Finally, I ran it in Safe Mode, and even that didn't help.
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Nothing in the error console either.
Here's something as odd: Just now when I was testing typing something in the SOCKS area, it wouldn't let me type the proxy in the first place. I was clicked on "Manual proxy configuration," so the fields were typable, but it was blocking me from doing it (I was certainly clicked into the right field). I backed out of the dialog and returned and it let me at least type them then, but this still leaves the main issue.
I just tried an install in XP and it worked there.
Here's something as odd: Just now when I was testing typing something in the SOCKS area, it wouldn't let me type the proxy in the first place. I was clicked on "Manual proxy configuration," so the fields were typable, but it was blocking me from doing it (I was certainly clicked into the right field). I backed out of the dialog and returned and it let me at least type them then, but this still leaves the main issue.
I just tried an install in XP and it worked there.
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On a lark, I tried renaming prefs.js to prefs.js.bak and ran FF again, and now the settings save. Just looking at the old file now, I'm puzzled by what could possibly be in it that would have caused such a problem. As I mentioned, it's regularly written to and is not read-only. It's not corrupted, since I'm examining it with UltraEdit right now and it looks fine. 145 lines. Is this file susceptible to freak issues?
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I figured I'll just make it available here first:
http://www.divshare.com/download/4658840-6a0
Anyone wanting to try it can just backup their current prefs and copy this one into their profile. You'll see that the four boxes are not saved, and probably by the second or third time you try it you'll see what I mean about how you're sometimes even prevented from typing anything into the boxes. Very odd. BTW, I reproduced this by taking the file and copying it to a different machine (XP).
I looked at the file but don't have the expertise to determine which magical line or lines is causing this.
http://www.divshare.com/download/4658840-6a0
Anyone wanting to try it can just backup their current prefs and copy this one into their profile. You'll see that the four boxes are not saved, and probably by the second or third time you try it you'll see what I mean about how you're sometimes even prevented from typing anything into the boxes. Very odd. BTW, I reproduced this by taking the file and copying it to a different machine (XP).
I looked at the file but don't have the expertise to determine which magical line or lines is causing this.