[GLLUG] Firefox Bug

[Chick Tower]

I suggested this in the Slackware newsgroup, and someone verified that 
it solves the problem.  Thanks, Rick.


                                Chick

On 02/26/2012 03:14 PM, Richard Houser wrote:
> It's probably something as simple as reading the wrong variable.  Just
> on a hunch, try setting your temp environment variables to $HOME/tmp
> immediately before you run the browser.  Your reset period may be when
> the system gets restarted.  For example, my /tmp is a ramdisk.
>
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Chick Tower<c.e.tower at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Here's a problem discovered with the latest Firefox, 10.0.something. Have
>> any of you been having problems with HTML5 video on multi-user PCs?
>> --
>>
>>                                Chick
>>
>> ===================================================
>> I have found the problem, prompted by my reference to single user
>> windows systems. If you haven't been put off using firefox before, then
>> this might finally nail it. What appallingly bad design.
>>
>> There is a /tmp/mozilla-media-cache directory which firefox uses for
>> storing its online streaming. It is owned by the first user to start up
>> firefox (or presumably some other mozilla product).  firefox only
>> allows that first user to access the directory.  It appears that
>> sometimes this gets reset (it appears to be maybe every week or so) so
>> that another user can get to it, to the exclusion of the earlier user
>> for the remainder of the week/month or whatever it is.
>>
>> I am completely amazed at the crass, mind boggling, awefulness of this.
>>
>> Chris