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jimwvh
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What have I done to my db to cause this error?

Error: ERROR addons.xpi: SQL error 8: attempt to write a readonly database Source File: resource://gre/modules/XPIProvider.jsm Line: 3407

Renaming (i.e. recreating) the places.sqlite file doesn't help. History and bookmarks are disabled on both Firefox and Chrome but, oddly, not Konqueror.

What have I done to my db to cause this error? Error: ERROR addons.xpi: SQL error 8: attempt to write a readonly database Source File: resource://gre/modules/XPIProvider.jsm Line: 3407 Renaming (i.e. recreating) the ''places.sqlite'' file doesn't help. History and bookmarks are disabled on both Firefox and Chrome but, oddly, not Konqueror.

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jimwvh
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Too strange. That error has gone away, but Firefox is still broken. The following error is now the first error in the log (it used to be 2nd).

Error: Failed to init microsummary service:[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)[nsIJSCID.getService]" nsresult: "0x80570016 (NS_ERROR_XPC_GS_RETURNED_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/components/nsMicrosummaryService.js :: MicrosummaryService :: line 94" data: no] Source File: chrome://browser/content/browser.js Line: 6900

History and bookmarks are still disabled and every time I start Firefox it complains about interference from some other process, even if Firefox is the 1st thing after a reboot.