Bug#647509: iceweasel: Tabs are not saved when closing browser

Mike Hommey mh at glandium.org
Thu Nov 3 13:55:36 UTC 2011


On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 02:38:45PM +0100, jors wrote:
> El jue, 03-11-2011 a las 14:35 +0100, Mike Hommey escribió:
> > On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 01:34:46PM +0100, jors wrote:
> > > Package: iceweasel
> > > Version: 7.0.1-4
> > > Severity: important
> > > 
> > > With the proper option enabled (setting browser.showQuitWarning to True) on the
> > > about:config browser's page, tabs are not saved/restored when closing the
> > > browser.
> > > 
> > > The "Save tabs" dialog pops up before quitting the browser, but once the
> > > browser is rerun again, nothing is restored.
> > 
> > What does the "When iceweasel starts" preference say in
> > Preferences>General?
> 
> It was on "Show start page" (my fault!), but even if I have restored
> back the browser.showQuitWarning value to false and selected "Show
> windows and tabs from last session", quitting the browser and reruning
> it again only shows up the start page (no windows nor tabs).
> 
> Maybe I am missing some other setting? If so, I am sorry.

Try with a new profile (iceweasel -P). If it works properly with a new
profile (which i'm fairly sure it does), then check about:support and
see what modified preferences you have.

Mike





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