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Xmarks keeps crashing Firefox!!

After I installed the new Xmarks, Firefox keeps crashing. I uninstalled Xmarks and Firefox works fine. I installed an older version of Foxmarks, and Firefox works fine. Is there a fix for this?

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Todd, Official Rep, replied on April 07, 2009 22:22

Hi,

If you're allowing Firefox to file crash reports, you can help us to diagnose by providing the urls for the most recent handful of reports. Those urls are available by going to about:crashes in Firefox 3.

We're seeing what appears to be a new crash in Firefox 3.0.8 related to font rendering; this may be an instance of the same thing. Being able to look at crash reports is the next step here.

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Ambor commented on April 14, 2009 15:19

I always allow file crash reports, but my issue is still happening. Just looking at the crash reports isn't fixing my issue. What's the next step?
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Ambor replied on April 13, 2009 16:47

I have this problem as well... can someone tell me how to fix it?

I can't do anything in Firefox at this point and I don't really want to have to go to an older version. That's a lot of work and anoying.

I’m frustrated

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Fortran replied on April 14, 2009 11:02

I'm having this problem right now, as well. My Firefox on Linux just upgraded to Xmarks and now my browser crashes everytime it tries to start.

Help.

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Todd, Official Rep, replied on April 15, 2009 01:11

Please post the urls for crash reports so we can see what you're seeing. As I suggested above, you can find these urls by going to about:crashes in Firefox 3.

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Jeff replied on April 15, 2009 04:33

I am using Linux (Ubuntu 8.10) and When I try to go to about:crashes, a window pops up telling me that is an invalid url. How do I enable crash report filing??

This bug is annoying. The bookmarks resync fine, it just freezes when it's doing my passwords. I have to reboot my machine to correct it. I have since reverted back to the old Foxmarks and it works like a champ.

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ruben replied on April 21, 2009 08:55

Ubuntu 8.10: I don't know if it's Xmarks but it has to be something with Firefox ! When I try to put my Firefox master password (not xmaks one), the system hangs....with no solution to step out of the problem.
Synching works great, no problem at all.

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Eric, Official Rep, replied on April 28, 2009 17:58

Has anyone had any luck finding a crash report that they can post the link to? Some more details on how to access that information is here:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/M...

We'd love to make sure we've got a fix for this in the next release of Xmarks for Firefox, so please post whatever information you have on your crashes.

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carolinep replied on June 06, 2009 12:28

There isn't a crash report. The problem is (for me) that Firefox just hangs forever and I have to forcibly terminate it. It doesn't crash as such.

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ben denney replied on June 08, 2009 02:26

Me too. Shame, if a fix is not in soon I'll be looking for another option.

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Nate, Official Rep, replied on June 12, 2009 15:12

Hey Carolinep and Ben,

How large is your bookmark set? Also, does Firefox freeze if Xmarks is disabled? (Firefox->Tools->Addons->Xmarks->Disable)

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carolinep replied on June 12, 2009 18:01

Since I've disabled Xmarks, my freezing problem has stopped. Incidentally, it always said at the bottom of the screen that Xmarks is "synchronising" when it hangs. But even leaving it for hours, the sync never finishes and Firefox remains hung.

I probably have about 500 bookmarks all told. Too many to count, for sure! These are organised into folders.

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mike replied on June 14, 2009 18:33

This is a total xmarks problem, as it hangs and forces me to terminate in a number of different ways. I can be using it on my Ubuntu partition or my Windows partition, and the same result. Firefox is totally updated, my machine is clean (ccleaner, spybot, and antivirus), and I've disabled all of my other Firefox add-ons. And, yet, when I go to the xmarks website and go to look at my bookmarks, it crashes. When I go change my xmarks sync settings, it crashes. When I try to sync, it crashes. I consolidated all of my diigo bookmarks in xmarks because I wanted something cleaner, but this is ridiculous.

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Nate, Official Rep, replied on July 03, 2009 16:39

Hey Mike,

Can you navigate to about:crashes and post the links that are listed there, we'd really like to see them, so we can sort this out.

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carolinep replied on July 08, 2009 11:26

I don't seem to be having a problem any more. I disabled automatic sync some time ago and it seemed to solve the problem. Subsequently I installed Window 7 RC1 64bit and tend to use that, and haven't seen a problem. After Firefox 3.5 was released and I updated my Vista 64bit install, I re-enabled automatic sync. I haven't used Vista much since, so it's maybe too early to tell, but I haven't seen the problem recur. And I haven't had it at all on Win 7.

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Nate, Official Rep, replied on July 08, 2009 20:17

Hey Carolinep,

Thanks for the update! Let me know if something comes up.

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Robert replied on August 08, 2009 15:03

I've got this problem on one of my 3 computers (2 win xp pro pcs, only one has the problem; one macbook pro does not). X Marks 3.1.0 just crashed Firefox 3.5 3 times in a row while syncing; I have now disabled it. I did file error reports but they are not shown in Firefox for some reason.

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Nate, Official Rep, replied on August 10, 2009 00:08

Hey Robert,

Please list the urls that are displayed when you enter about:crashes in your Firefox address bar. That would be a tremendous help.

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Robert replied on August 10, 2009 21:53

Nate, as I said, 'about:crashes' says 'no crash reports have been submitted'. Maybe we have a terminology conflict here: when X Marks locks up Firefox, Task Manager says Firefox Is Not Responding and I use Task Manager to quit Firefox I am asked to send an Error Report to Microsoft (I guess), which I do. Maybe this is not within the ambit of the term 'crash report' as used by Firefox.

On another front: I just noticed your reply (which I appreciate) when I happened to look on http://www.getsatisfaction.com/foxmar... . Should I be getting email notifications when you or someone else replies in this thread?

Thanks for your attempt to help. If I can provide additional information please let me know.

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Nate, Official Rep, replied on August 11, 2009 06:21

Hey Robert,

Thanks for the update, when you mentioned that you filed the reports, I hoped that they eventually showed up, as they sometimes take awhile. When you file a report with Mozilla, it'll be clear that you are sending there and not Microsoft, so I'm not sure which one is popping up for you. If you can post your last 10-20 lines of your logfile, I can check it out to see if there is anything noteworthy there.

You can open it here:

Xmarks Settings->Advanced->Show logfile

As far as your get satisfaction notifications, you can adjust your settings in your dashboard located on the top right.

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Robert replied on August 11, 2009 10:42

Nate, thanks for the quick reply. On reflection I believe the Error Reports have been going to Microsoft, not Mozilla. I am now on the computer that has the problem (home PC desktop, win xp pro sp2, Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.4Ghz w/2GB RAM) and the following is all that shows up in the logfile:

[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Creating bookmark Dembot(fxrkypiw-426) ...
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Creating bookmark Joe Sawards Grand Prix Blog(fxrkypiw-427) ...
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Creating bookmark NYT F1 Blog(fxrkypiw-428) ...
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Creating bookmark F1 Times Online Weblog(fxrkypiw-429) ...
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Creating bookmark heninger fotographik | home(fxrkypiw-42a) ...
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Creating bookmark James Allen on F1(fxrkypiw-42b) ...
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Creating bookmark The Mac Lawyer : The Mac Lawyer : Ben Stevens : Using Macs In The Practice Of Law(fxrkypiw-42c) ...
[2009-08-08 09:46:25] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:46:26] Creating bookmark Bank of America(fxrkypiw-u) ...
[2009-08-08 09:46:26] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-08 09:47:23] >>> POST http://api.xmarks.com/internal/server...
[2009-08-08 09:47:23] >>> Body is: {"mid":"ftc2pf0d","cid":"xmfx"}
[2009-08-08 09:47:24] >>> Callback ({status:0, version:0})
[2009-08-08 09:52:35] >>> GET http://tr.xmarks.com/tracking/impress...
[2009-08-08 09:52:35] >>> Callback ({status:0, etag:"\"243f3-2b-463eb24ff0600\""})
[2009-08-11 05:27:00] >>> POST http://api.xmarks.com/internal/server...
[2009-08-11 05:27:00] >>> Body is: {"mid":"ftc2pf0d","cid":"xmfx"}
[2009-08-11 05:27:01] >>> Callback ({status:0, version:0})

fwiw, I disabled Xmarks on this computer when I began having the problem and just reenabled it to retrieve this logfile.

I see the dashboard you are talking about and note I am 'following' this topic. Should this notify me by email when a reply to this topic is posted? I got your most recent email but can't tell if it came from you or the forum software.

Thanks again,

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Robert replied on August 13, 2009 00:02

I just upgraded to your version 3.3.0. Same problem.

Here are some of the latest logfile entries. To be honest I don't recognize a number of them but then I do have a lot of bookmarks - but probably no where as many as your program should support:

[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Welcome to ZD Net(fxrkypiw-123) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Security APL Quote Server(fxrkypiw-124) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark WashingtonPost.com: World Reference -- France(fxrkypiw-125) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark USA TODAY(fxrkypiw-126) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark The Dallas Morning News: The Front Page(fxrkypiw-127) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah's Statewide Newspaper(fxrkypiw-128) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark New York Magazine(fxrkypiw-129) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Boston Globe Online(fxrkypiw-12a) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Metroplitan Museum of Art(fxrkypiw-12c) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Shakespeare Homepage(fxrkypiw-12d) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark The Virtual Library: Museums(fxrkypiw-12e) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark WebMuseum: Bienvenue!(fxrkypiw-12f) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark 1492 Exhibit(fxrkypiw-12g) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark United States Postal Service(fxrkypiw-12i) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark The Dept. of the Treasury: IRS(fxrkypiw-12j) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Library of Congress Home Page(fxrkypiw-12k) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark NASA Information Services(fxrkypiw-12l) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Welcome to the White House(fxrkypiw-12m) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark National Archives and Records Administration(fxrkypiw-12n) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Federal Trade Commission Home Page(fxrkypiw-12o) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Creating bookmark Welcome To OKC Cityhall(fxrkypiw-12p) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:47:53] Creating bookmark Digital Chef(fxrkypiw-12r) ...
[2009-08-12 18:47:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-12 18:48:37] >>> POST http://api.xmarks.com/internal/server...
[2009-08-12 18:48:37] >>> Body is: {"mid":"ftc2pf0d","version":0,"cid":"xmfx"}
[2009-08-12 18:48:37] >>> Callback ({status:0, version:0})

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Robert replied on August 14, 2009 23:13

Upgraded to 3.3.2 today. Same problem.

Is anybody listening?

It did seem to get further along the process before locking up Firefox. Here is the end of the logfile:

[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Creating folder Cars(fyapj1jw-2hv) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Folder created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Creating bookmark Ticketmaster Online(fyapj1jw-2i0) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Creating folder Shopping(fxrkypiw-1jr) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Folder created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Creating folder Cars(fxrkypiw-1jy) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Folder created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Creating bookmark Ticketmaster Online(fxrkypiw-1k3) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Creating bookmark MediaFinder(fyapj1jw-2ga) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:52] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark Online Newspapers(fyapj1jw-2gb) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark Welcome to the Business Journals(fyapj1jw-2gc) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark Washington Post(fyapj1jw-2gd) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark USA Today(fyapj1jw-2ge) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark Tampa Tribune(fyapj1jw-2gf) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark Star Tribune (MN) Online(fyapj1jw-2gg) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark The Seattle Times(fyapj1jw-2gh) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark San Francisco Examiner(fyapj1jw-2gi) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark The San Francisco Chronicle(fyapj1jw-2gj) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark Sacramento Bee(fyapj1jw-2gk) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark St. Petersburg Times(fyapj1jw-2gl) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark The Richmond Times-Dispatch(fyapj1jw-2gm) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark Philadelphia Online(fyapj1jw-2gn) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark NewsPage Home Page(fyapj1jw-2go) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark New York Daily News(fyapj1jw-2gp) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Creating bookmark Long Island Newsday(fyapj1jw-2gq) ...
[2009-08-14 18:07:53] Bookmark created.
[2009-08-14 18:08:41] >>> POST http://api.xmarks.com/internal/server...
[2009-08-14 18:08:41] >>> Body is: {"mid":"ftc2pf0d","version":0,"cid":"xmfx"}
[2009-08-14 18:08:42] >>> Callback ({status:0, version:0})

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Steven Josselson replied on August 15, 2009 16:23

Having the same problem with the new version of Xmarks for Firefox (Mac OSX).

In the meantime, does anyone know where I can DOWNLOAD the PREVIOUS version (the most recent one prior to yesterday's disastrous update)? Or can someone email me the zip file/ disk image (.dmg) for Mac?

Please help!

I’m frustrated but hopeful.

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Robert replied on August 21, 2009 03:01

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Seattle Mom of 3 replied on August 22, 2009 13:59

This keeps happening to me as well, after trying to install xmarks update today with newest firefox. reported it 8x

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Javier replied on August 22, 2009 17:54

I have the same problem with Xmarks 3.3.3

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Mo replied on September 13, 2009 20:45

i have same problem with xmarks for firefox (keeps crashing) - so I moved to Flock and even thou Flock doesn't crashes but the entire bookmarking thing doesn't work - ie. can't add any bookmarks.

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Todd, Official Rep, replied on September 18, 2009 23:37

If you're seeing the browser crash, please send us the url's of Firefox crash reports, as described at the top of this thread.

If you're seeing the browser hang (i.e., become unresponsive), please ensure that you are running the latest versions of both Xmarks and the browser. If you're still having problems, please write us again with specific version and platform information for both Xmarks and your browser.

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Robert replied on September 19, 2009 00:11

Todd, I am running Firefox 3.5.3 and Xmarks 3.3.2 on a Win XP Pro SP2. I just now checked Firefox and Xmarks for updates and both tell me the versions I have are current.

I then just now (and I mean just now) tried to run xmarks again and after it had been running for a minute or two (and asked me if I wanted local or server versions of several bookmarks) it and Firefox became unresponsive and I had to close them using Task Manager.

This is an ongoing, frustrating problem, because Xmarks seem to run just fine on another PC and a Mac laptop for me.

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Todd, Official Rep, replied on September 23, 2009 01:27

Robert,

Is there a reason you haven't upgraded to WinXP SP3?

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Robert replied on September 23, 2009 02:32

Todd, it has been suggested by several tech support folks (we spend a lot of money on them at my office) that SP2 works just fine on my computer and I should not upgrade to SP3.

And I can say that (a) xmarks used to work just fine on this computer (my last successful sync was July 30) and (b) xmarks is the only software not functioning perfectly on it.

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Todd, Official Rep, replied on September 23, 2009 19:09

Robert,

I wasn't aware that anyone thought that continuing to run SP2 was a good idea. That's certainly not Microsoft's position on the matter, but what do they know, right?

The logs that you submitted earlier all show Xmarks apparently losing consciousness as it's trying to create bookmarks locally that you created earlier on other computers. Xmarks relies on Firefox to perform this task, which in turns relies on sqlite. So the behavior you're seeing suggests that something has gone wrong with your sqlite file. Have you tried creating a new places.sqlite file?

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Robert replied on September 23, 2009 19:21

>>Have you tried creating a new places.sqlite file? <<

Ummm, no, that had not occurred to me.

Come to think of it, I don't know how. Could you give directions? Where does this file reside? Do I just rename the existing file to 'old' and a new one will then be created the next time I launch Firefox? And, on which of the computers should I do this, just on the one that is experiencing the 'hanging' problem?

Thanks,

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Todd, Official Rep, replied on September 25, 2009 01:37

Try this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_h...

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mp replied on September 26, 2009 20:13

i had same problem. i uninstalled new version of xmarks and installed older version - 3.1.0 and problem disappeared.

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mp replied on September 26, 2009 20:14

I had same problem. I uninstalled new version of xmarks and installed older version - 3.1.0 and problem disappeared. Older versions available at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire....

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Robert replied on September 26, 2009 22:36

I just tried Todd's suggestion and mp's suggestion.

Neither idea solved the problem.

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Robert replied on September 29, 2009 20:08

I should add that it worked just fine on another desktop with XP Pro SP2.

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ramasaig commented on September 30, 2009 01:16

I've read elsewhere that there's a problem with Xmarks 3.3.2 and WinXP SP3, and I certainly have a problem It's not so much it crashes FF 3.5.3, as it doesn't allow FF to close properly, and i have to close using Task Manager (Processes) before I can re-start. Also Xmarks is disbling legitimate pop-ups like calendars.
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I've read elsewhere that there's a problem with Xmarks 3.3.2 and WinXP SP3, and I certainly have a problem It's not so much it crashes FF 3.5.3, as it doesn't allow FF to close properly, and i have to close using Task Manager (Processes) before I can re-start. Also Xmarks is disbling legitimate pop-ups like calendars.
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Matthew Kline replied on September 30, 2009 09:21

I use windows xp on quite a few machines yet on os x tiger leopard snow leopard and i ve got more than 20k bookmarks and it is horrible in firefox spikes it to a freaking 450 MB of memory. It eats up resources still in windows just doesnt seem as bad as OSX is. it has to do with syncing back to server... and i have 40-200 tabs open at any given time. ( I like to read) I want to change the polling time to do my backups at a chosen time intervals. not in the middle of when im on the web for web dev/design ideas and when im logged in http://newzbin.com it is unusuable if i disable it its fine. I realize I have more than most out there for bookmarks. Any ideas let me know

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Lonn Johnston replied on October 23, 2009 18:12

I've been having some horrible crashing that seems to have stopped since I disabled xmarks.
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Robert replied on October 23, 2009 18:55

I tried Xmarks 3.3.3 last night and there was no improvement.

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Michael replied on October 25, 2009 23:28

I think that people using "crashing" is the wrong word here: hanging, not responding are better, since the program stays open, not crashing, but whites out. I stopped it by turning off auto synch. With synching on, Firefox would hang repeatedly through the day (just calling home, I guess). I just completely flushed and rebuilt Windows (Vista) on this computer, and it started doing it right away, so it's not sqlite, or any other defective program--it's Xmarks doing its thing. . . . and doing it wrong.

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Pieter replied on November 12, 2009 09:38

Firefox hangs, gets slow and there is no error meaasge or logging. My whole windows xp gets into problems. Incredible performance problems. And the bookmarks are not synchronized correctly. All links are still in the maps/directories where I put them, but there also is a copy in the main map. And at every sync it tries to copy the links again and I have to choose for each link is I must accept the local one or the one on the server.

I think Xmarks is a good idea, but has too many flaws and cannot be used. So I deinstalled it. I will wait for a new version that has the bugs fixed.

Tip for the developers: I think you have a loop somewhere where you wait for communication and do not give time to the operating system.

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rapunzel72 replied on November 13, 2009 11:09

I am having this problem:
when I start Firefox 32 bit in my windows 7 64bit all is well for some seconds. Thenn xmarks starts to sync and this hangs the browser. There is no crash; Firefox simply does not respond anymore. When I chosse to sync manually directly after the start of Firefox all is working well.

So the problem is the autosync.

I’m frustrated

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midhenry replied on November 15, 2009 02:00

I just installed Xmarks for both Firefox and IE. My system is a brand new Windows 7 desktop.
The result: just after the IE install was that my system came to a grinding halt. Both Firefox and IE were "not responding". Neither process could be killed. Eventually even the start menu went down as did the Task Manager.

Needless to say, I uninstalled Xmarks.

I’m frustrated

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MK replied on November 15, 2009 23:36

For me, firefox was leaking memory when I was using Xmarks. That eventually hunged firefox and needed to restart.
The issue started since I upgraded fire fox to one of 3.x (cannot remember which one) and happened on all Windows Xp and Vista machines I have been using (4 XP machines; 3 of SP2 and 1 SP3).
I've upgraded 1 XP nad 1 Vista to windows 7 now I don't see the issue on those machines so far.

I’m expecting this issue to be fixed.

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Jared replied on November 27, 2009 04:44

I didn't know this issue existed. I have no problems with my Xmarks plug-in. I've had my browser hang or not respond or turn white. But it was because of a conflict with dif. plug-ins. Is this perhaps a possible problem for others? (Plug-in interaction). Since I've disabled or uninstalled a plug-in or two, my browser has been fine with Xmarks.

Anyone?

J.

I’m undecided - but hopeful

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ThePirateKing22 replied on December 06, 2009 02:29

One of the problems I have experience is that the StumbleUpon! toolbar addon automatically adds bookmarks to firefox every time you give a page a "thumbs up". This can result in literally thousands [or even tens of thousands] of bookmarks created, which will cause Xmarks to slow to a halt or even crash Firefox. Tens of thousands of bookmarks can actually amount to a significant amount of data, which can crash Firefox during sync.

If any of you who are experiencing this problem have StumbleUpon, I recommend disabling its bookmarking feature in Tools > Addons > Stumble Upon > Preferences > Search and Tagging, and uncheck "Save Favorites and Tags to a Firefox Bookmarks Folder".
You will also want to check and get a rough estimate of exactly how many bookmarks you have. If you have multiple thousands of bookmarks, I'd recommend deleting all of your StumbleUpon bookmarks. Your favorites are all readily available to you on the StumbleUpon site so there's really no need to clog your bookmarks folder with them.

I’m Hoping I've helped somebody.

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