Using extensions in Mozilla impossible!

[Boinky]

Hello there,

first I tried to use Firefox-1.5.0.5 but that crashes loading almost any site. Then I tried Firefox-1.5.0.6 but that too crashes like hell. I am using GCC-4.1.1, by the way.

I then tried to emerge Mozilla-1.7.13 but that does not allow me to install extensions unless I run it as root. When I install extensions as root and return to using Mozilla as a normal user then all my extensions are gone. Changing the permissions on the chrome directory didn't help either.

Then I tried to use Konqueror, but the mplayerplug-in won't work together with Konqueror and many JAVA related things don't work either.

One of my primary uses of Gentoo is the internet and related security ...

Any tips?

Cheers
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[numerodix]

Use the mozilla-firefox-bin package. It always seems to work better than compiling the package from source. Extensions work fine.
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[Boinky]

I already found a solution:

What I did is install extensions in Mozilla as root, then:

# cp *.jar files from /usr/lib/mozilla to /home/me/.mozilla/default/...
# chown me *.jar
# rm -fr /root/.mozilla

That works too.