Autocompletion no longer works in address bar

The autcompletion works only with addresses I visited several weeks ago. For instance, when I type 'f', Facebook will be suggested.
But it does not work with any newer address, since about two weeks.
What can I do to recover this helpful function?
Thanks for helping!

Make sure that the Location Bar is not set to "Nothing": Tools > Options > Privacy > Location Bar: When using the location bar, suggest: History, Bookmarks, History and Bookmarks
Make sure that you keep history.<br />
You can look at these prefs on the about:config page.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.history_expire_days (180)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.history_expire_days_min (90)
This can also be a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

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