Can't create bookmarks. New install, have disabled all extensions, tried safe mode and reset to defaults. No help from any of these actions.

Question

Hello.
Problem statement is very simple: Firefox will not create bookmarks.
New installation with Mint 17. New PC build with Asus A58M-A/USB3 mother board, AMD A4 6300 processor, 4 gig memory stick.
All of the Mint and Firefox packages are up to date.
A new profile was created for testing, Firefox has been started in safe mode, purged and re-installed and reset to defaults. None of these actions have helped.
Here is the info from the Troubleshooting Information within Firefox
Application Basics
Name: Firefox
Version: 33.0
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0
Multiprocess Windows: 0/1
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
All Crash Reports
Extensions
Name: Mint Search Enhancer
Version: 1.0
Enabled: true
ID: [email protected]
Name: Stylish
Version: 1.0.7
Enabled: true
ID: {46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}
Graphics
Adapter Description: X.Org -- Gallium 0.4 on AMD ARUBA
Device ID: Gallium 0.4 on AMD ARUBA
Driver Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1 Basic
Vendor ID: X.Org
WebGL Renderer: X.Org -- Gallium 0.4 on AMD ARUBA
windowLayerManagerRemote: false
AzureCanvasBackend: cairo
AzureContentBackend: cairo
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none
AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
Important Modified Preferences
browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false
browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 3
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 7
browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20141013200257
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20141013200257
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 33.0
dom.mozApps.used: true
extensions.lastAppVersion: 33.0
media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate: 1416067922
media.gmp-gmpopenh264.version: 1.1
media.gmp-manager.lastCheck: 1416067922
network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 80569
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true
Important Locked Preferences
JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: false
Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR
Expected minimum version: 4.10.7
Version in use: 4.10.7
NSS
Expected minimum version: 3.17.1 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.17.1 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME
Expected minimum version: 3.17.1 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.17.1 Basic ECC
NSSSSL
Expected minimum version: 3.17.1 Basic ECC
Version in use: 3.17.1 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL
Expected minimum version: 3.17.1
Version in use: 3.17.1
Experimental Features
What other information can I provide?
Thank you.
Jim

Answer 1

You can check for problems with the <b>places.sqlite</b> database file in the Firefox profile folder.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
*Places Maintenance: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/