Re: firefox lockups after update

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--- On Wed, 2/24/10, Vincent Onelli <vonelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > --- On Tue, 2/23/10, vinny <vonelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > I submitted this problem before, I had one
> answer
> > > requesting the output
> > > of "yum info firefox" I submitted, If there was
> a
> > > subsequent answer
> > > maybe I missed. So here I have an HP laptop zv600
> and a
> > > desktop Dell
> > > 8300. Dell works fine through out all the update,
> HP lockup
> > > and after
> > > several try uninstall and reinstall doesn't lock
> any longer
> > > but it
> > > doesn't load. 
> > > here are the yum info for both PC:
> > > 
> > > Dell desktop
> > > [vinny@localhost ~]$ yum info firefox
> > > Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> > > adobe-linux-i386
> > > 17/17
> > > Installed Packages
> > > Name? ? ???: firefox
> > > Arch? ? ???: i686
> > > Version? ? : 3.5.8
> > > Release? ? : 1.fc12
> > > Size? ? ???: 17 M
> > > Repo? ? ???: installed
> > > >From repo? : updates
> > > Summary? ? : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
> > > URL? ? ? ? : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
> > > License? ? : MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
> > > Description: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source
> web browser,
> > > designed for
> > > ? ? ? ? ???: standards
> > > compliance, performance and portability.
> > > 
> > > HP laptop
> > > [vinny@laptop ~]$ yum info firefox
> > > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
> > > Installed Packages
> > > Name? ? ???: firefox
> > > Arch? ? ???: i586
> > > Version? ? : 3.5.8
> > > Release? ? : 1.fc11
> > > Size? ? ???: 17 M
> > > Repo? ? ???: installed
> > > >From repo? : updates
> > > Summary? ? : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
> > > URL? ? ? ? : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
> > > License? ? : MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
> > > Description: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source
> web browser,
> > > designed for
> > > ? ? ? ? ???: standards
> > > compliance, performance and portability.
> > > 
> > > The only difference that I can see is that Dell
> has the
> > > release 1.FC12
> > > and HP has release 1.FC11, seeing that I
> reinstalled few
> > > times but it
> > > all the way install the same release.
> > > is there any thing I can do to get firefox back??
> 
> > 
> > Are you running Fedora 12 on the Dell, and Fedora 11
> on the HP?
> 
> >   And what are the basic hardware specs
> on each. 
> 
> >  And did you do clean installs or upgrade
> installs? 
> 
> >  Are you dual/multi booting?  And if so,
> what OSes?
> > 
> > B
> 
> Both pc running F12 at least I thought, but since you
> questioning it I
> start to check and I found that the kernel on HP is
> Fedora(2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i686.PAE) I suppose that
> means HP is
> runnung F11 I do not remember for sure, I thing that the
> difference is
> that at Dell I made a clean installation and at HP I did
> upgrade,
> however, both were working fine up to the update.
> Dell dimension 8300 Intel Pentium 4, 2GB of memory Has 2 HD
> 120Gb for
> windows XP and 350 GB for F12
> HP zv6000 with AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 1.5GB of memory, use
> dual boot on
> single HD 80GB partitioned at 40GB each with windows XP and
> what I
> thought was f12. 
> I do not know how to get other hardware info, if it is
> needed please
> give me direction on how to get them 

If you're running GNOME, here's a quick way to check install versions.  

   Menu:  System->About this Computer

Without getting into what's installed or how it was installed on which machine, try this:  Disable SELinux or lower its protection.  I've had it cause more problems with various Fedora versions that now I disable it.  I'm not running a server, just a one user desktop, so two firewalls (router and system) and being careful has kept me uninfected since Fedora Core 3.

Anyway, see if Firefox works.  If not and since it apppears that your last update "broke" firefox, do a 'yum update' on both systems, then 'yum remove firefox', and after that completes, 'yum install firefox'.  This should install any firefox dependencies.

In my opinion, the easiest thing would be to do clean installs (no upgrade) of F12 on both systems from a newly downloaded, burned and checksummed DVD.  Yes, it's a pain, but it will take less time than trying to find out what's currently the problem, and fixing it.  Just back up your data, etc. before doing it.

FWIW, I've always had problems with upgrading between versions even following the instructions explicitly.  I've always ended up with a system that is a mix of the two versions, which ultimately causes problems.

Maybe this link will help with your install and configurations.  It's a very good reference.  I've been using it since FC3 or 4.

   http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/


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