On 12/31/05, Richard England <rengland@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > >On 12/30/05, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>Did you log out and log back in after changing /etc/profile? This > >>method has worked for me for years. > >> > >>TC > > > >I went so far as to reboot the machine. > > > >Dotan Cohen > With Thomas' change back in place, log out, log in, and then see what > the "whereis" command tells you about where Firefox is being found by > typing: > whereis firefox > > The command: > which firefox > command can be informative sometimes, as well. Look to see if your > personal ".profile" or ".bash_profile" contains a path that leads to the > alternate (older) firefox executable. Thanks, but this is no longer nessacary. After I changed the syslink it worked great. And to me, this seems to be the 'proper' method. All new users on the machine will get 1.5 when they command 'firefox'- no hacks. Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/long_answer/what_are_the_advantages_of_lcd_monitors.html &^
