On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:25:17 -0500 Marcel Rieux <m.z.rieux@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Ranjan Maitra <maitra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> Maybe if I could redirect the system to the right copy of Firefox, it >> >> would solve all problems? How is this done? >> > >> > Just checking: did you quit your firefox and restart after the update? >> > This may solve most of your problems, if not. >> >> There was a kernel update and I reboot every day anyways. > > Reboot every day? Hmmmm....that sounds like Windozy....anyway, what you > are seeing can happen if firefox is not restarted: I am presuming you > did quit firefox and restart after the update. I looks like somebody running a computer in Canada and not caring about heat dissipation in the room. To make the story long, in reality, I've had the problem of grayed out options for maybe 3 months and not much time and incentive to look into the problem. Since I have a fairly noisy fan ($60 casing including PSU) and I'm just keeping an eye open for decent one that won't cost one third the price of the casing, I shut down the computer at night. >> >> I must admit I've seen the little red rat appear quite often lately in >> >> the top panel. I try not to care too much about it, but it seems there >> >> are consequences. >> > >> > Little red rat? I don't have anything of that sort here: I confess I am >> > using the LXDE spin, though. >> >> I believe this "little red hat" appears when you install software to >> report kernel... instabilities or something like that. > > I see: this is the abrt tool. It is a pain and a joke. I have been > tempted to get rid of it. I suppose you're a SELinux Troubleshooter man :) But some pretend the abrt tool does a better job: "I’m a big fan of the new Abrt tool which can produce and file detailed information for developers in a Bugzilla bug with just a few clicks, and also the improvements to the SELinux Troubleshooter, which do essentially the same thing." http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?tag=fedora-12 As for myself, I, of course, have no idea. >> I must admit I never sent those reports: >> >> 1st: Like, from "all" the answers I've received so far, for most >> people here, it would look like a bad joke. >> >> 2nd: Before sending a report, you are warned that you are sending >> sensitive data on an unencrypted connection. I thought I'd refrain. > > It downloads hundreds of debuginfo rpms first, regardless of whether > you use it or not, from what it seems. This is certainly a nightmare! > I meant specs of the system. That is typically most helpful to diagnose > a problem, if any. http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=3096&ProductName=GA-MA770T-UD3P The CPU is an AMD Phenom II X3. Thanks for your help. I was far from sure I'd get some on this one. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
