Tetsuo thank you very much. I will do the update to firefox3.5, but the most useful information was about Karmic, perhaps I will upgrate. You helped me a lot. Ovasilis
Tetsuo__Shima wrote: > > I had that problem, I updated Firefox via Synaptic and with version 3.5 no > more problems. > > System--->Administration----->Synaptic package Manager. > > enter Firefox and select 3.5.x (latest) > > Also doing an upgrade to Karmic solves many issues that Jaunty had. > > Just remember that once you upgrade to Karmic go to repositories and > select the ones that where turned off during upgrade AND CHECK that each > repository is targeted to KARMIC (if it reads Jaunty change it for > Karmic) > > Or you can do a back up of your entire data and DO A FRESH INSTALL, the > easiest way of backing up your data is doing a copy of your entire > "home" folder, also check your "usr" folder for any important info that > you may need. > > You can find a lot of tutorials on how to do this in the forums if you > have doubts. > > Hope this helps a bit. > > Tetsuo. > > > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:59:16 +0000 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Bug 263566] Re: Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update > > options initially editable > > > > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.14) Gecko/2009090216 > > Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.14 > > > > Hi, I 'm new here and everywhere else on ubuntu and linux. I also faced the > > same behavior under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update, not only with > > "Ask Me what I want to do", but also when I unchecked the "Automatically > > check for updates to:" (the entry became inaccesible). Also under Help the > > "Check for updates..." is grey(inaccesible). Screenshot only for Edit > > > Preferences > Advanced > Update, can't take screenshot when the Help > > dropdown menu appears. > > Thank everyone helps. > > > > ** Attachment added: "bug?.png" > > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33588510/bug%3F.png > > > > -- > > Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263566 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of the bug. > > > > Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > > > Bug description: > > Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox > > > > If you go under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update and choose "Ask Me > > what I want to do" the corresponding radio button group is disabled, so the > > setting cannot be changed, however initially it was possible to make a > > choice. > > > > Steps to reproduce: > > > > 1. Start Firefox > > 2. Click Edit > Preferences to bring up preferences dialog > > 3. Click Advanced > Update > > 4. Under "When updates to firefox are found" choose "Ask Me what I want to > > do" > > 5. The "When updates to firefox are found" becomes disabled (see included > > screenshot) and the setting cannot be changed back again > > > > I expect the radio buttons under "When updates to firefox are found" to > > remain active. > > > > The buttons remain inactive even after Firefox is restarted. > > > > This does not appear to be an upstream bug, since Firefox 3.0.1 does not > > have this issue under Windows. > > > > Firefox version: > > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 > > Firefox/3.0.1 > > > > Firefox package version: > > 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 > > > > Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD64 Desktop > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ > > -- > Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263566 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox > > If you go under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update and choose "Ask Me > what I want to do" the corresponding radio button group is disabled, so the > setting cannot be changed, however initially it was possible to make a choice. > > Steps to reproduce: > > 1. Start Firefox > 2. Click Edit > Preferences to bring up preferences dialog > 3. Click Advanced > Update > 4. Under "When updates to firefox are found" choose "Ask Me what I want to do" > 5. The "When updates to firefox are found" becomes disabled (see included > screenshot) and the setting cannot be changed back again > > I expect the radio buttons under "When updates to firefox are found" to > remain active. > > The buttons remain inactive even after Firefox is restarted. > > This does not appear to be an upstream bug, since Firefox 3.0.1 does not have > this issue under Windows. > > Firefox version: > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 > Firefox/3.0.1 > > Firefox package version: > 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3 > > Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD64 Desktop > > -- Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263566 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
