On Wednesday 07 September 2016 16:58:24 Mark Allums wrote: > On 09/07/2016 03:43 PM, Mark Allums wrote: > > On 09/07/2016 03:01 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > >> On 07/09/16 03:03 PM, Mark Allums wrote: > >>> On 09/07/2016 01:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>> Greetings all; > >>>> > >>>> Online business seems to have hit a roadblock. > >>>> > >>>> Is there anything I can change in the about:config that will > >>>> allow the "next" button to work on the https paypal pages? > >>>> > >>>> I have even tried it a couple time after restarting in the safe > >>>> mode, with all plugins disabled. Dead in water, not a single > >>>> packet seems to be issued when, after entering the paypal address > >>>> of the recipient, I click on the Next button adjacent to the > >>>> right. > >>>> > >>>> FWIW, the old, hasn't ever been updated google chromium also > >>>> behaves the > >>>> same, when I can get it to login, which is about 10% of the time. > >>>> After > >>>> rebooting, it will not login at all. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett > >>> > >>> Firefox is definitely broken. I can't view YouTube videos or > >>> visit many common web sites. I get a security warning. I blame a > >>> crypto update for this, as well as a Firefox update. > >>> > >>> Mark Allums > >> > >> I think your problem is that Debian doesn't install a Flash viewer > >> by default. This leads to sites that check for such things to > >> report that your browser doesn't have one. Read > >> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2993902/browsers/how-to-get-the-late > >>st-version-of-flash-on-firefox-for-linux-after-adobes-abandonment.ht > >>ml > >> > >> for how to get around this. > > > > No, I have installed Flash, and I keep it up to date. My problem is > > not YouTube, that was just an example. I get error messages telling > > me that the web sites are not secure, coincidentally after updating > > crypto packages and Firefox. I don't believe that YouTube is > > insecure, hence the problem. Not sending money through PayPal could > > be a crypto problem, too. > > > > Mark Allums > > Replying to my own post... > > No, you're right, part of the problem is that they set the kill bits > for older versions of Flash, and Linux Flash is ancient. The good > news is, Adobe has relented and announced an up-to-date version of > Flash for Linux (probably due to unfixable security issues). The bad > news is, it's not out yet, and I haven't seen the timetable for > release. There's a beta... > > http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2469886/adobe-flash-goes-craw >ling-back-to-linux-for-some-security > > Mark Allums
Got it, not placed to run yet, but I got it. Thanks, this page actually had the correct link. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
