I don't see that once set the setting being 'lost' when upgrading FF versions, though have to admit didn't pay close attention when FF went from 9.X to 10.X in 12.04
Definitely all new installs will have spell checking enabled but no language chosen, this is seen on Alpha 1 or any daily image. (& the need/means to pick a language isn't obviously presented to many users As a quick test just booted to A1, ( FF 9). Spell checking was enabled but no language selected. Selected a language & checked that spell checking now worked. Then upgraded to FF 10, the language was still selected & spell checking still worked. This also included a log out/in after the upgrade in case that was a factor. I guess this could be further checked by use of the firefox-next ppa on 11.10/04 & see what occurs when FF upgrades. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/894085 Title: On newly installed Firefox, spell checking is enabled but no language is selected Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Test Case" Install current daily, using the 11/26 for current test Open FF, go to a page you can type in Type a word, mis-spell it, No spell correction is done Highlight the word, Check spelling is enabled Click on Languages > no language will be selected Selecting the language will then start spell checking, language should be slected by default Attaching image in comment 5 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 9.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-2.3-generic 3.1.0 Uname: Linux 3.1.0-2-generic i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.26-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: doug 1448 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20111117222449 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6ffc000 irq 47' Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9228' Components : 'HDA:83847616,10280209,00100201' Controls : 27 Simple ctrls : 18 Channel: beta Date: Wed Nov 23 12:28:22 2011 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111122) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.102 metric 2 Plugins: QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6 - Lib=libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins DivX® Web Player - Lib=libtotem-mully-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem) - Lib=libtotem-gmp-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 3.0.1) - Lib=libtotem-cone-plugin.so, Location=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=9.0/20111117222449 (Running) RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WifiSyslog: Nov 23 11:47:28 doug-XPS-M1330 kernel: [ 2485.996721] nautilus[1455]: segfault at 60 ip 080cc9a7 sp bfbda390 error 4 in nautilus[8048000+169000] Nov 23 11:54:02 doug-XPS-M1330 kernel: [ 2879.788096] CE: hpet increased min_delta_ns to 20113 nsec Nov 23 12:18:44 doug-XPS-M1330 kernel: [ 4362.073947] nautilus[3435]: segfault at 60 ip 080cc9a7 sp bfac3ff0 error 4 in nautilus[8048000+169000] dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A15 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS M1330 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/894085/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
