Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On Sun 11 Sep 2016 at 15:28:03 (-0500), Mark Allums wrote: > >I was amazed a couple days ago, I switched my default browser to > >chromium, more for S&G than any other reason, as its now quite long in > >the tooth. I had to go thru an email driven procedure to verify the pw > >at PP, but then it w

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

I was amazed a couple days ago, I switched my default browser to chromium, more for S&G than any other reason, as its now quite long in the tooth. I had to go thru an email driven procedure to verify the pw at PP, but then it worked. And its kept on working... And I've been using it for my dail

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On Sat, 10 Sep 2016 14:24:47 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 08 September 2016 11:26:43 Mark Allums wrote: > > [...] > > > So I've now commented that line back out of /etc/apt/sources.list. > > > > Your attempt ran into some requirements that are prerequisites for > > libnss3. For insta

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On Sat, 10 Sep 2016 20:13:48 +0100 Brian sent: > On Sat 10 Sep 2016 at 14:24:47 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Firefox is still busted. > > No, it is not. It's your system. > > I only post this because some readers will get the impression that > Firefox on Debian is in some way deficient. I

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On Sat 10 Sep 2016 at 14:24:47 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Firefox is still busted. No, it is not. It's your system. I only post this because some readers will get the impression that Firefox on Debian is in some way deficient. It isn't. Firefox on a staightforward Jessie install can be used wi

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On Thursday 08 September 2016 11:26:43 Mark Allums wrote: [...] > > So I've now commented that line back out of /etc/apt/sources.list. > > Your attempt ran into some requirements that are prerequisites for > libnss3. For instance, dbus needs to be a certain minimum version, > and wheezy is too ol

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On 09/08/2016 01:54 PM, Brian wrote: On Thu 08 Sep 2016 at 09:30:54 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: On 09/07/2016 05:23 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Maybe this is related to libns3 that someone mention, but we have to get it from unstable? On wheezy, how? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett Installing lib

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 19:54:55 +0100 Brian wrote: > Maybe you could post the URLs of two or three web sites which are now > available to you without security-related error messages which you had > trouble with before. Jessie users would be interested whether they too > have to install libnss3 from u

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On Thu 08 Sep 2016 at 09:30:54 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > On 09/07/2016 05:23 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >Maybe this is related to libns3 that someone mention, but we have to get > >it from unstable? On wheezy, how? > > > >Thanks. > > > >Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > Installing libnss3 from si

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

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 proble

Re: [resolved] FireFox broken,

On Thursday 08 September 2016 10:30:54 Mark Allums wrote: > On 09/07/2016 05:23 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 07 September 2016 16:43:40 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 He

[resolved] FireFox broken,

On 09/07/2016 05:23 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 07 September 2016 16:43:40 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.

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 18:36:27 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > > Your connection is not secure > > > > The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security. > > > > www.youtube.com uses security technology that is outdated and > > vulnerable to attack. An attacker could easily reveal informat

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 18:18:15 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > > by chance a couple of days ago I saw on the german debian user list¹ a > > topic that seems similar, the conclusion seemed to be to install > > libnss3 from unstable (iirc this was about firefox and chrome on > > testing). Dunno if this ha

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 18:23:22 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > Maybe this is related to libns3 that someone mention, but we have to > get it from unstable? On wheezy, how? I wasn't aware that you're still with wheezy, I think the issue on the german list referred to stretch. Regards Michael .-.. ..

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wednesday 07 September 2016 17:53:08 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 a

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

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 s

Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Thu 08 Sep 2016 at 00:11:30 +0200, Michael Lange wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 23:01:43 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > > Two users. Both using entirely different systems. Both with entirely > > different issues. Do you think this is realistically going anywhere? > > Especially as the second post

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wednesday 07 September 2016 16:43:40 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 a

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

Hi, On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 16:53:08 -0500 Mark Allums wrote: > Here is my error message: Is this message Flash-related? > > > Your connection is not secure > > The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security. > > www.youtube.com uses security technology that is outdated and > vul

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wednesday 07 September 2016 16:42:55 Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:39:14 -0400 > > 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" butt

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 16:53:08 -0500 Mark Allums wrote: > Here is my error message: Is this message Flash-related? > > > Your connection is not secure > > The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security. > > www.youtube.com uses security technology that is outdated and vulnerable

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed 07 Sep 2016 at 23:54:33 +0200, Francesco Ariis wrote: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 08:18:58PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > Perhaps the two of you should get together off-list, sort it out and > > present your conclusions here. Somebody would benefit from the silence. > > If you can't / don't want

Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 23:01:43 +0100 Brian wrote: > > Two users. Both using entirely different systems. Both with entirely > different issues. Do you think this is realistically going anywhere? > Especially as the second post in this thread doesn't even come close > to answering what is raised in t

Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed 07 Sep 2016 at 22:38:39 +0200, Michael Lange wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 20:18:58 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > > My firefox isn't broken. > > That doesn't necessarily mean that the OP's isn't broken though. All happy Firefox users are alike; every unhappy Firefox user is unhappy in his o

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 08:18:58PM +0100, Brian wrote: > Perhaps the two of you should get together off-list, sort it out and > present your conclusions here. Somebody would benefit from the silence. If you can't / don't want to handle users and their problem, try this:

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

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

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On 09/07/2016 03:58 PM, 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

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

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

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

Hi, On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:39:14 -0400 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 a

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

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

[OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 20:18:58 +0100 Brian wrote: > My firefox isn't broken. That doesn't necessarily mean that the OP's isn't broken though. > > How a paypay problem relates to a YouTube problem is beyond me. > > Perhaps the two of you should get together off-list, sort it out and > present yo

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

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 cou

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

On Wed 07 Sep 2016 at 14:03:48 -0500, 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

Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

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

FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.

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,

Re: icedove upgrade and opening url in firefox broken

For some reason my default had changed. Thanks a bunch ! -M On 11/29/06, Rob Bochan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 29 November 2006 11:43, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hello there, > > I have updated my debian testing and I am not using icedove. Since > this upgrade I cannot any longer

Re: icedove upgrade and opening url in firefox broken

On Wednesday 29 November 2006 11:43, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hello there, > > I have updated my debian testing and I am not using icedove. Since > this upgrade I cannot any longer click on an URL from my mail client > (icedove) so that it open the link in a new tab in firefox. I did > check in

icedove upgrade and opening url in firefox broken

Hello there, I have updated my debian testing and I am not using icedove. Since this upgrade I cannot any longer click on an URL from my mail client (icedove) so that it open the link in a new tab in firefox. I did check in Desktop/Preferences/Preferred Applications/ and everything seems ok. A

Re: Firefox Broken After Extensions Update

Kenneth Jacker wrote: > Of course, all the extensions are disabled ... Whenever firefox wigged out it was always the same extension for me, SwitchProxy. The author decided to put his own auto-update in which hangs whenever his web server is not available to serve the current version number.

Re: Firefox Broken After Extensions Update

cm> I assume you looked at the documentation/man page. Did it have any cm> useful suggestions? What happened when you tried them? With Steve's suggestion (command line option) , I was able to bring up 'firefox' fine. Of course, all the extensions are disabled ... -Kenneth -- To UNSUBS

Re: Firefox Broken After Extensions Update

Kenneth Jacker writes: > > Anyone know how to turn off all or some extensions *external* to 'firefox'? I assume you looked at the documentation/man page. Did it have any useful suggestions? What happened when you tried them? -c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Firefox Broken After Extensions Update

sl> sl>-safe-mode sl> Starts Mozilla Firefox in safe mode, that is disabling all sl> extensions and showing a bit more debugging messages. Thanks, Steve! I actually did check the 'man' page, but missed that option. Now if I can just find out wha

Re: Firefox Broken After Extensions Update

Kenneth Jacker wrote: > Anyone know how to turn off all or some extensions *external* to 'firefox'? From man firefox: -safe-mode Starts Mozilla Firefox in safe mode, that is disabling all extensions and showing a bit more debugging messages. --

Firefox Broken After Extensions Update

[ Debian/sarge; mozilla-firefox/1.0.4-2sarge5 ] I just clicked on the green "auto upgrade" in 'firefox' to update some extensions. I then quit the program, and reran it. It now does little if anything ... in particular, no window appears. Of course, it would help to remember exactly which thr

Re: Things I've learned about Firefox ( was "Firefox broken")

> I did a bunch of dumb things - reinstalling from scratch, trying > symlinks to my old profile directory, etc. - and then 'discovered' (I > know, I should have RTF man page sooner!) that Firefox can be launched > in safe mode ('firefox -safe-mode') and that I could decide which > profile to use ('

Things I've learned about Firefox ( was "Firefox broken")

On 6/9/05, I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just upgraded all my extensions (from within Firefox), and now > Firefox comes up, but is completely unresponsive. I suspect that one > of the extensions is bad or incompatible with another. Any advice on > how I can remove them all and then selectivel

Re: Firefox broken

On 2005-06-09 17:15:31 -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > I just upgraded all my extensions (from within Firefox), and now > Firefox comes up, but is completely unresponsive. I suspect that one > of the extensions is bad or incompatible with another. Any advice on > how I can remove them all and the

Firefox broken

Hello: I just upgraded all my extensions (from within Firefox), and now Firefox comes up, but is completely unresponsive. I suspect that one of the extensions is bad or incompatible with another. Any advice on how I can remove them all and then selectively reinstall? I can't do it from within F