Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-31 Thread Chris Bozic
I don't know if this has anything to do with your problem but I notice a behavior similar to this on any OS using firefox when I try to download update files for ipcop. I don't know if it's the file extension (gpg) or what but debian, arch, mepis, ubuntu, and even windows can't seem to download th

Re: Firefox Downgrade (was Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think))

2005-08-30 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:30:47 +0200, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > Thanks for your prompt reply ... > > >>> From where can we obtain this previous version? > > rw> `apt-get install packagename=version` IIRC. > Didn't work! Other ideas? If you run aptitude and select firefox, you can see what versi

Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-30 Thread Kenneth Jacker
roberto> http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/08/16/debian-security/pool/updates/main/m/mozilla-firefox/ Got it. Now, before re-installation, I need to go back and read about the security problems fixed by the newer (broken) version. ;-) Thanks for your help! -Kenneth -- To UNSUBSCR

Firefox Downgrade (was Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think))

2005-08-30 Thread Kenneth Jacker
Thanks for your prompt reply ... >>> From where can we obtain this previous version? rw> `apt-get install packagename=version` IIRC. # apt-get install mozilla-firefox=1.0.4-2sarge1 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Versi

Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-30 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:27:30AM -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > roberto> You may want to try 1.0.4-2sarge1 ... > > >From where can we obtain this previous version? > > I looked on "ftp.debian.org" and "archive.debian.org", but can't seem > to find the .deb file. > It is now gone from the arc

Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:27:30 EDT, Kenneth Jacker writes: > roberto> You may want to try 1.0.4-2sarge1 ... > >>From where can we obtain this previous version? `apt-get install packagename=version` IIRC. >I looked on "ftp.debian.org" and "archive.debian.org", but can't seem >to find the .deb file

Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-30 Thread Kenneth Jacker
roberto> You may want to try 1.0.4-2sarge1 ... >From where can we obtain this previous version? I looked on "ftp.debian.org" and "archive.debian.org", but can't seem to find the .deb file. Thanks for any pointers! -- Prof Kenneth H Jacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Science Dept ww

Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-29 Thread Jason Martens
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 05:50:18PM -0500, Jason Martens wrote: I just installed a clean sarge laptop, and I installed firefox and firefox-gnome-support packages. However, now when I try to download a file, it fails to save it. It just does nothing. Sometimes (if th

Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-23 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 05:50:18PM -0500, Jason Martens wrote: > I just installed a clean sarge laptop, and I installed firefox and > firefox-gnome-support packages. However, now when I try to download a file, > it > fails to save it. It just does nothing. Sometimes (if the url has not been

Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-23 Thread Jason Martens
I just installed a clean sarge laptop, and I installed firefox and firefox-gnome-support packages. However, now when I try to download a file, it fails to save it. It just does nothing. Sometimes (if the url has not been obfuscated) I can right click and save as, but that does not always wor