Firefox +1 Mega Thread

[fatbrother]

If the problem doesn't occur in safe mode but occurs in normal mode, then the source of the problem is an extension, theme or plugin. Open the add-on manager and start disabling things until you find the culprit.

If problem occurs with clean profile, it must be system-supplied plugin, right?

[ruby644]

If the problem doesn't occur in safe mode but occurs in normal mode, then the source of the problem is an extension, theme or plugin. Open the add-on manager and start disabling things until you find the culprit.

After the reinstall there were only 2 extensions left

Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.9.4
Bindwood 1.04

Disabling Bindwood seems to have fixed the problem.

Thanks!

[jegerjensen]

Disabling Bindwood seems to have fixed the problem.

Thanks! This fixed it for me too.

[fatbrother]

Disabling Bindwood seems to have fixed the problem.

Thanks!

How do I disable a specific addon if add-ons manager window hangs?

[jegerjensen]

How do I disable a specific addon if add-ons manager window hangs?

You can remove the bindwood package with this command:

$ sudo apt-get remove xul-ext-bindwood

[lovinglinux]

After the reinstall there were only 2 extensions left

Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.9.4
Bindwood 1.04

Disabling Bindwood seems to have fixed the problem.

Thanks!

It is certainly the source. Bindwood no longer works. It is an extension that allowed Ubuntu One to sync bookmarks, but they dropped support for bookmark sync recently.

If problem occurs with clean profile, it must be system-supplied plugin, right?

Yes, in this case a global extension.

[fatbrother]

You can remove the bindwood package with this command:

$ sudo apt-get remove xul-ext-bindwood

Yes, this fixed the problem. I removed the package and everything seems fine with old profile. I even can post messages to forum from Firefox.

[lovinglinux]

Yes, this fixed the problem. I removed the package and everything seems fine with old profile. I even can post messages to forum from Firefox.

[Zaragoza1974]

The Ubuntu developers had to upgrade Firefox from 3.6 to 10, because Mozilla will drop support for 3.6 branch in April.

Such an upgrade is risky, because there was a lot of changes between those two versions. Sometimes, when you do such upgrades, the user profile gets corrupted or get minor incompatibilities.

Deleting your profile is easiest way to solve some problems. However you can try to keep some things you need, since because the problem might be localized. See http://www.webgapps.org/tutorials/fi...upted-profiles

You can remove the bindwood package with this command:

$ sudo apt-get remove xul-ext-bindwood

Thanks a lot!
To lovinglinux for information links.

Thankiu very much to jegerjensen ! Your solution is simple, is well-founded and gets over and walks in noisly my Firefox status again. Thanks a lot!

[archolman]

My problem with the Firefox short-term release is that the add-ons I use keep breaking or glitching, so a stable Ff, with concomitant stable plug-ins is of real value.

But, how do I install it in the right place, with all the dependencies resolved? The Mozilla help-page has no mention of this at all, & the Ubuntu pages only mention automatic updates, etc. & give no advise on manual installation.

I have the ZIP-file, but there is no read-me or other help for installing.

Any advice gratefully received.




Anyone know if Cannonical will support the ESR in the repo? I can imagine RHEL doing so.