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gilloz
October 31st, 2009, 05:54 AM
I tried to upgrade Firefox to version 3.5.4 through Ubuntuzilla. All appeared to function well with all the proper prompts to the end. When I tried to open Firefox, I only get the rotating circle symbol and nothing happens. I tried [sudo dpkg-reconfigure firefox] and there were no errors. What am I missing?

-=Stefan=-
October 31st, 2009, 01:49 PM
Did you try to open firefox via console?
If there's an error, you'll be able to see it that way!

gilloz
October 31st, 2009, 03:07 PM
Thanks Stefan for your reply. I'm embarrassed to ask what do you mean by "console"? Are you referring to the Terminal? I first tried the icon on the Desktop, then I went to applications and tried it from there. Nothing happens in both cases. I also notice that the Synaptic Package does not show the upgrade of Firefox 3.5.4.

-=Stefan=-
October 31st, 2009, 03:16 PM
Are you referring to the Terminal?
Yes, sorry for my strange vocabulary, i'm not a native English speaker ;)

If you type "firefox" in a Terminal (e.g. xterm) you might get an error message which would help to fix the problem (e.g. like "Couldn't load XPCOM" which would mean that you have to update xulrunner).