fritzman
July 11th, 2010, 04:44 PM
I began having troubles with firefox, default installation at install of Lucid, a week or so ago. Plugins did not work, and at the prompt (yellow bar at top of web page) I would elect to install missing plugins. It would return with the message that xxxplugin was already installed.
There are multiple threads associated with plugin problems with firefox, and following the suggested fixes, nothing seemed to help.
I have the 64bit version of Lucid;
$ sudo lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMU (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)
$ uname -a
Linux uglybox 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 08:03:28 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
So, I uninstalled firefox with synaptic, opting for complete removal. Then I try to re-install firefox, and get the following;
$ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
firefox-branding
Suggested packages:
firefox-gnome-support kmozillahelper
The following NEW packages will be installed:
firefox firefox-branding
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 37.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main firefox-branding 3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [207kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main firefox 3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [12.5MB]
Fetched 12.7MB in 1min 17s (164kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package firefox-branding.
(Reading database ... 265273 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firefox-branding (from .../firefox-branding_3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package firefox.
Unpacking firefox (from .../firefox_3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up firefox-branding (3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
Setting up firefox (3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Thunderbird still works without problems. I installed Seamonkey, and it has the same problem with plugins that firefox has, although there is no error message, (yellow bar at top of web page) regarding missing plugins.
But, at least it will install.
Can anyone give me a clue as to what might fix this problem with firefox?
I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
owa
There are multiple threads associated with plugin problems with firefox, and following the suggested fixes, nothing seemed to help.
I have the 64bit version of Lucid;
$ sudo lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMU (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K10 [Opteron, Athlon64, Sempron] Link Control
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)
$ uname -a
Linux uglybox 2.6.32-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 08:03:28 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
So, I uninstalled firefox with synaptic, opting for complete removal. Then I try to re-install firefox, and get the following;
$ sudo apt-get install firefox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
firefox-branding
Suggested packages:
firefox-gnome-support kmozillahelper
The following NEW packages will be installed:
firefox firefox-branding
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 37.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main firefox-branding 3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [207kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main firefox 3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 [12.5MB]
Fetched 12.7MB in 1min 17s (164kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package firefox-branding.
(Reading database ... 265273 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking firefox-branding (from .../firefox-branding_3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package firefox.
Unpacking firefox (from .../firefox_3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up firefox-branding (3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
Setting up firefox (3.6.7+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/firefox doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing firefox (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
firefox
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Thunderbird still works without problems. I installed Seamonkey, and it has the same problem with plugins that firefox has, although there is no error message, (yellow bar at top of web page) regarding missing plugins.
But, at least it will install.
Can anyone give me a clue as to what might fix this problem with firefox?
I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks,
owa