Thanks for your help with my problem. I have in the end given the computer to our local 'Computer Doctor' who has fixed it. I didn't understand what he did!! but he only charged £15!!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1681735 Title: Auto Update Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I want to update to Firefox 51 but should this happen automatically if auto is set? I can download Firefox 51.0.1.tar.bz2 but don't know how to activate it. I am currently using 49. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: firefox 49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: davidgarside1 1541 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20161025170357 Channel: Unavailable CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 11 10:09:58 2017 Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite) InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-02 (1104 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140204) IpRoute: default via 192.168.1.254 dev eth0 proto static metric 100 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.64 metric 100 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing MostRecentCrashID: bp-287862fa-3808-41c6-99d4-a8a512160216 Plugins: Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so PrefSources: prefs.js ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=49.0.2/20161025170357 (In use) RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-287862fa-3808-41c6-99d4-a8a512160216 bp-5a00de9c-6155-48f1-8379-30e742160216 bp-f6104802-ec3c-42ef-a9de-6e5a02150728 Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-29 (255 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 04/05/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A02 dmi.board.name: 0WJ771 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd04/05/2006:svnDellInc.:pnDellDC051:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0WJ771:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: Dell DC051 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1681735/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
