Re: [SLUG] Firefox 20.0 Problems in Mint Linux

2013-04-11 Thread Ross Mitchell 

I am running a fresh install of Mint 13, with Firefox 20, all is good.

This machine has jumped ship from Ubuntu 12.04 with MATE desktop because 
last week an update knocked out the icons on the app panel. The .mozilla 
folder was reintroduced to Mint from the prior Ubuntu system, no 
problems (except for the usual stupidity of Flash no longer being 
supported, etc).


May I suggest:
Backup (export) your bookmarks
Record which plugins you have installed, also record anything you 
can't do without such as saved passwords etc.

Rename your .mozilla folder
Create an empty .mozilla folder with same profile.ini and 
.default folder (this should help with migrating back to the 
original one in small steps)

Progressively introduce plugins and settings from the old .mozilla

Good luck

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Re: [SLUG] Firefox 20.0

2013-04-11 Thread Heracles 
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On 12/04/13 11:48, gonzo01 wrote:
> Works fine in Mint 14 with various plugins and Mate desktop.
> 
> Firefox was an upgrade, not a new install. My Firefox folder was has
> been carried over continually from earlier versions of Mint.

Have you tried creating a new user and then running firefox under that
user? It may be a difficult to find setting in your old config that is
causing the problem.

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Re: [SLUG] Firefox 20.0

2013-04-11 Thread gonzo01 

Works fine in Mint 14 with various plugins and Mate desktop.

Firefox was an upgrade, not a new install. My Firefox folder was has 
been carried over continually from earlier versions of Mint.

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Re: [SLUG] Firefox 20.0 Problems in Mint Linux

2013-04-11 Thread Maxim Zakharov 
Where you've got this version of Firefox?
Is it came as part of standard Mint update or from an other source?
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Re: [SLUG] Firefox 20.0 Problems in Mint Linux

2013-04-11 Thread David Lyon 
That's a joy of Linux, stuff gets screwed up for no obvious reason.

I'm really peaved now that my Terminology terminal stopped working showing
similar
symptons after I changed a config setting, now it won't let me get back to
the same menu
to change it to something else.

I'd suggest fresh reinstall. That's what I'm about to do. It just may be
quicker especially
if you do it from a USB stick.

I'd also try a different distro, like one of the ones people claim to be
good: "Arch" "Mint"
"Bodhi" "MacPup" etc just to learn something different.





On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Tom Worthington <
tom.worthing...@tomw.net.au> wrote:

> On 11/04/13 12:10, Heracles wrote:
>
>  ... enlightenment will work well on Mint ...
>>
>
> Installed Enlightenment, but it did not fix my problem with Firefox 20.
>
> On 11/04/13 12:42, Francis (Grizzly) Smit wrote:
>
>  you can launch it in safe mode from the command line ...
>>
>
> That produced a small scrambled Firefox 20 window, with even less working.
>
>
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Re: [SLUG] Firefox 20.0 Problems in Mint Linux

2013-04-11 Thread Tom Worthington 

On 11/04/13 12:10, Heracles wrote:


... enlightenment will work well on Mint ...


Installed Enlightenment, but it did not fix my problem with Firefox 20.

On 11/04/13 12:42, Francis (Grizzly) Smit wrote:


you can launch it in safe mode from the command line ...


That produced a small scrambled Firefox 20 window, with even less working.


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Re: [SLUG] Open Source News

2013-04-11 Thread Patrick Shirkey 

On Thu, April 11, 2013 9:02 pm, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Hi
>
> http://www.sheflug.org.uk/news/
>
> I don't claim that this is anything amazing but if you are having one
> of those days when you are bored out of your mind this might help for
> a few minutes. Some of it is worth reading.
>

On a similar tangent : http://channellinux.com



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[SLUG] Open Source News

2013-04-11 Thread Richard Ibbotson 
Hi

http://www.sheflug.org.uk/news/

I don't claim that this is anything amazing but if you are having one 
of those days when you are bored out of your mind this might help for 
a few minutes. Some of it is worth reading.

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https://twitter.com/SleepyPenguin1
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