Re: restarting firefox
On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 10:52:13PM -0600, David Farning wrote: > On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 08:46 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 11:37:01PM -0600, David Farning wrote: > > > A number of browser related bug seem to caused by not restarting the > > > browser after updating some packages in the system. These packages seem > > > to be firefox itself, some themes, and some fonts. > > > > > > Until the mozillateam gets these issues sorted out, would it be feasible > > > to have update manager request that firefox be restart if any themes or > > > fonts are updated. > > > > This is already done for Firefox itself. Can you point to some of the > > apparent issues with themes and fonts? I've never known those to cause a > > problem. > > Matt, > Sorry for the delay in responding to your request. > > There is a family of bugs that are showing up in firefox that can be > found at https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/74576 > > We need to do more work in tracking this down... But they sometimes > occur when closing firefox after updating and/or changing the theme| > fonts. I currently believe that it is a gtk issues. > Actually, the main bug for lots of our crashes and freezes when switching gnome theme can be found at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/67886. There is a patch in the upstream bug for that; I am currently investigating, why it has not yet been landed on the branches. For bug 74576 I am currently still unsure whether this is just another variant of that bug, or something new. That's why I haven't linked it as duplicate of the bug above so far. - Alexander -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: restarting firefox
On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 08:46 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 11:37:01PM -0600, David Farning wrote: > > A number of browser related bug seem to caused by not restarting the > > browser after updating some packages in the system. These packages seem > > to be firefox itself, some themes, and some fonts. > > > > Until the mozillateam gets these issues sorted out, would it be feasible > > to have update manager request that firefox be restart if any themes or > > fonts are updated. > > This is already done for Firefox itself. Can you point to some of the > apparent issues with themes and fonts? I've never known those to cause a > problem. Matt, Sorry for the delay in responding to your request. There is a family of bugs that are showing up in firefox that can be found at https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/74576 We need to do more work in tracking this down... But they sometimes occur when closing firefox after updating and/or changing the theme| fonts. I currently believe that it is a gtk issues. Thanks -- David Farning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: restarting firefox
Hi, Matt Zimmerman [2007-02-02 8:46 -0800]: > Martin: how about an apport hook which would check for the existence of the > file which indicates that a restart is needed, and suppresses the problem > report, apologizing and telling the user that Firefox must be restarted > after updating it. That's not what apport hooks are currently designed to do, but it isn't hard at all to add this feature. I added it to the TODO list for now. Martin -- Martin Pitthttp://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: restarting firefox
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 11:37:01PM -0600, David Farning wrote: > A number of browser related bug seem to caused by not restarting the > browser after updating some packages in the system. These packages seem > to be firefox itself, some themes, and some fonts. > > Until the mozillateam gets these issues sorted out, would it be feasible > to have update manager request that firefox be restart if any themes or > fonts are updated. This is already done for Firefox itself. Can you point to some of the apparent issues with themes and fonts? I've never known those to cause a problem. Martin: how about an apport hook which would check for the existence of the file which indicates that a restart is needed, and suppresses the problem report, apologizing and telling the user that Firefox must be restarted after updating it. -- - mdz -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: restarting firefox
Hi David, David Farning [2007-01-28 6:43 -0600]: > Dennis was answering my question on how to extend this functionality to > font and theme packages. Ah, I see, so maybe I misunderstood his answer then. Sorry for the confusion. > I'm sorry if it sounds like I am criticizing apport and friends. I am > not, but a working crash reporter without methods for handling those > reports is turning drinking from the firehose into drowning from the > firehose for firefox and friends;) Please *do* criticize our bug reporting infrastructure. A lot of people do and good feedback helps to make it better. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitthttp://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: restarting firefox
On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 13:20 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hi, > > Dennis Kaarsemaker [2007-01-28 8:55 +0100]: > > echo "Please restart any running Firefoxes, or you will experience > > problems." > > unud=/var/lib/update-notifier/user.d > > > > if pgrep firefox-bin >/dev/null 2>&1 && test -d $unud; then > > cp -f /usr/share/firefox/firefox-restart-required.update-notifier \ > > "$unud/firefox-restart-required" > > fi > > Something like this already happens, for quite a long time. > > Pitti > Dennis was answering my question on how to extend this functionality to font and theme packages. I'm sorry if it sounds like I am criticizing apport and friends. I am not, but a working crash reporter without methods for handling those reports is turning drinking from the firehose into drowning from the firehose for firefox and friends;) thanks David signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: restarting firefox
Hi, Dennis Kaarsemaker [2007-01-28 8:55 +0100]: > echo "Please restart any running Firefoxes, or you will experience > problems." > unud=/var/lib/update-notifier/user.d > > if pgrep firefox-bin >/dev/null 2>&1 && test -d $unud; then > cp -f /usr/share/firefox/firefox-restart-required.update-notifier \ > "$unud/firefox-restart-required" > fi Something like this already happens, for quite a long time. Pitti -- Martin Pitthttp://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: restarting firefox
On za, 2007-01-27 at 23:37 -0600, David Farning wrote: > Until the mozillateam gets these issues sorted out, would it be > feasible to have update manager request that firefox be restart if any > themes or fonts are updated. That's not too hard to do, you'll need to add a postinst snippet like what's used in firefox itself: echo "Please restart any running Firefoxes, or you will experience problems." unud=/var/lib/update-notifier/user.d if pgrep firefox-bin >/dev/null 2>&1 && test -d $unud; then cp -f /usr/share/firefox/firefox-restart-required.update-notifier \ "$unud/firefox-restart-required" fi -- Dennis K. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
restarting firefox
A number of browser related bug seem to caused by not restarting the browser after updating some packages in the system. These packages seem to be firefox itself, some themes, and some fonts. Until the mozillateam gets these issues sorted out, would it be feasible to have update manager request that firefox be restart if any themes or fonts are updated. Thanks David signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
