Re: [CentOS] new firefox upgrade, then crash

> Date: Friday, April 29, 2016 12:30:32 -0600 > From: Frank Cox > > On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:11:51 -0400 > ken wrote: > >> Earlier today I upgrade firefox, closed the old version, opened >> the new, and first it froze-- displayed a message about a script >> running and asking me if I wanted to

Re: [CentOS] new firefox upgrade, then crash

On 04/29/16 13:11, ken wrote: > Earlier today I upgrade firefox, closed the old version, opened the new, > and first it froze-- displayed a message about a script running and > asking me if I wanted to stop it; I said no to let it run-- then it > crashed and disappeared. > > # ps -ef|grep fire

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: awk

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 29/04/16 18:14, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 10:31:51AM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> This is odd, and annoying. CentOS 6, current. Here's my awk >> script: >> >> { room = substr($0, 48, 10); arr[$2,room,$1] = $0; } END { for

Re: [CentOS] new firefox upgrade, then crash

On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:11:51 -0400 ken wrote: > Earlier today I upgrade firefox, closed the old version, opened the new, > and first it froze-- displayed a message about a script running and > asking me if I wanted to stop it; I said no to let it run-- then it > crashed and disappeared. And wh

[CentOS] new firefox upgrade, then crash

Earlier today I upgrade firefox, closed the old version, opened the new, and first it froze-- displayed a message about a script running and asking me if I wanted to stop it; I said no to let it run-- then it crashed and disappeared. # ps -ef|grep firefox root 3150 4904 0 14:08 pts/2

Re: [CentOS] Semi-OT: awk

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 10:31:51AM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > This is odd, and annoying. CentOS 6, current. Here's my awk script: > > { >room = substr($0, 48, 10); >arr[$2,room,$1] = $0; > } > END { > for ( i in arr ) { > for ( j in arr[i] ) { > for ( k in arr[i][j] )

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare

On Fri, April 29, 2016 7:22 am, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 04/28/2016 10:20 PM, Always Learning wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2016-04-28 at 22:27 -0400, Jonathan Billings wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 02:23:32AM +0100, Always Learning wrote: Centos replaced well-running customise Firefox with vers

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare

On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 07:22 -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Therefore, I have made a new temporary version available here, for > people who would opt to get the new version and not wait: > > http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/firefox-45.1.0-1.1.el5.centos/ Wonderful, marvellous and I'm delightful

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare

On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 11:21 +0100, James Hogarth wrote: > Given: RHEL5 goes end of life on 2017-03-31, which is 47 weeks, 6 days, 13 > hours, 40 minutes, and 50 seconds from now > > and that even now the updates are limited to critical (ie remote code > execution) pretty much might I suggest now

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare - bunny trail

On Fri, April 29, 2016 7:44 am, Alice Wonder wrote: > On 04/29/2016 04:44 AM, Rob Kampen wrote: > *snip* >> So what's gone wrong with the Linux Desktop developers? > > I don't know, but that's why I use MATE. MATE was a solution for me too. I used gnome on my FreeBSD workstation and laptop till F

[CentOS] Semi-OT: awk

This is odd, and annoying. CentOS 6, current. Here's my awk script: { room = substr($0, 48, 10); arr[$2,room,$1] = $0; } END { for ( i in arr ) { for ( j in arr[i] ) { for ( k in arr[i][j] ) { print arr[i][j][k]; } } } } And when I run it, it compl

[CentOS] OT, security: if you're in the US, and like your dentist, call them, *now*

If you like your dentist, *call* them, today. , and the URL says it all - they mailed a card with a USB key... and some of them have malware, and Krebs says not all virus scanners can detect it mark "got off t

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare - bunny trail

On 04/29/2016 04:44 AM, Rob Kampen wrote: *snip* So what's gone wrong with the Linux Desktop developers? I don't know, but that's why I use MATE. I get acceptable performance on my T410 thinkpad with 4GB of memory and outstanding performance on my home built desktop with 16GB of memory. The

Re: [CentOS] systemd-journald corruption

Once upon a time, Chris Adams said: > So far, turning off the compression appears to have worked (but I'll > have to watch it for a day or two to really see). Just to follow up: turning off journald compression does appear to have fixed the corruption problem I was seeing. I'll watch for an upda

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare

On 04/28/2016 10:20 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Thu, 2016-04-28 at 22:27 -0400, Jonathan Billings wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 02:23:32AM +0100, Always Learning wrote: >>> Centos replaced well-running customise Firefox with version ESR 45.1.0 >> >> Errr... you mean Red Hat released a se

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare - bunny trail

On 04/29/2016 10:21 PM, James Hogarth wrote: On 29 April 2016 at 09:55, isdtor wrote: Always Learning writes: However the time-wasting problem remains, so too do the down-loaded extensions in /tmp, example tmp-xxx.xpi The reason behind this is the missing patch referenced by Johnny's posting

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare

On 29 April 2016 at 09:55, isdtor wrote: > Always Learning writes: > > However the time-wasting problem remains, so too do the down-loaded > > extensions in /tmp, example tmp-xxx.xpi > > The reason behind this is the missing patch referenced by Johnny's posting > that you referenced in a follow-u

Re: [CentOS] C5: The Firefox ESR 45.1.0 Nighmare

Always Learning writes: > However the time-wasting problem remains, so too do the down-loaded > extensions in /tmp, example tmp-xxx.xpi The reason behind this is the missing patch referenced by Johnny's posting that you referenced in a follow-up. What I would really like to see, talking about S