On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 06:30:27PM +1100, Leslie Katz wrote: > Matthew Hannigan wrote: > > > > > >Didn't you say you're using firefox 2.0.0.2? That's not standard > >on any released fedora that I know of. If you installed it > >yourself from source, or from an alternative rpm repo, then > >I suspect that could be the origin of your problem. > > > > I am using that version, which is the latest available from Mozilla. As > to how I got it installed, for some time now, whenever I've seen > reference on the Web to the existence of an update, I've gone to the > Firefox Help tab, clicked on Check for Updates and the update's been > automatically downloaded from the Mozilla site and installed. I can't > say that it's been said every time, but certainly for the last few > times, including for v 2.0.0.2, the Mozilla people have said they > "strongly recommend" updating for security reasons, so I have. I can't > now be sure, but it may well be that my problem first arose after (and > therefore because of?) this latest update. > > However, since I couldn't get any answer when I posted in the Firefox > forum, maybe I've just got to live with it. > > Thanks for replying,
There's no need to go outside your official distro updates for anything security related; thats what distros do. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
