Firefox 3.0.4 does not work if istalled with adept

[Larry Hartman]

On Friday 21 November 2008 04:09:00 am Art Alexion wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:23 AM, Girard Henri <girardhenri at free.fr> wrote:
> > i have it on jaunty and installed it update it through update-manager
> > -d, it works but is very slow !
> >
> > Le vendredi 21 novembre 2008 à 10:17 +0200, Georgi Kourtev a écrit :
> >> Friends,
> >>
> >> I've got interesting issues related to Firefox web browser. If I got
> >> it installed through adept, it does not work at all. When launched,
> >> the firefox process gets into the process list, but the program does
> >> not work.
> >>
> >> If I got it downloaded from internet and installed, it works just
> >> fine. Any ideas how this can be solved so I ca use adept for
> >> installing it and future update?
> >>
> >> In either cases the version is firefox 3.0.4=
>
> I have 3.0.4 on Ubuntu Intrepid and Kubuntu Hardy.  Both are working
> fine.  The Unbuntu Intrepid version is installed and maintained via
> apt, but the Kubuntu Hardy version is installed from the Mozilla site
> in /opt.  I never install FF from the repos in Kubuntu, because the
> dependencies bring in all of this gnome stuff that I don't want in
> Kubuntu.  FF then manages its own updates.
>
>
>
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> artAlexion
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Check system settings ==> GTK Styles and Fonts

Try a different style.  The "use my KDE style in GTK applications" and the 
"qt4" style have reported bugs that have caused some to experience some 
Firefox wierdness.


Larry