Firefox and Timidity

[Andre Mangan]

OK, I tried Firefox version 2.0.0.6 and found the same misbehaviour.  No
Timidity GUI when activating a midi file.  I will amend my previously filed
bug report accordingly.

Galeon is looking better all the time.

Cheers,
Andre



On 31/08/2007, Andre Mangan <andremangan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you, Les.  I will try your recommendation as soon as I find out that
> Firefox version 2 displays the GUI correctly.  It does it in XP but that is
> a different media player.  It seems that the long-term support for Dapper is
> not being honoured by Mozilla.
>
> Cheers,
> Andre
>
>
>
> On 31/08/2007, Les Gray <lgray at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > On Friday 31 August 2007 07:54:55 Andre Mangan wrote:
> > > Firefox version 1.5.0.12 used in Ubuntu 6.06 fails to display the
> > Timidity
> > > GUI whenever a midi file is accessed on the web or from the home
> > directory
> > > making closure of that file impossible while in the browser.  Galeon
> > web
> > > browser does not suffer from this handicap; it displays the Timidity
> > GUI
> > > and midi files can therefore be terminated at will.
> > >
> > > I am curious to know if this problem exists for Firefox version 2.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Andre
> >
> > I don't know if it does, but if you want to find out for yourself you
> > can
> > download the latest Firefox from getfirefox.com and install/unpack it
> > into
> > your /home directory . The version you already have installed can just
> > be
> > left where it is.
> >
> > Back up your profile in ~/.mozilla as well because you'll need to
> > temporarily
> > delete that directory to run the new Firefox reliably (something to do
> > with
> > the difference in versions). Then start Firefox by going into the
> > install
> > directory and typing ./firefox
> >
> > When you're done testing, just delete the Firefox install directory,
> > replace
> > your backed-up ~/.mozilla directory, and things will be as they were. Of
> > course, if you're happy with the latest version you can always keep it.
> > You'll have to set up all your addons and plugins manually, though, and
> > turn /usr/bin/firefox into a symlink to the new version, rather than
> > having
> > to start it from a terminal.
> >
> > This is what I did back in the days of Debian Sarge. The Firefox which
> > shipped
> > with that distro was prone to crashing, so I just did a /home dir
> > install of
> > whatever the latest one was.
> >
> > Les
> >
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>
>
>
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