[Bug 263566] Re: Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable

[Tetsuo__Shima]

I had that problem, I updated Firefox via Synaptic and with version 3.5 no more problems.

System--->Administration----->Synaptic package Manager.

enter Firefox and select 3.5.x (latest)

Also doing an upgrade to Karmic solves many issues that Jaunty had.

Just remember that once you upgrade to Karmic go to repositories and
select the ones that where turned off during upgrade AND CHECK that each
repository is targeted to KARMIC (if it reads Jaunty change it for
Karmic)

Or you can do a back up of your entire data and DO A FRESH INSTALL, the
easiest way of backing up your data is doing a copy of your entire
"home" folder, also check your "usr" folder for any important info that
you may need.

You can find a lot of tutorials on how to do this in the forums if you
have doubts.

Hope this helps a bit.

Tetsuo.

> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:59:16 +0000
> From: ovasilis at otenet.gr
> To: tetsuo__shima at hotmail.com
> Subject: [Bug 263566] Re: Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update	options initially editable
> 
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.14) Gecko/2009090216
> Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.14
> 
> Hi, I 'm new here and everywhere else on ubuntu and linux. I also faced the same behavior under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update, not only with "Ask Me what I want to do", but also when I unchecked the "Automatically check for updates to:" (the entry became inaccesible). Also under Help the "Check for updates..." is grey(inaccesible). Screenshot only for Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update, can't take screenshot when the Help dropdown menu appears.
> Thank everyone helps.
> 
> ** Attachment added: "bug?.png"
>    http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33588510/bug%3F.png
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> Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263566
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> Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
> Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> 
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox
> 
> If you go under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update and choose "Ask Me what I want to do" the corresponding radio button group is disabled, so the setting cannot be changed, however initially it was possible to make a choice.
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> 1. Start Firefox
> 2. Click  Edit > Preferences to bring up preferences dialog
> 3. Click  Advanced > Update
> 4. Under "When updates to firefox are found" choose "Ask Me what I want to do"
> 5. The "When updates to firefox are found" becomes disabled (see included screenshot) and the setting cannot be changed back again
> 
> I expect the radio buttons under "When updates to firefox are found" to remain active.
> 
> The buttons remain inactive even after Firefox is restarted.
> 
> This does not appear to be an upstream bug, since Firefox 3.0.1 does not have this issue under Windows.
> 
> Firefox version: 
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 Firefox/3.0.1 
> 
> Firefox package version:
> 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
> 
> Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD64 Desktop
 		 	   		  
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