edgy: firefox/epiphany ssl issues

[Constantine Evans]

This is a problem with the upgrade. I had it, and fixed the problem by
purging and reinstalling firefox (epiphany depends on firefox for nearly
everything). To do so, you can use the following commands:

sudo dpkg -P --force-all firefox
sudo apt-get install firefox

Ignore the dependency warnings, since you will be reinstalling firefox
immediately.

It might be that the problem could be fixed by simply reinstalling
firefox without purging, but I purged first anyway. If you have the
time, you might want to see if "sudo apt-get install --reinstall
firefox" solves the problem first, and report your findings here.

Constantine

Justin Kelly wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> ive just added the edgy repo to my dapper install and upgraded most of
> the gnome desktop related packages (mainly in order to get evolution
> 2.8)
> 
> all went well till i tried to use the edgy verions of firefox and epiphany
> 
> if i browse to any site thats got an ssl certificate i get the below
> message and cant use that webpage
> 
> ##### gmail exmaple ######
> "www.google.com" requires an encrypted connection.
> 
> The document could not be loaded because encryption support is not installed.
> #####################
> 
> ive installed all the ssl/encryption packages that i think are related
> but to no avail.
> note: konqueror and opera(from the dapper repo) work fine
> 
> Does anyone know what needs to be installed/configured to make ssl
> websites work in firefox on edgy?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Justin