firefox 3 rc3 install

[nik gare]

Mike Adolf wrote:
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> firefox-4.0. I installed 4.0, but it did not fix my download problem. 
> The problem is when I open a link from thunderbird which contains a 
> selection to download some file, firefox hangs on the download with a 
> 'connecting' or 'waiting' status. Even if I copy the link from 
> thunderbird and paste it in firefox the same thing happens. UNLESS, I 
> copy and paste the link to the firefox rc3 running from my local 
> directory. In that case the download is immediate. I have no idea what 
> is happening, but I will say that ubuntu 8.04 doesn't work as well as 
> 7.04 or 7.10.

What I would do is remove all the firefox prefs with this:

mv  .mozilla/firefox  .mozilla/firefoxold

to see if that was causing the problem

Nik