after an UBUNTU update a number of basic functions and all new functions in Version 3.0.1 not longer available

[Joe]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I run Firefox 3.0.1 within Linux UBUNTU 8.04. After an an Ubuntu System update mostly a number of basic functions and all new functions of Firefox 3 not longer available. For example alle database functions missing all well as go-back button, relaod website, stop load action, regsitration of visited websites

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 25 12:30:30 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Joe wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> I run Firefox 3.0.1 within Linux UBUNTU 8.04. After an an Ubuntu System
> update mostly a number of basic functions and all new functions of
> Firefox 3 not longer available. For example alle database functions
> missing all well as go-back button, relaod website, stop load action,
> regsitration of visited websites
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Jul 25 12:30:30 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.2
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
>
> ** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: apport-bug
>
>
Does restarting Firefox after the updates help? Most of the time this
happens is because user didnt restart after getting updates to Firefox.

 status incomplete

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Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito
Linux User# 414246

[Josh Simmons (josh-simmons)]

I've experienced a similar problem. All my navigation buttons were greyed out and it seemed as if all my settings weren't being loaded. I would get a blank page upon load. Turns out some of my files in my .mozilla directory were owned by root. I solved it with a quick "sudo chown -R user:user ~/.mozilla" where "user" is your username.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Josh Simmons wrote:
> I've experienced a similar problem. All my navigation buttons were
> greyed out and it seemed as if all my settings weren't being loaded. I
> would get a blank page upon load. Turns out some of my files in my
> .mozilla directory were owned by root. I solved it with a quick "sudo
> chown -R user:user ~/.mozilla" where "user" is your username.
>
>
the only thing i can think of or have ever seeen is that the user ran
firefox with sudo or su.
Did this issue first noticed that bookmarks were missing?

--
Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

https://launchpad.net/~gnomefreak
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnVivirito
Linux User# 414246

[Josh Simmons (josh-simmons)]

Yup, all bookmarks disappeared. I had previously been running Firefox using sudo trying to debug another problem I've been having. Needless to say I didn't fix much by doing what I did ;D Still new to this whole bug hunting thing.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!