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firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #294344
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Comment 7 for bug 294344

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 294344] Re: Firefox 3.0.3: Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.

Dejan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> here is a workaround:
> edit /etc/nsswitch.conf
>
> find hosts: line and move wins to the end of this line:
>
> Here is mine after the change:
> hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 wins
>
> After this change, my firefox and thunderbird didn't abort.
>
>
 what network environment do you have? are you using wins for name
resolution in your network? how can i setup a similar thing?