Comment 2 for bug 311657

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 311657] [NEW] ASSERTION FAILED!

GoJoeGo wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
>
> FireFox quit working on launch: I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 desktop with LAMP installed. After all of these were installed, FireFox did an update and now gives the following message:
>
> ASSERT: *** Search: _installLocation: engine has no file!
> Stack Trace:
> 0:ENSURE_WARN(false,_installLocation: engine has no file!,2147500037)
> 1:()
> 2:()
> 3:()
> 4:epsGetAttr([object Object],hidden)
> 5:()
> 6:()
> 7:currentEngine()
> 8:get_currentEngine()
> 9:updateDisplay()
> 10:init()
> 11:([object XULElement],10)
>
>
> Ubuntu 8.10 - the Intrepid Ibex - released in October 2008.
>
This means you didnt properly restart firefox after upgrading it. Thats
a known issue, but is hard to fix. to fix this log out and log in after
a firefox upgrade (if you see this)

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