Ubuntu
firefox package

  1. Bug #77859
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 77859

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istoyanov (istoyanov) wrote : Re: Firefox: saved passwords causes crash with Mailman admin page

> I just want to confirm an interim solution for folks who
> desperately need to admin mailman lists:

> sudo aptitude install firefox/dapper

IMHO, a better approach, that doesn't sacrifice the latest security enhancements, is to manually install the official Firefox build from Mozilla.org following the instructions posted at Daniel Robitaille's blog[1]. When the fixed FF appears in the Dapper updates, one has just to remove the symlink /usr/local/bin/firefox and start using the native FF build.

According to the numerous posts at ubuntuforums.org, the crash doesn't affect only mailman lists, but also other login pages -- a situation that the current official FF build manages without any complaints, so far.

[1] http://robitaille.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/how-to-install-firefox-from-mozillaorg-via-the-command-line-in-ubuntu/