What i  did to solve the problem and another problem with Firefox3 was to
install Firefox2 and purge Firefox3.  Then I had to uninstall and purge
firefox2 as some parts of Firefox 3 still were in there. I then did a clean
install of Firefox 2.  So the 8.04 version is working again.
I also uninstalled Java.  Also changed it to Kubuntu on the video side as
that was also an issue that must be related to a recent batch of updates.
From there I went back and re-installed 7.10 as it will work fine with Java,
I think I used version 5 with it. So it will access the data that requires
that.
All in all version 7.10 is extremely stable and as it is no longer supported
the last update that it got seems to work fine.  So for now we will just run
two versions.
For a while 8.04 worked fine but a few weeks ago it became unstable.
Firefox 3.03 is terrible no back step button and it hangs.  Version 2.17
seems to work fine on both 7.10 and 8.04
I kind of thing the swiftweasel version is better but it is not much
different.
I am no expert but I think Firefox and Ubuntu has a problem with Pentium 4
cedar mills 64 bit processors caused by one of the last updates within the
past three weeks.  Could be something for AMD got mixed up in the program
design?? I don't know.
I do know this much the computer now runs fine.  The CPU temp is usually 4
degrees above the board temp and that is usually about 9 to 10 degrees above
room temp.
Before the percentage of CPU activity would go very high and stay high when
it was hanging, now it rarely does, and when it does it is task related.
All in all I do like Ubuntu, I do think the KDE graphics might be better.
But as Gnome is what works best with some software  I think I will keep it
the same for now.
I hope this helps you guys do what you do.
For what its worth 7.10 is a great and stable distro. kind of nice not
having to change anything on it.
It just works.  I hope 8.04 gets back to being as nice as it was before it
went south, Firefox must have been asleep at the keyboard on 3.03.  Better
to have them come out with security updates for 2.0xx
Have a great safe day
JRR


On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:28 AM, Matthias Klose <email address hidden> wrote:

> fixed in 6b12~pre2
>
> ** Also affects: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided
>       Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Fix Released
>
> ** Changed in: icedtea-gcjwebplugin (Ubuntu)
>       Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix
>
> --
> Java runtime plug in does not work
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221517
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "icedtea-gcjwebplugin" source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
> Status in "openjdk-6" source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: icedtea-gcjwebplugin
>
> The java runtime worked with 7.10 on both Firefox and Swiftwesel Firefox.
> However it does not work on Ubuntu 8.04
> Icetea shows it, i have done all the things right, but it won't run, I am
> no expert but I did try to do what I did when it successfully installed on
> 7.10 and the older versions of Ubuntu and I still have the other firefox
> broser on here so it is not working in the 3. beta or the Swiftweasel
> verson. So I think it is a problem with Ice tea.
> Also it looks like SUN does not list UBUNTU as one of its packages for JRE.
>
> I guess I will give it a while but it looks like I might have to go back to
> and older distro as 7.10 was working fine.
>
> Perhaps it is just a bug,  Good luck fixing it.
>
> Thanks
>