Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-12 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:56 AM, David G. Miller wrote: > SIGH.  The choice is always bleeding edge (and take your lumps) or stability > but > missing the most recent versions.  I'm looking at a career change (or mid-life > crisis) with the network security classes.  I'm not finding that I enjoy

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-12 Thread Greg Bailey
David G. Miller wrote: > Ron Blizzard writes: > >> I hadn't logged into Fedora for about ten days -- which was the last >> time I updated it. I updated it again today and it already had 315 >> Megs of updates. I think Fedora is a good distribution, but I don't >> think I would want that kind of u

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-12 Thread David G . Miller
Ron Blizzard writes: > I hadn't logged into Fedora for about ten days -- which was the last > time I updated it. I updated it again today and it already had 315 > Megs of updates. I think Fedora is a good distribution, but I don't > think I would want that kind of upkeep traffic. (Which is one of

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-12 Thread John Thomas
Mike A. Harris wrote: > http://mharris.ca/pub/el/5/SRPMS/xulrunner-1.9.1.2-0.mh.1.src.rpm > http://mharris.ca/pub/el/5/SRPMS/firefox-3.5.2-0.mh.2.src.rpm > http://mharris.ca/pub/el/5/SRPMS/mozilla-filesystem-1.9-4.src.rpm Mike, thanks! They all built and seem to run well for me. I did have to in

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-11 Thread Mike A. Harris
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Thomas wrote: > Ron Blizzard wrote: >> Firefox 3.5 and *some* CentOS 5.3 computers (an Xorg graphics card >> incompatibility issue?) -- it goes beyond the RPM package released by >> > For the record, I have been using Michael Harris' 3.5 Firefox w

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-11 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 13:06, David G. Miller wrote: > I just checked the links with FF 3.5.2 under Fedora Core 11 and they open just > fine.  This would seem to narrow the problem down to FF 3.5 on CentOS 5.3. > Perhaps someone with a CentOS 4.X could give it a try (assuming FF 3.5 will > in

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-11 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:06 PM, David G. Miller wrote: > I just checked the links with FF 3.5.2 under Fedora Core 11 and they open just > fine. This would seem to narrow the problem down to FF 3.5 on CentOS 5.3. > Perhaps someone with a CentOS 4.X could give it a try (assuming FF 3.5 will > ins

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-11 Thread David G . Miller
Ron Blizzard writes: > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > I have Firefox 3.5 (the mozilla.com version) on CentOS 5.3 using an > > Intel card and it has caused X to restart on a couple of occasions. > > > > I am shifting back to the 3.0 version in the repo. > > A grea

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 8/10/09, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Ron Blizzard wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:20 PM, John >> Thomas wrote: >>> Ron Blizzard wrote: Firefox 3.5 and *some* CentOS 5.3 computers (an Xorg graphics card incompatibility issue?) -- it goes beyond the RPM package released by >>> For t

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread Mike A. Harris
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Blizzard wrote: > I set up a CentOS desktop computer for my brother and his kids. When > Firefox 3.5 came out he decided to download and install it like he > would Windows (he doesn't yet understand the repository system). He's > been telling me th

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > I have Firefox 3.5 (the mozilla.com version) on CentOS 5.3 using an > Intel card and it has caused X to restart on a couple of occasions. > > I am shifting back to the 3.0 version in the repo. A great test page for the bug it is right on Cen

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread Johnny Hughes
Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:20 PM, John > Thomas wrote: >> Ron Blizzard wrote: >>> Firefox 3.5 and *some* CentOS 5.3 computers (an Xorg graphics card >>> incompatibility issue?) -- it goes beyond the RPM package released by >>> >> For the record, I have been using Michael Harris

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread William Warren
Lanny Marcus wrote: > On 8/10/09, Ron Blizzard wrote: > >> I set up a CentOS desktop computer for my brother and his kids. When >> Firefox 3.5 came out he decided to download and install it like he >> would Windows (he doesn't yet understand the repository system). He's >> been telling me that

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > Ron: My Desktop is dual boot. M$ WinXP Home and CentOS 5.3 (32 bit). I > rarely use M$ Windows, but yesterday I needed to use it, and I was > offered an Update for Mozilla Firefox. What was offered was not 3.5. > It was 3.0.13 as I recall. I u

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread Ron Blizzard
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:20 PM, John Thomas wrote: > Ron Blizzard wrote: >> Firefox 3.5 and *some* CentOS 5.3 computers (an Xorg graphics card >> incompatibility issue?) -- it goes beyond the RPM package released by >> > For the record, I have been using Michael Harris' 3.5 Firefox without > any i

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 8/10/09, Ron Blizzard wrote: > I set up a CentOS desktop computer for my brother and his kids. When > Firefox 3.5 came out he decided to download and install it like he > would Windows (he doesn't yet understand the repository system). He's > been telling me that it works fine, even though I wa

Re: [CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread John Thomas
Ron Blizzard wrote: > Firefox 3.5 and *some* CentOS 5.3 computers (an Xorg graphics card > incompatibility issue?) -- it goes beyond the RPM package released by > For the record, I have been using Michael Harris' 3.5 Firefox without any issues at all and with some speed benefits. I hope Mr. Harr

[CentOS] A bit more on the Firefox 3.5.issue

2009-08-10 Thread Ron Blizzard
I set up a CentOS desktop computer for my brother and his kids. When Firefox 3.5 came out he decided to download and install it like he would Windows (he doesn't yet understand the repository system). He's been telling me that it works fine, even though I was skeptical due to my experience with Fir