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