Giving up on Iceweasel 3.0
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From: Anthony Campbell on 3 Jul 2008 07:30 Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless so far as I am concerned. So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to hope for the best. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - ac(a)acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Ron Johnson on 3 Jul 2008 08:40 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/03/08 06:21, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now > given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it > to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file > but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to > the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless > so far as I am concerned. While I have no doubt that you are having problems, neither of those issues are happening to me. My printer (blandly named "lp") shows up in the Print dialog box, and have RealPlayer 10.0.9-0.1 installed from debian-multimedia.org, so that's the format I choose when I click on a BBC Radio station. Here are the pages I tested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0806/ref.shtml > So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that > unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be > security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to > hope for the best. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhsxwsACgkQS9HxQb37XmdVMACfYRmS5yZhylrdh4qXP1ErPqx9 3p4AoNOEuxs1UgCWG0AjxYTcjVZAleNK =2mmX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: David Goodenough on 3 Jul 2008 08:40 On Thursday 03 July 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now > given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it > to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file > but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to > the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless > so far as I am concerned. > > So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that > unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be > security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to > hope for the best. > > Anthony > -- > Anthony Campbell - ac(a)acampbell.org.uk > Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux > http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, > and sceptical articles) Well that is very odd. I have a sacrificial machine which I keep up to date each morning - running unstable. It has Iceweasel 3.0 installed, and I listen to Radios 4, 7 and the World Service using it without any problems. I have also just printed a page from it, and it worked perfectly. So I guess the problem must be your setup, either than or I am unusually lucky. David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Ron Johnson on 3 Jul 2008 10:00 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/03/08 08:51, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 03 Jul 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> While I have no doubt that you are having problems, neither of those >> issues are happening to me. My printer (blandly named "lp") shows >> up in the Print dialog box, and have RealPlayer 10.0.9-0.1 installed >> from debian-multimedia.org, so that's the format I choose when I >> click on a BBC Radio station. >> > > Are you using CUPS or lpr/lpd? CUPS - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhs2tUACgkQS9HxQb37XmeVmgCcDIAgwYVhIkw/RcunKDdWUKvJ vE4AniKTPnbuMDm0o3aLQhJxZ5PrqFvp =XWnV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Anthony Campbell on 3 Jul 2008 10:00
On 03 Jul 2008, David Goodenough wrote: > On Thursday 03 July 2008, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Well, I struggled with iceweasel 3.0 from Sid for a week but have now > > given up. First, printing no longer worked (see earlier posts). I got it > > to work, sort of, by using inotifywait and printing the mozilla.ps file > > but it wasn't a good solution. Then I found I could no longer listent to > > the BBC: attempts to do so caused a crash. This makes it largely useless > > so far as I am concerned. > > > > So I've installed the version from Testing and propose to stay with that > > unless and until these bugs are fixed. I know there are said to be > > security issues with older versions of the browser but I shall have to > > hope for the best. > > > > Anthony > > -- > > Anthony Campbell - ac(a)acampbell.org.uk > > Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux > > http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, > > and sceptical articles) > > Well that is very odd. I have a sacrificial machine which I keep up to date > each morning - running unstable. > > It has Iceweasel 3.0 installed, and I listen to Radios 4, 7 and the World > Service using it without any problems. > > I have also just printed a page from it, and it worked perfectly. > > So I guess the problem must be your setup, either than or I am unusually > lucky. > > David. > I just reinstalled version 3.0 and this time the BBC was working, so I don't know why it was crashing previously - perhaps something had gone wrong with the original download. The printing problem remains. I think it is related to the fact that I don't use CUPS -- see the earlier posts about this. I am only offered the possibility to print to file. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - ac(a)acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org |