Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox 3 Beta 5

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Fri Apr 25 17:39:52 UTC 2008


On 04/25/2008 05:31 AM, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:

> 
> Here is a snip of Mozilla's support to me - Please READ carefully:
> 
> X-X Yeah, I don't quite understand why Ubuntu is punishing its users by
> X-X installing Firefox 3 by default; very few add-ons are ready for use
> on
> X-X that platform.
> X-X
> X-X The download error you're experiencing under Firefox 2 is likely due
> to
> X-X a corrupt Firefox profile; downgrading a profile from Firefox 3 to
> X-X Firefox 2 is quite likely to cause problems.  You can find more
> X-X information about how to create a new profile here:
> 
> XX http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles
> 
> Please take notice what the given link shows.
> It starts with Windows instructions and clicking on Linux ...
> ... it still show the same Windows instruction. ;-((

It's a problem with the web page.

> 
> This happens with FF2 & FF3 on two systems !! ;-((

It happens in any browser - it's a web page problem.

To start the profile manager:

firefox -P





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