firefox XML parsing error

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> on Tue, 20 Apr 2021
07:59:11 +0100

> (Apologies for top-posting: I'm on a phone)
> 
> If there really is a 'k' in that end-tag, that is an XML well-formedness 
> error and can be fixed by removing the 'k'.
> 
> Peter

Probably.  Tell me the name and location of that file.


> On 20 April 2021 00:01:20 "Bob" <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
> 
> > The computer that has this problem is basically a file and print server so I
> > seldom logon to it.  I tried to use firefox and get the following popup message
> > during firefox startup.
> >
> > XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: </popupnotification>.
> > Location: chrome://browser/content/browser.xhtml
> > Line Number 1791, Column 7:
> >    </popupnotifkcation>
> > ------^
> >
> > I deleted the current profile and recreated it.  Same problem.  I then decided
> > to try and update the system.  That failed with the following message.
> >
> > Reading package lists... Error!
> > E: Problem parsing dependency 21 of
> > gcc-8-aarch64-linux-gnu:amd64=8.4.0-3ubuntu1cross1
> > E: Error occurred while processing gcc-8-aarch64-linux-gnu (NewVersion2)
> > E: Problem with MergeList
> > /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_groovy_universe_binary-amd64_Packages
> > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> >
> > I then tried the magic incantation of
> >
> > pkg --configure -a
> > apt install -f
> > apt clean
> > apt auto remove
> > apt update
> > apt full-upgrade -y
> >
> > which did not help.  It failed at 'apt install -f' with the same error.
> >
> > After some searching of the internet I looked at
> > "https://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-mergelist-or-status-file-could-not-be-parsed-err"
> > which fixed that problem with apt.
> >
> > After the upgrade firefox still gets the error popup,
> >
> > Anyone have a suggestion on how to recover from this error?
> >
> > --
> > Robert Blair
> >
> >
> > We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice.  Not in 
> > love with publicty but in love with humanity  -- Martin Luther King

-- 
Robert Blair


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