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Originally Posted by ~sHyLoCk~

If you don't have an internet connection how is "Check for updates" option going to help you?

I don't have internet connection right now, but it doesn't mean that I should not bother about this unusual disabling of the option "Check for updates...". I may need it in future when i have a net connection...

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Originally Posted by =~sHyLoCk~

launching firefox as root or even as sudo enables "check for updates" option for me and I'm pretty sure it's not distro-specific.

Have you installed the new firefox exactly the way i have done it ?

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Originally Posted by ~sHyLoCk~

You can download the rpm packages alongwith xulrunner and other dependencies like cairo,etc. when a new version comes out and install them later in your system.

Thanks for the info .. I'll try out this..

But still I am bothered of not having that option enabled the normal way !!

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Originally Posted by anishakaul (Post 3803424)

But still I am bothered of not having that option enabled the normal way !!

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...es+is+disabled

@~sHyLoCk~
Thanks for the link!

U didnt answer this:
Have you installed the new firefox exactly the way i have done it ?

I haven't read how you installed but here's how I built using Slackbuild script: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...pgrade-776387/

@~sHyLoCk~

Thanks for the links !