prob with Ubuntu 10.04 and Firefox

davecain · 08-14-2010, 04:39 PM

I have a DELL, OPTIPLEX GX70, PENTIUM IV, with Win XP Pro.

There are times when running Ubuntu and I start Firefox my computer will shut completely down. And the computer can not be restarted - except only by removing the computer power cord and letting the memory clear.
I have had this happen as soon as I opened Firefox - it has happened on the 3rd tab, the 4th tab and the 10th tab.

I'm also having a problem with my printer. It works fine in Win XP but in Ubuntu I can not print. The computer sees the printer. I select some thing to print, but it never shows up in the print queue. I have a Lex Mark 5600-6600 Series - Model x5650. Thanks

sag47 · 08-14-2010, 05:49 PM

Are you running 64 bit or 32 bit Ubuntu LTS?

How does your OS reach when using a standalone prebuilt binary of firefox? Try it out by doing the following command sequence. Open a terminal and type them in there.

Code:

wget http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.6.8&os=linux&lang=en-US

#Install Firefox
sudo bash
mv ./firefox-3.6.8.tar.bz2 /opt/
cd /opt
tar -xf ./firefox-3.6.8.tar.bz2
chmod 755 /opt/firefox/firefox

#Launch Firefox
/opt/firefox/firefox

Does your computer still freeze? If you don't want it when you're done then you can uninstall it with the following commands...

Code:

sudo bash
rm /opt/firefox-3.6.8.tar.bz2
rm -rf /opt/firefox

If you decide you like this version of firefox you can replace the command with the opt version of firefox like so...

Code:

sudo bash
rm /usr/bin/firefox
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox