Anyone having strange problems with Firefox 3.0.1.1?

[david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org]

I had already tried that, because I've been bitten by that many times.  I
even tried exiting X.  However, a reboot finally solved the problem.  I
hate having to reboot to fix problems because it makes me feel like I'm
using Windows ;)  I was in a meeting, though, and rebooting wasn't an
option.

Interesting info on *why* it happens.  Thanks.


> I'm guessing you have an old instance running. Try exiting firefox and
> restarting it.   Firefox behaves very badly (but still somewhat
> functional)
> when you upgrade it while it's running.  It's really maddening.  It has to
> do
> with parts of the UI/chrome needing a version-specific path (e.g.
> /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.10/), and they don't function when it's missing (ie
> because the old one is gone, and the new one is has a path involving
> firefox-3.0.11).  The parts of the UI that are hard-coded work though.
>
> It always makes me pull my hair out until I figure out what's wrong (and
> by
> then I've usually blown away my .mozilla with all my profiles, etc).
>
> Matt
>
>
> david-8uUts6sDVDvs2Lz0fTdYFQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> My work laptop (Ubuntu Intrepid) just upgraded to Firefix 3.0.1.1 this
>> morning, and now FF is acting very strangely.
>> - It doesn't come up with my home page, even though I set it and reset
>> it
>> several times
>>
>> - When I open up a page, only the base of the URL shows up in the
>> location
>> bar, and not the rest of the URL.
>>
>> - When I go to a different tab, the location bar still shows the URL (or
>> part of it, anyway) from the first thing I opened.
>>
>> I'm just asking here if anyone else has seen this, because IRC is
>> blocked
>> at work, so I can't ask people there until tonight.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
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