Re: Dying Iceweasel.
On Fri, 25 May 2012 09:17:08 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote:
> On 25/05/12 06:36 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> This one?
>> https://login.skype.com/intl/es/account/signup-form
>
> It was a long ugly thing containing unpronounceable strings. The Armada
> is about 40 km away and I can't reproduce the URI immediately. OpenVPN
> has a tunnel open but VLC isn't working.
Those longish URIs are usually for tracking the user so they contain
extra (and non-useful) variables that can be cut without compassion.
> > The above URI loads fine here (Lenny+firefox 12).
>
> Works fine on this Foxconn desktop, Dalton, also.
Same version of the browser in all desktops?
> > Anyway, what are the key differences between your 2 systems?
>
> Package listings are here.
> "http://142.103.107.138/ArmadaPackages";
> "http://142.103.107.138/DaltonPackages";
>
> > Mmm, isn't that something related to the sound? :-?
>
> Yes, disabling sound to "fix" a browser is weird. I hate to say it but
> the phrase "bad software engineering" springs to mind.
Yes, I've also seen even weirdest things ;-)
> > Yes, update your Iceweasel (and your flash player plugin) to the
> lastest version available, that will solve most of the browser
> unexpected closing issues.
>
> After difficulties when I last installed testing, including the odyssey
> entailed in the switch from Grub to Grub 2, I vowed to never again stray
> from stable.
Running testing is not a guaratee for having the latest versions of the
programs, you have to check by your own, for instance, Wheezy has
Icewasel 10.0 while Firefox is now 12 (so you can still test with Firefox
12 -download and run- and see what happens) and the same can happen with
the flash player plugin, you can verify what version are you running from
here:
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
Should a new version is available, you can get it from Adobe.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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