Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen.
On Wednesday 07 September 2016 16:58:24 Mark Allums wrote:
> On 09/07/2016 03:43 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> > On 09/07/2016 03:01 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> >> On 07/09/16 03:03 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
> >>> On 09/07/2016 01:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>>> Greetings all;
> >>>>
> >>>> Online business seems to have hit a roadblock.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there anything I can change in the about:config that will
> >>>> allow the "next" button to work on the https paypal pages?
> >>>>
> >>>> I have even tried it a couple time after restarting in the safe
> >>>> mode, with all plugins disabled. Dead in water, not a single
> >>>> packet seems to be issued when, after entering the paypal address
> >>>> of the recipient, I click on the Next button adjacent to the
> >>>> right.
> >>>>
> >>>> FWIW, the old, hasn't ever been updated google chromium also
> >>>> behaves the
> >>>> same, when I can get it to login, which is about 10% of the time.
> >>>> After
> >>>> rebooting, it will not login at all.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> >>>
> >>> Firefox is definitely broken. I can't view YouTube videos or
> >>> visit many common web sites. I get a security warning. I blame a
> >>> crypto update for this, as well as a Firefox update.
> >>>
> >>> Mark Allums
> >>
> >> I think your problem is that Debian doesn't install a Flash viewer
> >> by default. This leads to sites that check for such things to
> >> report that your browser doesn't have one. Read
> >> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2993902/browsers/how-to-get-the-late
> >>st-version-of-flash-on-firefox-for-linux-after-adobes-abandonment.ht
> >>ml
> >>
> >> for how to get around this.
> >
> > No, I have installed Flash, and I keep it up to date. My problem is
> > not YouTube, that was just an example. I get error messages telling
> > me that the web sites are not secure, coincidentally after updating
> > crypto packages and Firefox. I don't believe that YouTube is
> > insecure, hence the problem. Not sending money through PayPal could
> > be a crypto problem, too.
> >
> > Mark Allums
>
> Replying to my own post...
>
> No, you're right, part of the problem is that they set the kill bits
> for older versions of Flash, and Linux Flash is ancient. The good
> news is, Adobe has relented and announced an up-to-date version of
> Flash for Linux (probably due to unfixable security issues). The bad
> news is, it's not out yet, and I haven't seen the timetable for
> release. There's a beta...
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2469886/adobe-flash-goes-craw
>ling-back-to-linux-for-some-security
>
> Mark Allums
Got it, not placed to run yet, but I got it.
Thanks, this page actually had the correct link.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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