FF 1.5.0.9 cant access https / secure pages after upgrade
ma...@kettlewell.net
(it doesn't matter which one , pick your favorite. Mine is
https://bugzilla to file a bug, that I can't get to :)
I opened Konquer and have no problems, so I've ruled out firewall type
issues.
Fedora Core 5 , with nothing too fancy
I read that nss was a problem with previous version of FF doing this,
so I upgraded nss via yum as well.
I deleted cert8.db and another file (can't remember name now) as
suggested on other google posts relating to this issue, with no sucess.
The exect FF message is:
Unexpected response from server
Firefox doesn't know how to communicate with the server.
* Check to make sure your system has the Personal Security
Manager
installed.
* This might be due to a non-standard configuration on the
server.
Anyone having this issue, or now of a fix ?
Let me know what other information I need to provide.
Thanks
Matt
Nir
have you downloaded FF from "http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/" or
original Firefox package has been installed with FC5 ? it is an known
bug with Firefox ( FC5 build ) . I got this problem after updating FF
-1.5.0.4 (FC5 build) to FF-1.5.0.5.
if you are using FC5 build , try to download FF from
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ or
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
, create a new profile , migrate all settings from old profile to new
profile : http://kb.mozillazine.org/Migrating_settings_to_a_new_profile
ma...@kettlewell.net
to 1.5.0.9?
Is this something that is going to be fixed with the next yum update ?
I'm trying not to create too many interdependencies of yum/non-yum
packages/software.
If it's going to be fixed soon, I'll just wait. I can always use
Konqueror or *Great Big Gasp* my wifes machine with IE.
Nir
> I saw that it was known on 1.5.0.4 to 1.5.0.5 but not anything related
> to 1.5.0.9?
>
> Is this something that is going to be fixed with the next yum update ?
>
> I'm trying not to create too many interdependencies of yum/non-yum
> packages/software.
Have got a probable solution :
yum update nss
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=2426270#post2426270]
Tony Mechelynck
> I saw that it was known on 1.5.0.4 to 1.5.0.5 but not anything related
> to 1.5.0.9?
>
> Is this something that is going to be fixed with the next yum update ?
>
> I'm trying not to create too many interdependencies of yum/non-yum
> packages/software.
>
> If it's going to be fixed soon, I'll just wait. I can always use
> Konqueror or *Great Big Gasp* my wifes machine with IE.
>
> Matt
IMHO it is possible to install non-rpm software if one knows what one is doing.
I use SuSE Linux, whose architecture is based on Red Hat, and I install most
packages from the distribution, with periodic updates from the SuSE website. I
make an exception, however, for fast-evolving packages, which I get from their
respective authors: Vim I compile myself, from the official sources at
ftp.vim.org including the most recent bugfixes; and Mozilla software (Firefox,
Thunderbird, SeaMonkey) I get straight from ftp.mozilla.org. I haven't had
software clashes between these and software from the SuSE distribution, and I
don't expect any in the future.
Best regards,
Tony.
ma...@kettlewell.net
I agree, and I do know how, it is from experience biting me in the butt
that prevents me from jumping the gun yet. If this was a more liberal
machine, it wouldn't be a problem. But it is a machine that I can't
afford down-time on, so I stick with yum updates, as a mitigated risk.
since it is broken, I think I am going to compile this one by hand.
The only reason that I was pausing, was to find out if there would be a
yum update fix in the near future, but I have yet to find a post or
response from the mozilla or Fedora team to indicate that they
acknowldege a problem and an ETA on a fix
Thanks for all the help guys.
Tony Mechelynck
>
> I agree, and I do know how, it is from experience biting me in the butt
> that prevents me from jumping the gun yet. If this was a more liberal
> machine, it wouldn't be a problem. But it is a machine that I can't
> afford down-time on, so I stick with yum updates, as a mitigated risk.
>
>
> since it is broken, I think I am going to compile this one by hand.
> The only reason that I was pausing, was to find out if there would be a
> yum update fix in the near future, but I have yet to find a post or
> response from the mozilla or Fedora team to indicate that they
> acknowldege a problem and an ETA on a fix
>
>
> Thanks for all the help guys.
If you can't afford downtime on this machine, don't compile Mozilla by hand.
The time used by a "clobber" compile (i.e., make from virgin sources without
relying on unchanged objects from a previous make) is often measured in hours,
not minutes.
There are quite good precompiled installations for linux-i686 in .tar.gz
and/or .installer.tar.gz format, available from the Mozilla site. On this
machine I install one in less than a minute (not counting the time required by
a Firefox session with very many tabs to come online). I use the following
"helper" bash scripts (and a "download directory" named /root/.download/mozilla/):
----- /root/bin/mozunzip
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/.download/mozilla
gunzip -vf *.gz
----- /root/bin/inst_fx
#!/bin/bash
rm -Rvf /usr/local/firefox
tar -xvC /usr/local -f firefox*.tar
Best regards,
Tony.