Ubutnu 7.10

[martymas]

hi team ime having problems with firefox web browser

in ubuntu

i thought this was a fool proof browser

i cant access any thing , ive reinstalled twice

in case it was some thing i didnt load

ok i know the trouble is firefox

because

ive installed epiphany-browser

and that is what ime using to get to this board.

ime on cable and firefox recognised the connection

as it let me

open the browser

but that is as far as i got

so ime puzzled as to why i cant access any thing

it wouldnt let me into this board

ime a bit dissapointed

as ive been a critic of this over rated browser for some time

but i was prepared to try it

because of ubutnu

any one have any ideas

marty

[hitest]

Hey marty:-)

Great to hear you're using Linux again. Just to clarify things a bit. So you can get on the Internet using the Epiphany browser and I'll assume you can check your e-mail. So your Internet connection is fine.

Have you tried to manually type in an Internet address in Firefox? The first time you start-up Firefox in Ubuntu it will show a page from your hard drive and not from the Internet. You set your home page in preferences. Have you tried to enter your home page in preferences? I guess you could fire-up the Synaptic package manager and remove Firefox, then re-install it from the repositories.

[martymas]

thanks hitest

i thought of

reinstalling

but i waited until some one answered

when i type in the url and website it recognises it site

but it just hangs there

and nothing happens

once i let it try to find this board for half an hr

nothing came up

as you know ime a fan of ubuntu

and i dont wont firefox to put me off

as i can use other browser

epiphany is an example

is there any other browser compat with ubuntu

marty

[hitest]

thanks hitest

i thought of

reinstalling

but i waited until some one answered

when i type in the url and website it recognises it site

but it just hangs there

and nothing happens

once i let it try to find this board for half an hr

nothing came up

as you know ime a fan of ubuntu

and i dont wont firefox to put me off

as i can use other browser

epiphany is an example

is there any other browser compat with ubuntu

marty

Weird. Maybe un-installing, re-installing Firefox might work. Sea monkey is another browser you can try or Opera. They should probably be in the repos.

[martymas]

yes sea monkey has been recommended by a friend

and i might try it

i actually tried to find it in the repos

for the mean time

ile work with

epiphany

ive uninstalled and installed firefox 3 times

but get the same result

i tried accessing websites and news feeds

strangly enough i was accessing with ubuntu 7.4

and when i upgraded i was still getting it

but once i bought the disk

ubuntu 7.10

and installed. was when this problem started

it is so dam frustrating

as ive been a critic of firefox

in the past and this is one time i want it to work

sorry for bleating off

bbut i need to get it right for my peace of mind

marty

[hitest]

i tried accessing websites and news feeds

strangly enough i was accessing with ubuntu 7.4

and when i upgraded i was still getting it

but once i bought the disk

ubuntu 7.10

and installed. was when this problem started

it is so dam frustrating

Are you installing Firefox from your Ubuntu CD? Maybe Firefox is corrupt on the CD. Maybe try installing from the repositories after you've removed Firefox from your system.

sudo apt-get install firefox

[martymas]

ok thanks h-test

ile try that i

might also try seamonkey

can im get it from the

repos

this is quite exciting for me

as tho ive used linux in the past

this is the first time ive delved into it more deeply

thanks agin

marty

[hitest]

ok thanks h-test

ile try that i

might also try seamonkey

can im get it from the

repos

this is quite exciting for me

as tho ive used linux in the past

this is the first time ive delved into it more deeply

thanks agin

marty

You're welcome. If you want Seamonkey you may need to go into Synaptic and add a repository. You will need to fire-up Synaptic and go into Synaptic preferences and add the Universe repository. Once you've done that you will need to update synaptic. You can do that at a shell prompt with the command

sudo apt-get update

You can fire-up a shell prompt by going into accessories and click on terminal. Once you have the Universe repo you can install Seamonkey.