Comment 23 for bug 270303

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yureshwar (yureshwar) wrote : Re: [Bug 270303] Re: firefox (intrepid): "your browser has been updated and needs to be restarted"

Thank you very much.
Regards,
Yureshwar Ravuri
Mob: 9241214987

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Jason Gervich <email address hidden>wrote:

> I just got this bug today when using Update Manager to update to Firefox
> 3.0.5 on Ubuntu 8.10. After rebooting it wouldn't go away, then I tried
> the fix suggested by Savvas Radevic:
>
> sudo killall -9 -r firefox
> sudo apt-get purge firefox firefox-3.0 ubufox
> sudo apt-get install --reinstall firefox firefox-3.0
> firefox-3.0-gnome-support
>
> This worked for me!! Thanks Savvas. How did you discover this fix?
>
> --
> firefox (intrepid): "your browser has been updated and needs to be
> restarted"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270303
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "ubufox" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Up to date intrepid.
>
> ii firefox
> 3.0.2+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 meta package for the
> popular mozilla web browser
>
> A drop down keeps advising "your browser has been updated and needs to be
> restarted".
>
> Restarting does not make it go away.
>
> Dismissing it makes it go away for about 1 minute.
>