Comment 24 for bug 270303

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

Hi Yureshwar,

I received an email from you thanking me, but I don't know what you are
thanking me for. Perhaps you could elucidte,

Thanks,

Jason Gervich

On Sat, 2008-12-20 at 03:00 +0000, yureshwar wrote:

> 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.
> >
>