Comment 23 for bug 263566

Tetsuo thank you very much.
I will do the update to firefox3.5, but the most useful information was about Karmic, perhaps I will upgrate.
You helped me a lot.
 Ovasilis

Tetsuo__Shima wrote:
>
> I had that problem, I updated Firefox via Synaptic and with version 3.5 no more problems.
>
> System--->Administration----->Synaptic package Manager.
>
> enter Firefox and select 3.5.x (latest)
>
> Also doing an upgrade to Karmic solves many issues that Jaunty had.
>
> Just remember that once you upgrade to Karmic go to repositories and
> select the ones that where turned off during upgrade AND CHECK that each
> repository is targeted to KARMIC (if it reads Jaunty change it for
> Karmic)
>
> Or you can do a back up of your entire data and DO A FRESH INSTALL, the
> easiest way of backing up your data is doing a copy of your entire
> "home" folder, also check your "usr" folder for any important info that
> you may need.
>
> You can find a lot of tutorials on how to do this in the forums if you
> have doubts.
>
> Hope this helps a bit.
>
> Tetsuo.
>
> > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:59:16 +0000
> > From: <email address hidden>
> > To: <email address hidden>
> > Subject: [Bug 263566] Re: Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable
> >
> > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.14) Gecko/2009090216
> > Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.14
> >
> > Hi, I 'm new here and everywhere else on ubuntu and linux. I also faced the same behavior under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update, not only with "Ask Me what I want to do", but also when I unchecked the "Automatically check for updates to:" (the entry became inaccesible). Also under Help the "Check for updates..." is grey(inaccesible). Screenshot only for Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update, can't take screenshot when the Help dropdown menu appears.
> > Thank everyone helps.
> >
> > ** Attachment added: "bug?.png"
> > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33588510/bug%3F.png
> >
> > --
> > Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263566
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > of the bug.
> >
> > Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
> > Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox
> >
> > If you go under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update and choose "Ask Me what I want to do" the corresponding radio button group is disabled, so the setting cannot be changed, however initially it was possible to make a choice.
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:
> >
> > 1. Start Firefox
> > 2. Click Edit > Preferences to bring up preferences dialog
> > 3. Click Advanced > Update
> > 4. Under "When updates to firefox are found" choose "Ask Me what I want to do"
> > 5. The "When updates to firefox are found" becomes disabled (see included screenshot) and the setting cannot be changed back again
> >
> > I expect the radio buttons under "When updates to firefox are found" to remain active.
> >
> > The buttons remain inactive even after Firefox is restarted.
> >
> > This does not appear to be an upstream bug, since Firefox 3.0.1 does not have this issue under Windows.
> >
> > Firefox version:
> > Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 Firefox/3.0.1
> >
> > Firefox package version:
> > 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
> >
> > Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD64 Desktop
>
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> --
> Firefox 3: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update options initially editable
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263566
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix
> Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox
>
> If you go under Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Update and choose "Ask Me what I want to do" the corresponding radio button group is disabled, so the setting cannot be changed, however initially it was possible to make a choice.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Start Firefox
> 2. Click Edit > Preferences to bring up preferences dialog
> 3. Click Advanced > Update
> 4. Under "When updates to firefox are found" choose "Ask Me what I want to do"
> 5. The "When updates to firefox are found" becomes disabled (see included screenshot) and the setting cannot be changed back again
>
> I expect the radio buttons under "When updates to firefox are found" to remain active.
>
> The buttons remain inactive even after Firefox is restarted.
>
> This does not appear to be an upstream bug, since Firefox 3.0.1 does not have this issue under Windows.
>
> Firefox version:
> Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 Firefox/3.0.1
>
> Firefox package version:
> 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
>
> Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 8.04.1 AMD64 Desktop
>
>