Firefox 3.6.17 on Ubuntu linux not opeing pdf files consistanly

I run a test server(Ubuntu 10.4 ) with Firefox 3.6.17. I have written several php pages that allow customer to click buttons that pull up pdf files for this or that. If I click on a button, the pdf will usually open once or twice, but after that, I need to shut down fire fox and reopen it in order to get it to pull up the pdf again. I have Adobe reader 9.4 installed and the 9.4 plugin is also install and enabled. This has never been a problem in the past. I have the same code running on my production servers and FF for windows does not have any issues. Chrome has no trouble either

Update to a supported OS
This is not an Ubuntu Support forum, but one immediate problem is that you are running unsupported and outdated Ubuntu software. Ubuntu 10.04 was EOL 2013
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_versions#Table_of_versions
* http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/03/19/changes-in-ubuntu-releases-decided-by-the-ubuntu-technical-board/
I just booted an old Ubuntu lucid, and that was using Firefox (Canonical) 20. No doubt that was the last version of Firefox available when support ended.
You probably will be able to run & install Firefox Mozilla 27 on that if you tried, but I have not tried that myself.
I am posting this from Ubuntu 12.04 precise using Firefox(Canonical) 28 and also have various Firefox Mozilla versions installed.
You appear to have posted from a Windows7 64 bit computer. If you use an up to date Ubuntu your distro will have an up to date matching Firefox Canonical. You will have a choiceof 32 or64 bit Ubuntu. If however you happen to go down the route of Mozilla Firefox note the default download offerings are 32bit builds, although 64bit are available as ftp downloads.
If you follow the instructions in
*[[install firefox on linux]]
** '''edit''' and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion/MozillaBuilds
that is an additional version. It does not remove your distro install of Firefox.
Whatever route you take remember to backup the Firefox profile and put it somewhere safe. Just in case anything goes wrong. (Remember you probably have an encrypted Home Directory/Partition ) It is now possible to upgrade automatically no need to do it manually
* https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades

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