[SOLVED]Latest libevent upgrade breaks Firefox

Hi,
latest libevent upgrade (libevent-1.4.14b-2 --> libevent-2.0.10-1) breaks Firefox (at least for x86_64). Downgrading sorts the problem.
Edit: actually problem maybe lies with firefox ..... looking for older version?
Last edited by chsims1 (2011-02-12 09:41:01)

Please read my post again - I gave you two possibilities.
jelly1 - you can't assume he didn't run a full upgrade. An unsynced or partially synced mirror could also produce the same result.

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Aug 19 20:40:13 MyHost kernel: [473321.025055] res 51/40:00:d2:23:bd/40:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
Aug 19 20:40:13 MyHost kernel: [473321.025059] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
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Aug 19 20:40:13 MyHost kernel: [473345.980986] end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 12395474
after searching on the web, I found that maybe an old harmless problem related to kernel ?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=293179
also found an error in /var/log/daemon.log
Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out
there is already a post about it, but not having a conclusion yet
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=124485
Every things seen to work fine now
After few more test and reboot, I would mark this post [solved]
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#Look for a '''Mozilla Firefox''' folder. If you find one, right-click it and select ''Delete'' and confirm that you want to move the folder to the Recycle Bin.
Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
#Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
#Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
Please report back to see if this helped you!

Kernel Upgrade Breaks Network Connection

My server uses:
[15:48] (tunix@kulupler ~)$ pacman -Qs kernel
local/kernel26 2.6.19.1-1
The Linux Kernel and modules
local/kernel-headers 2.6.19.1-1
Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace
for kernel. The latest kernel upgrade (2.6.19.2-1) breaks network connection after ~5 minutes from the boot. When the network connections fails, kernel says:
Jan 12 15:10:44 kulupler ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
The connection never comes either after a network service restart, nor ifconfig eth0 up/down etc... The only solution is to restart, but after ~5 min. it fails again.
So, as a solution, I just downgraded the kernel to 2.6.19.1-1 again.

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Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.DiskUtility.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.DiskUtility.plist file to the Trash.
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I just upgraded to Firefox 5.0.1 and since the "lock" icon never appears when accessing secure websites, where should I look for it?

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*https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/security/identity/
*https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Site+Identity+Button
*http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/06/635/
You can install this add-on if you wish: *https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/
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Not related to your question, but...
You need to update some plug-ins:
*Plug-in check: https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Adobe%20Reader%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-and-updating-adobe-reader Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox]
*Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Java%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-or-updating-java Installing or Updating Java in Firefox]

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