Comments on: Upgrade to Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 – Jaunty Jackalope

By: Tobias

Tobias — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:42:53 +0000

Thanks for this! I downgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit and wanted to get the latest version of Firefox. After thinking through your instructions I thought it would probably be the same process to install 3.6.3, and the answer is: Yes! It totally works! Thanks a billion!

By: kulawik

kulawik — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:43:11 +0000

Thanks a lot about the tips,,,,I’m new comer in ubuntu…so tme tips to upgrade the firefox is help me lot….

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By: gaarai

gaarai — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:29:18 +0000

You’re wlcome Gojeg. Happy, and secure, browsing.

By: gaarai

gaarai — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:28:04 +0000

Thanks for the tip Franz.

By: Gojeg

Gojeg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:05:14 +0000

Good job! I’ve tried upgrade with Synaptic but still didn’t get best result. Not working properly..
Thanks..

By: Franz

Franz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:40:07 +0000

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 and Firefox 3.5.3. Flashplayer did not work no matter what I tried.

I have taken a different approach and it now works.

I backed up my bookmarks and then wrote down all the stored passwords. I noted my addons.

I then renamed the ~/.mozilla folder to ~/.mozilla_old. When I started Firefox anew, a new .mozilla file was created. Flashplayer works like a charm, at least until the next glitch.

I have noticed before that sometimes removing a user profile from Firefox helps to correct issues.

Hope this helps others.

By: Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy

Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:33:29 +0000

Thanks for the response.

I have a 1 gb RAM with a 2 gb swap area. If I am not too wrong, FF 3.5 used to take roughly more than 200 mb with just 5 tabs open in two windows. (I do not like to keep open more than 5-7 tabs at a time). Moreover, other external applications running at the time were: Pidgin, Rhythmbox and Gimp.

I am still on FF 3.0.8. Should I try re-installing FF 3.5?

Regards,
Jagadeesh

By: gaarai

gaarai — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:55:30 +0000

I haven’t had the same problem. Out of curiosity, how much memory do you have, how much memory is Firefox using, and how much do you expect Firefox to use?

Currently, with about 30 tabs open my 3.5.2 installation is using about 268MB of memory.

By: Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy

Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the help in installing Firefox 3.5.2 on my Compaq Presario running Ubuntu 9.04. However, 3.5 is a memory hogger and it crashes my system frequently. Currently, I do not have the time to file a bug report or do some research to fix it. So, got back to the default Firefox in Ubuntu, again thanks to your instructions. If possible, it would be great if you could great if you could let me know how to fix the memory issue.

Appreciate the efforts.

Thanks,
Jagadeesh