Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:28:55 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Weird problem with firefox Message-ID: <048199699215B02938F41520@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090211203407.GG32090@kokopelli.hydra> References: <0689DEC8A848023DDD727D3E@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <0DA2ED21B90F435C6BEF4978@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <20090211203407.GG32090@kokopelli.hydra>
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--On Wednesday, February 11, 2009 14:34:07 -0600 Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 06:17:27PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On Tuesday, February 10, 2009 17:49:08 -0600 Paul Schmehl >> <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > I just uninstalled Firefox v. 2.0.0.20 and then installed firefox v. 3.0.5. >> > Which shows one firefox binary; firefox3. Yet, when I start firefox and >> > click >> > on Help/About, it shows I'm running 2.0.0.20. WTF? >> > >> > Anyone have a sensible explanation for this? >> > >> >> Never mind. Rebooting fixed the problem. > > Rebooting? You shouldn't have had to do that. At most, you might have > needed to restart your window manager and/or menu program. If you were > starting Firefox from the shell, you probably just needed to enter > `rehash` to get it to recognize changes to what's in the execution path. I had to reboot for unrelated reasons. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* Check the headers before clicking on Reply.
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