[Novalug] Javascript problems w/Firefox 2.0.0.4 in Ubuntu

[donjr]

On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 17:14 -0400, Rich Goodwin wrote:
> I downgraded from SuSe 10.2 to Ubuntu 7.04 a little over a week ago.  I
> say this because I found the Ubuntu installation to be less fulfilling
> an experience than SuSe.  Case in point, Firefox 2.0.04 is loaded at
> some point (likely upgraded in an Update session).  When I go to
> numerous sites that require Javascript, I get told it is not enabled.
> Yet when I go to the Preferences and the Content Tab, yea verilly -
> Javascript is enabled.  I even went so far as to enable all the options
> under Advanced (which I really don't want to do) - with no change.

In my VmWare Browser I am currently running Ubuntu Edge (7.04)

I got there by Upgrading Breezy to Dapper to Edge
   { Generally by doing a little editing of /etc/apt/source.list and
Update all the installed packages for each level and a little cleanup
after each update of a level. :-}

I'm currently running FireFox 2.0.04 with Java enable along with the
package:
  sun-java6-plugins  "The Java(TM) Plug-in, Java SE 6"
    This is a metapackage containing dependencies for running Java in
     various browsers.
      {IE it cause a number of other package to be installed.}

And enables FULL Java support beyond that of simple java-script that the
browsers supply internally.


> What site(s) am I talking about?? Go to "Find a drop-off location" at
> http://www.dhl-usa.com/ - this the one that broke the camels back in
> this case.  I get the message 
> 

Long story shorten:
 I went to the above web-site an select "Find a drop-off location" and
everything worked as one would expect it to.
   {IE I was able to find the drop off locations near my place.}

On my regular desktop that is still current running Dapper 6.0.4 and
Firefox 1.5.0.12  and DOESN'T have the above package installed
everything also still WORKED {including the search}.


Are you sure you don't have a broken package somewhere?


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