[Novalug] Javascript problems w/Firefox 2.0.0.4 in Ubuntu

[Jay Hart]

Rich,

Do this. Download a copy of the latest Knoppix live CD/DVD and boot up your
box using that.  See if you can get wireless working. This way you don't have
to install anything, and you can see if loading this will help point you to a
better wireless driver.

When I go to Microcenter and see about buying laptops, I always boot them
using a knoppix CD, to see what HW works.

Jay

> On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 18:45 -0400, gregory pryzby wrote:
>> On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 05:14:52PM -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.
>> >
>> > 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
>>
>> works here... did u restart Firefox after the change?
>
> Yep - I have restarted FF numerous times since the installation and
> noticed JavaScript issues in several places.
>>
>> 2.0.0.4+1-0ubuntu1
>> libmozjs0d (installed w/o me doing anything and is JS)
>>
>> > "This page is best viewed in a browser that supports Javascript. Your
>> > browser either does not support Javascript or has Javascript disabled.
>> > If you want to correctly view this page, please upgrade your browser or
>> > enable Javascript support."
>> >
>> > So, after googling a bit and not finding an answer, I was wondering if
>> > anyone else sees this or am I "the only one?"
>>
>> I think the problem is you use DHL. I stopped using them in the 90s
>> (never delivered the items I ordered and said they did-- lots of phone
>> calls to find the packages and I had to pick them up at their
>> location).
>
> This was not my choice.  Someone sent me something using DHL so I was
> looking to track the item and find the respective depot to personally
> pick the package up.
>
>>
>> Question I have is why did you switch?
>>
>
> Why did I switch to Ubuntu??  I'm wondering that my self now.  I have
> been having wireless issues - it wouldn't connect at all -
> WPA/WEP/Open ...  so I thought since so many NOVALuggers rave about
> it ...   Well, change can be good but I found I'm becoming a bit of a
> cantankerous 'ol fool here and have expectations from a user perspective
> that apparently are a tad too high.
>
> What am I talking about?? In switching OS's, I found alot of things I
> had setup in SuSe don't work - videos, audio, ...  Since Feisty Fawn is
> considerably "newer" than openSuSe 10.2, I expected things to be more
> integrated.  First impressions are important and I am not impressed with
> Ubuntu so far.  Then again I had similar feelings when I transitioned
> from Red Hat to SuSe...
>
> As for my wireless issues - still no good so I am seriously considering
> reverting back to 10.2.  (I am going to pull the internal wireless card
> and use the PMCIA card that works fine in my son's SuSe 10.0 system to
> see if it is a H/W problem.)  The one thing holding me back is the
> updates in Ubuntu looked to be easier and better ... FF being the
> exception.
>
> Rich
>
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