Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:34:07 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Weird problem with firefox Message-ID: <20090211203407.GG32090@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <0DA2ED21B90F435C6BEF4978@utd65257.utdallas.edu> References: <0689DEC8A848023DDD727D3E@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <0DA2ED21B90F435C6BEF4978@utd65257.utdallas.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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. -- Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Sean Reifschneider: "If java had real garbage-collection, it would delete most programs before it executed them." [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmTNj8ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKX31ACffcL8stsIp8xLKhUYYtcB2CBX 9kQAn0PJ8aEE6RbwEG8Q6OVaxo6dcQVm =BI+h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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