fisher Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hello I'm trying to install the official version of Firefox 3 for Linux from Mozilla's website. All the dependencies listed on Mozilla's website are installed. The Firefox.bin file is executable. But when I close all Firefox 2 windows and try launching Firefox 3, it doesn't work. Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 If you're using Mandriva 2008.1, Firefox 3 is in the /main/backports/ repo. You could install it from there without any problems. If you're not using that version or you simply want to use the one from the Mozilla's site, please start it from the command line and post the error here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking777 Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Are you sure you really wan't to fisher? I am using it now and it really sucks. The font rendering has to be seen to be believed - dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hmmm, I don't see no awful font rendering here :huh: viking777 can you post an example link please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 fisher: What Greg2 said, run FF3 from the command line and see what error message results. viking777: I am not having any font rendering issues with FF3 either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking777 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I don't have to post any links nexus, you are looking at one if you are reading this forum, it looks awful, with scratchy broken characters and out of focus icons with jagged edges - truly horrible. It is only FF3 that is looking like this btw all other programs are normal as is playing a dvd with kaffeine and if I open web pages in konqueror they are perfectly OK as well. I have tried all the font settings in the ff 'preferences' menu with about half a dozen different fonts at half a dozen different sizes and this is all I get. I have also installed msttf fonts and they make no difference either. If you google for 'firefox 3 fonts' you will see that I am not the only one with the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Look here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/li...refox-3-650035/ ...Lex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 viking777: have a look here for a possible fix to your font problem https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtop...034&hl=font Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 (edited) @viking777 I use only MDV Spring and Konqueror and all OK :mellow: .....Lex Edited July 12, 2008 by Lexicon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking777 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I found an update to FF3 last night which has improved the font rendering a lot, but they still look better in Opera, maybe I have found a new favourite browser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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