Firefox crashing on two systems

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited October 2005 in Science & Tech
As of yesterday, Firefox won't open on my laptop or the college newspaper's office machine. On both, the "Netscape Quality Feedback Agent" opens and the app itself crashes. Neither machine has Netscape installed.

Anyone know wtf is going on? Did an old version of Firefox expire or something and self-destruct? :wtf:

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  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    Both I and my sister have had problems with Firefox lately (v 1.0.7 and the previous version), but not what you describe. What worked for my sister and me was simply reinstalling. Give it a try if you haven't already. Just install over the top.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    General Keebler wrote:
    As of yesterday, Firefox won't open on my laptop or the college newspaper's office machine. On both, the "Netscape Quality Feedback Agent" opens and the app itself crashes. Neither machine has Netscape installed.

    Anyone know wtf is going on? Did an old version of Firefox expire or something and self-destruct? :wtf:

    Corrupt Profile??? There have been some problems like this reported that are fixable by a new profile creation. Yes, the latest versions of Firefox have slightly different profiles than older versions (like 1.05 and earlier). Also, some Firefox extensions do NOT work with 1.07, so if someone used the version limit hack and used one of those incompatible extensions, that would do it. Most recent version of Firefox I know of is 1.08, also-- which has some glitch fixes that appeared with 1.07 and 1.06. Yes, Firefox does use the Netscape QFA.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited October 2005
    Straight_Man wrote:
    ...some Firefox extensions do NOT work with 1.07...
    My dad was having troubles with the new update and traced it to an incompatible extension. I also had him reinstall Firefox, as Leo suggested.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited October 2005
    Switch to deerpark (the beta for the next release).
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited October 2005
    Installing the latest version did the trick. Weird. Oh well, thanks guys.
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