firefox lockups after update

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Tue, 2/23/10, vinny <vonelli at optonline.net> wrote:

> I submitted this problem before, I had one answer
> requesting the output
> of "yum info firefox" I submitted, If there was a
> subsequent answer
> maybe I missed. So here I have an HP laptop zv600 and a
> desktop Dell
> 8300. Dell works fine through out all the update, HP lockup
> and after
> several try uninstall and reinstall doesn't lock any longer
> but it
> doesn't load. 
> here are the yum info for both PC:
> 
> Dell desktop
> [vinny at localhost ~]$ yum info firefox
> Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
> adobe-linux-i386
> 17/17
> Installed Packages
> Name       : firefox
> Arch       : i686
> Version    : 3.5.8
> Release    : 1.fc12
> Size       : 17 M
> Repo       : installed
> >From repo  : updates
> Summary    : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
> URL        : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
> License    : MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
> Description: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser,
> designed for
>            : standards
> compliance, performance and portability.
> 
> HP laptop
> [vinny at laptop ~]$ yum info firefox
> Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
> Installed Packages
> Name       : firefox
> Arch       : i586
> Version    : 3.5.8
> Release    : 1.fc11
> Size       : 17 M
> Repo       : installed
> >From repo  : updates
> Summary    : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
> URL        : http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/
> License    : MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
> Description: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser,
> designed for
>            : standards
> compliance, performance and portability.
> 
> The only difference that I can see is that Dell has the
> release 1.FC12
> and HP has release 1.FC11, seeing that I reinstalled few
> times but it
> all the way install the same release.
> is there any thing I can do to get firefox back?  

Are you running Fedora 12 on the Dell, and Fedora 11 on the HP?  And what are the basic hardware specs on each.  And did you do clean installs or upgrade installs?  Are you dual/multi booting?  And if so, what OSes?

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