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[resolved] FireFox broken,

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On 09/07/2016 05:23 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 September 2016 16:43:40 Mark Allums wrote:
>
>> On 09/07/2016 03:01 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
>>> On 07/09/16 03:03 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
>>>> On 09/07/2016 01:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>>> Greetings all;
>>>>>
>>>>> Online business seems to have hit a roadblock.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there anything I can change in the about:config that will allow
>>>>> the "next" button to work on the https paypal pages?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have even tried it a couple time after restarting in the safe
>>>>> mode, with all plugins disabled.  Dead in water, not a single
>>>>> packet seems to be issued when, after entering the paypal address
>>>>> of the recipient, I click on the Next button adjacent to the
>>>>> right.
>>>>>
>>>>> FWIW, the old, hasn't ever been updated google chromium also
>>>>> behaves the same, when I can get it to login, which is about 10%
>>>>> of the time.  After rebooting, it will not login at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>>>>
>>>> Firefox is definitely broken.  I can't view YouTube videos or visit
>>>> many common web sites.  I get a security warning.  I blame a crypto
>>>> update for this, as well as a Firefox update.
>>>>
>>>> Mark Allums
>>>
>>> I think your problem is that Debian doesn't install a Flash viewer
>>> by default. This leads to sites that check for such things to report
>>> that your browser doesn't have one.  Read
>>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2993902/browsers/how-to-get-the-lates
>>> t-version-of-flash-on-firefox-for-linux-after-adobes-abandonment.html
>>> for how to get around this.
>
> In case everybody missed it, adobe is back to supporting linux, and that
> notice included a link, but when I clicked on the link, it offered me
> the 4 year old flash.  Since some movies do play, I declined. ISTR the
> notice was on /. a day or so back.
>
>> No, I have installed Flash, and I keep it up to date.  My problem is
>> not YouTube, that was just an example.  I get error messages telling
>> me that the web sites are not secure, coincidentally after updating
>> crypto packages and Firefox.  I don't believe that YouTube is
>> insecure, hence the problem.  Not sending money through PayPal could
>> be a crypto problem, too.
>>
>> Mark Allums
>
> Maybe this is related to libns3 that someone mention, but we have to get
> it from unstable? On wheezy, how?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>

Installing libnss3 from sid/unstable solved the problem of web sites 
unavailable with a security-related error message for me.

Enable Jessie, stretch, and/or Sid on your system by putting the 
appropriate line in your /etc/apt/sources.list, such as:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib

and do apt-get update

(Remove the line -- or comment it out -- after you are satisfied you are 
done.  Otherwise, all your updates will come from Sid--probably not what 
you want.)

Mark Allums

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FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-07 20:50 +0200
  Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-07 21:10 +0200
    Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-07 21:20 +0200
      [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-07 22:50 +0200
        Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment  screen. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-08 00:10 +0200
          Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment  screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 00:20 +0200
            Re: [OT]Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment  screen. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-08 00:30 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-08 00:10 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Francesco Ariis <fa-ml@ariis.it> - 2016-09-08 00:10 +0200
    Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> - 2016-09-07 22:30 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-07 22:50 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-07 23:00 +0200
          Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-07 23:10 +0200
          Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 00:40 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 00:30 +0200
          Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 01:50 +0200
          [resolved] FireFox broken, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-08 16:40 +0200
            Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 17:00 +0200
              Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-08 17:30 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-10 20:30 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-10 21:20 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Charlie <ariestao1@ipstarmail.com.au> - 2016-09-11 01:30 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-09-11 03:00 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-11 22:30 +0200
                Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-12 04:10 +0200
            Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-08 21:00 +0200
              Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-09 00:00 +0200
              Re: [resolved] FireFox broken, Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-09 18:40 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2016-09-08 00:00 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-08 00:20 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 00:30 +0200
        Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 00:40 +0200
          Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 02:00 +0200
  Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-07 22:50 +0200
    Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-08 00:20 +0200
      Re: FireFox broken, sends no data to paypal on payment screen. Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2016-09-08 02:00 +0200

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