Firefox 4 Minefield won't check mail on AOL

Yesterday the "dread update" struck again, this time on Firefox 4 Minefield on Natty. Yahoo mail works. Ubuntu forums work. Youtube works. AOL mail is missing the top banner including the check mail tab, and selecting "incoming mail" does nothing. Worked fine before the "update".

I did open launchpad bug #667367 because ubuntu-bug fails:

jerry@Thinkpad:~$ ubuntu-bug firefox Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 368, in <module> app.run_argv() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 558, in run_argv return self.run_report_bug() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 374, in run_report_bug self.collect_info(symptom_script) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 785, in collect_info self.crashdb = get_crashdb(None, self.report['CrashDB']) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport/crashdb.py", line 536, in get_crashdb db = settings['databases'][name] KeyError: 'ubuntu-mozilla-ppa-bugs'

Firefox 3 still working O.K. on same ubuntu install.

Jerry

Not to judge you, by why not create a gmail account and forward all of your AOL mail to it?

Starks said: Not to judge you, by why not create a gmail account and forward all of your AOL mail to it?

Well Gmail doesn't seem to work in Firefox 4 beta 6 (on Windows, haven't used it in Ubuntu)

Starks said: Not to judge you, by why not create a gmail account and forward all of your AOL mail to it?

I do Yahoo mail, AOL (AIM) mail, gmail and other ordinary user stuff looking for Ubuntu bugs. This one looks like Firefox 4.

No mail on local pc because I use 4 test pc's as well as my wife's two. She uses XP because there isn't any linux Dreamweaver to support the two websites she maintains. Besides Dreamweaver is $$$ and she has it for XP already.

Jerry

If all else fails, use Thunderbird or Evolution.

Starks said: If all else fails, use Thunderbird or Evolution.

Well, currently I use the Firefox 3.6 that comes with Natty where it will work, and Opera where Firefox won't.

Jerry

jerrylamos said: Well, currently I use the Firefox 3.6 that comes with Natty where it will work, and Opera where Firefox won't.

Jerry

have you tried 4.0 beta8 nightly?

I had trouble with AOL Radio on Minefeild , It worked fine on Namoroka , Opera , and IE 9 beta. The page would not render properly and I never resolved it and that was the daily build.

dext said: have you tried 4.0 beta8 nightly?

Frog's Hair post sounds similar to my experience (There are frogs in our pond all must be clean shaven.) The top of the AOL page doesn't resolve, links on bicycling.com don't, ... but these do work on Chromium and Opera so I blame Firefox & Firefox 4 (updated).

I haven't found out how to post bugs on Firefox 4 yet as in the first post on this thread. I'd rather use applications that come with Ubuntu but if it doesn't work I'll use an alternative. That doesn't help Ubuntu debug tho.

Jerry

dext said: have you tried 4.0 beta8 nightly?

If you are running Ubuntu and Natty the best way is to use the Ubuntu Mozilla Daily ppa.

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa

For questions and bugs with software in this archive, please contact <email address hidden> or visit #ubuntu-mozillateam on freenode.

Firefox 4 is also delayed... http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.planning/browse_thread/thread/8bf881e3ba019bd5?pli=1

New timetable: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/4/Beta

yeah i knew firefox4 was delayed, there will be 2 more beta's followed by a RC in early 2011

Try setting the 'jit' chrome settings to false in about:config. That should at least tell you if it's an issue with the javascript engine changes.

jerrylamos said: I haven't found out how to post bugs on Firefox 4 yet as in the first post on this thread

Just go to the related page in launchpad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-ppa-bugs/+filebug