[Casper] Firefox 3.0.10 deployment

[Nichols, Jared]

I actually already have it available in self service, and that deployment works fine, even if it's open, oddly.  I think it has something to do with the killing of firefox unexpectedly.  I think I'll set it as a a login and go from there.  That should hopefully resolve it.

j


On 5/15/09 15:46 , "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:



 Think about using self service?  Then have a series of scripts run that 1) kill the application, 2) wipe out the existing application and it's contents, then 3) installs new FF package?



 You could even explain how to back up bookmarks in your self service description.  That is what I would do.


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>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 05/15/09 2:01 PM >>>




 Hi-

Is anyone having trouble with Firefox 3.0.10 deployment?  I know it seems like a simple thing, but I'm running into problems.  My policy is basically, run a prescript that consists of "killall firefox-bin" to make sure that firefox isn't running during the install.  (This will also (hopefully) let firefox think it's crashed and will prompt the user to restore session (and thus their open tabs) when they return to firefox.)  Then, install firefox (just the App, no profiles or settings as we already distribute a minimally customized app).  Then, recon it and re-open firefox.

I'm seeing problems with firefox hanging on the quit and dock icons disappearing.  If firefox isn't open during the deployment, all runs fine.  I only run into problems if it's open.  Should I approach this differently?

j
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Jared F. Nichols
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Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure and Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

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