[Casper] Firefox 3.0.10 deployment

[Thomas Larkin]

I just know a lot of things break in updates of firefox and I let the
users upgrade it them self.  That way their favorite add ons don't
break.  Hell I am still running FF 2 on one of my Macs because it seems
to me that spell check sucks in version 3 on the OS X side.


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>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 05/15/09 2:57 PM >>>

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
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure and Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

 
 
 


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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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