Ubuntu 24.04

Phil
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For some reason Firefox won't

For some reason Firefox won't load after I installed Boinc. I'll get it fixed later today then I will post the info some of you have asked for.

This is posted from my Mac.

Phil

 

Phil

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Phil
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Ok, any ideas why Firefox

Ok, any ideas why Firefox stopped launching and now App Center is refusing to launch.

I can't uninstall Firefox and re-install it if I can't open App Center.

The point is, I can't copy and paste the info you guys have ask for because I don't have a working browser on the machine. Both worked fine after the Ubuntu install.

I've tried rebooting and stopping Boinc to make sure I wasn't short on resources. I'm stumped. My lack of knowledge about Linux is not helping.

Phil

 

Phil

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Phil wrote: Ok, any ideas

Phil wrote:

Ok, any ideas why Firefox stopped launching and now App Center is refusing to launch.

I can't uninstall Firefox and re-install it if I can't open App Center.

The point is, I can't copy and paste the info you guys have ask for because I don't have a working browser on the machine. Both worked fine after the Ubuntu install.

I've tried rebooting and stopping Boinc to make sure I wasn't short on resources. I'm stumped. My lack of knowledge about Linux is not helping.

Phil

I'm not sure why your Firefox and the App Center won't run, but I've had similar problems in the past.  Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS does have a few quirks within it.  But I'll leave this one to the 'experts', i.e. Keith and Ian - my teammates at GPUUG.

Later, and good luck!

George

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Keith Myers
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How did you install Firefox? 

How did you install Firefox?  Firefox is installed by default during installation.  Does not require one to manually  install it.

Also, by default Firefox is installed as a Snap application and not a .deb file.  To install, remove, or update Firefox the Snap UI is used.

Open a Terminal and type

snap list

This shows all Snap applications installed.

To refresh Firefox or any of the Snap applications type

sudo snap refresh

To remove Firefox, type

sudo snap remove Firefox

To disable Firefox, type

sudo snap disable Firefox

All functions show with 

snap --help

You can also install the other default Ubuntu browser Chromium

sudo snap install Chromium

if for some reason you can't get Firefox working.

 

Phil
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Keith, I can't

Keith,

I can't view coproc_info.xml because I can't get a working browser going.

My posts are being done on my Mac.

Snap just:

error: cannot communicate with server: Post "http://localhost/v2/snaps/firefox": dial unix /run/snapd.socket: conncect: connection refused

It won't do any of the commands, and I tried installing Chromium, it just won't play nice.

I set the computer for no new tasks but will take some time to clear out the list. I'm thinking maybe dump it and drop down to Ubuntu 22.04.

Thoughts?

Phil

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Keith Myers
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You don't use a browser to

You don't use a browser to view files.  You just use the Files application to navigate to a directory and select the file with the mouse and open it for viewing with the default Text Editor application.

From your error, it seem like you don't have a working internet connection.  What does the 3 computer icon in the Top Bar show for connection status?

If you have a question mark over the 3 computer icon, it indicates an issue. If that is the case, the reason why no browser is working.

There really isn't that much difference between Ubuntu 22 and 24 other than minor little UI changes where menu are located on applications.

The basic understructure is basically the same but the network working changed from Net Manager to Net Plan in 24.

You might have better luck blowing away 24 and reverting back to 22.

 

Phil
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Keith Myers wrote: You don't

Keith Myers wrote:

You don't use a browser to view files.  You just use the Files application to navigate to a directory and select the file with the mouse and open it for viewing with the default Text Editor application.

From your error, it seem like you don't have a working internet connection.  What does the 3 computer icon in the Top Bar show for connection status?

If you have a question mark over the 3 computer icon, it indicates an issue. If that is the case, the reason why no browser is working.

There really isn't that much difference between Ubuntu 22 and 24 other than minor little UI changes where menu are located on applications.

The basic understructure is basically the same but the network working changed from Net Manager to Net Plan in 24.

You might have better luck blowing away 24 and reverting back to 22.

Didn't think of that. I'll try using an editor. It tried to use Firefox to open.

Internet is fine. The problem is both Firefox and App Center won't even load. Unless I am missing something with my lack of knowledge. Boinc communicates ok.

Still working on it. The problem can run, but it can't hide.

Phil

 

 

Phil

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Phil wrote: Keith Myers

Phil wrote:

Keith Myers wrote:

You don't use a browser to view files.  You just use the Files application to navigate to a directory and select the file with the mouse and open it for viewing with the default Text Editor application.

From your error, it seem like you don't have a working internet connection.  What does the 3 computer icon in the Top Bar show for connection status?

If you have a question mark over the 3 computer icon, it indicates an issue. If that is the case, the reason why no browser is working.

There really isn't that much difference between Ubuntu 22 and 24 other than minor little UI changes where menu are located on applications.

The basic understructure is basically the same but the network working changed from Net Manager to Net Plan in 24.

You might have better luck blowing away 24 and reverting back to 22.

Didn't think of that. I'll try using an editor. It tried to use Firefox to open.

Internet is fine. The problem is both Firefox and App Center won't even load. Unless I am missing something with my lack of knowledge. Boinc communicates ok.

Still working on it. The problem can run, but it can't hide.

Phil

Why not use Google Chrome or Brave Browser, I use Linux Mint an Ubuntu offshoot, and Firefox started acting weird and wouldn't open for me so I just loaded Chrome and it works just fine.

Keith Myers
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Phil, this Quote:error:

Phil, this

Quote:
error: cannot communicate with server: Post "http://localhost/v2/snaps/firefox": dial unix /run/snapd.socket: conncect: connection refused

is a very strange network error I've never seen before.  What led to my comment that something with the network infrastructure on the host was bunged.

 

Keith Myers
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Yes, the standalone Linux

Yes, the standalone Linux version of Chrome works fine as well.  It is a .deb file installation provided directly from Google.  Just download the installer.

Linux Chrome installer download link

Chrome avoids Snap altogether also which is a bonus.

 

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