For some months I’ve had this weird thing with Paypal: Any time I try to log on it not only crashes Firefox, it crashes the whole damn computer. I don’t know what that’s all about. But what it means is that the Paypal account works just fine, but I don’t see notifications or who did what. And that makes me look like an even worse communicator than usual. Sorry.
Anyway, the CFO of TUAK Int’l just informed me there’s like $400 in the bank, which everybody apparently thought I knew all about. Monday I put a roll of flashing on the debit card and winced till the purchase cleared, because I never know exactly what’s in the account but it should have been pretty close to tilt. Turns out I could have gotten the wider stuff. 🙂
So that’s my story and I’m sticking to it, but sorry for not acknowledging contributions. Honestly I don’t know who did what, but I sure do appreciate it. Construction is a steady money drip, no matter how well you thought you had things planned. And as some of you clearly know, I don’t really have money steadily dripping in in any great quantity.
I do appreciate the help.
Have you tried using another browser? Oftentimes a website that crashes one works fine with another.
It might well be my browser. I keep getting nastygrams that my firefox is way out of date, but I’m using Linux Mint and the process of updating the linux firefox version is not exactly automated – or apparently within my skills.
I do have an entirely different laptop squirreled away in the pantry, though, and I should remember to haul it out and see if I can access Paypal on it.
Joel — Have you tried Menu –> Administration –> Software Manager –> Internet –> Firefox?
Or Menu –> Administration –> Synaptic Package Manager –> Then search on Firefox?
You MAY have to remove the browser and reinstall rather than merely update. I’m not sure.
In Synaptic Package Manager, there are options for “removal” vs “complete removal” and I believe the former will preserve bookmarks & such. If not, you can probably just find those files and save them. Or use the software manager or package manager to install Chromium or another browser, then use that to access PayPal. Totally automated, I assure you.
But now you force me to publicly ask the no doubt completely dopey question, “Where’s ‘Menu’?”
What Claire said. But the Update Manager _should be_ updating Firefox, unless you blacklisted it. What versions of Mint and Firefox are you currently on? Recently I dusted off my old system with the intent to use it for streaming video from a particular service. Couldn’t do it: The service only supports Chrome (not Chromium), and the current versions are 64 bit-only. My poor ol’ thing is 32 bit Mint 17.2.
Well, on my system, the menu button is the one that says Menu on it. 🙂 In any case, it’s the one that opens the list of all your apps and operational options.
That said, Bear is also right. If you don’t feel up to manually updating software, let Mint do that automatically. I rarely use the update manager and don’t have it set to update automatically, so Bear or somebody else will need to describe how to do that. It’s another button on your menu bar is all I know.
Heh. Droll. I really don’t see a button that says Menu. Where do I look for such a thing?
This is the kind of conversation that really requires visual aides. Different iterations of the browser will have different layouts. Can you post a screen-shot?
Good idea. Here’s one.
The Menu button is down in the bottom left corner; analogous to a Windoze Start button.
Oh, yeah.
To get your Mint version:
Menu => Preferences => System info
To get your browser version:
FF Menubar => Help => About Firefox
There’s a little cash on the way, too. Don’t let any of them thar Western outlaw-types rob the mail stage; make sure Landlady is armed up. Not a lot of money, so it shouldn’t require a large weapon, right?
Ah! Yes. Of course. (ahem) I knew that.
Unfortunately “Administration” requires a password, and we can’t agree on what it is. It’s not my logon password.
Hmm. Who set up your computer? If someone else installed Mint and your apps, you need to track him/her down and get the admin password.
If you installed Mint etc. and forgot your password, we’re all going to gather ’round, point at you and laugh.
Of course *I* didn’t install Mint. I have no such confidence. But it’s been years now; the person who did may have given me the password but if so I fear that it’s long gone.
All isn’t necessarily lost. Read: https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/339
Read the follow-up comments because that procedure apparently doesn’t work for every version of Mint.
Absolute worst case, reinstall Mint. Someone can download it and sent it to you on a thumb drive if bandwidth is an issue. Surely there are tutorials online.
Ben, he’s running a really old version of Mint and will benefit from the update; all of which is getting done.