[00:35] Is there a way to stop the firefox update prompts [00:35] I get them all the time, every few minutes [00:36] every few *minutes*? What update prompts are you seeing? how is Firefox installed? [00:36] if you are talking about the snap update thing, then close all firefox windows, run `sudo snap refresh` on the command line, and then reopen Firefox when that's done, and the notices go away [00:37] Firefox is default in lubuntu, and the updates are through update manager (apply full upgrade under preferances) [00:37] which Lubuntu version? [00:37] FF is my prefered browser, [00:37] 22.10 [00:38] in 22.10, Firefox is installed through snap by default, did you install Firefox through a PPA or some other mechanism? [00:38] (therefore my statement about snap updates applies) [00:38] not sure about the mintues, but several times a day. It seems like I close the tiny warning window and before too long it is there again. [00:39] dragon_: close all firefox windows. open the terminal. run `sudo snap refresh`. it'll ask for your password, enter it (it won't show anything though). Press enter, let the update process run. then reopen Firefox [00:39] it should make those messages disappear. [00:39] No, I have kept the original, and the pop up window is a snap thing [00:39] since 22.04, all Ubuntu flavors - Lubuntu included - are forced to use Firefox as a snap by default, and it does have a slightly more annoying update process now as `snapd` under the hood can't update Firefox while it's used. [00:40] dragon_: so, follow the steps I just said to run? [00:40] all snaps up to date [00:40] Then you didn't close the Firefox window first. [00:40] (Most likely.) [00:40] ^^ [00:41] **ALL** firefox windows everywhere must be closed. [00:41] `sudo killall firefox` on the command line will do that [00:41] haha, I got, "pending update of firefox snap" Close the app to avoid disruptions (11 days left) [00:41] dragon_: you didn't close firefox then. `sudo killall firefox` then run `sudo snap refresh` [00:41] then when it completes and says all up to date then reopen Firefox and it should stop complaining. at least until the next Firefox snap update [00:43] you were right, a ff window was left open [00:44] yep. dragon_ in the future it's the same process - close ALL firefox windows, run `sudo killall firefox` to make sure, then `sudo snap refresh` [00:44] whenever you start getting those prompts it's because Firefox can't update while running :) [00:45] I have never done the snap refresh [00:45] just ran the basic upgrade manager [00:45] yeah unfortunately snaps can be a pain [00:45] Update Manager doesn't always catch the snaps [00:45] I think our usual "Apply Full Upgrade" thingy doesn't handle Snap updates. [00:45] and *can't* determine if you're running Firefox still or not. [00:45] I just need to be aware of it [00:45] it may queue the snap update at the very least, but `snapd` under the hood handles it [00:45] yep! [00:46] Thanks for the help, I have wondered about that one for some time [00:47] [telegram] yeah, it's one of the things that became a concern in the 22.04 devel cycle for everyone, and not a new thing I've seen as people see the issues and complain (myself included, but i'm a developer and power user so) === arraybolt3_ is now known as arraybolt3 === arraybolt3_ is now known as arraybolt3