[Staffslug] Odd happenings with Ubuntu 8.04

Is anybody else using Ubuntu 8.04? Or, more specifically Kubuntu 8.04? Everything started off ok apart from a minor problem that I reported as a bug (couldn't use adept properly for installing Java yet synaptic worked fine). I had Firefox 3 (beta whatever number) which I wasn't happy about but I gave it a good whirl. That is until I came to my PC a couple of days ago to find Firefox 3 unresponsive. It wouldn't actually navigate to any site despite it seemingly running and with about 6 or 7 webpages already open (left open from the day before). I leave this PC running 24/7 with Firefox and certain webpages always on. I tried Opera and it worked fine so the network was ok. So I decided to close Firefox and restart it. Hmmm, this is where the strange stuff starts. The icon was still there in the taskbar but it was telling me that a certain file in \usr\share was missing. Sorry I cannot remember what it was and yes, I know, I should have jotted it down. It would appear that Firefox 3 was partially missing...huh? I haven't removed it or anything else. I ended up having to download Firefox 2 and installing that (I prefer Ff2 as more of my plugins work with it anyway). The second oddity is that since upgrading to 8.04 I don't have the adept notifier in the system tray anymore. So, no automatic alerts when there are upgrades/updates available. Not really a problem as it's easy enough to do it manually. It is strange though. So, has anybody else noticed anything like this? I'm reticent to file a bug report in case it is something I have inadvertently done myself, though, as stated I haven't removed any software but I have accepted updates to certain things; not including Firefox by the way. -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire