Mouse <silvermouse@hotpop.com> wrote:
> Thanks. I am having the exact same problem. I've followed your
> instructions and note that when firefox is re-installed it is from an
> already downloaded package located on my harddrive. FF still crashes
> after a minute or two. How do I remove all traces of FF from my machine
> so that a fresh download will happen?
> Mouse

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get purge firefox
rm -r ~/.mozilla/firefox
sudo apt-get install firefox

Maybe remove the entire .mozilla folder in your home directory, not
just the firefox folder.

HTH,
Niklaus