[solved] Firefox: “Could not find compatible GRE” after Ubuntu 8.10 Upgrade

November 20th, 2008 by acmelab68

After an update of my Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) my Firefox didn’t want to start anymore.

This is what the command line returned after I started Firefox in there:

Could not find compatible GRE between version 1.9.0.1 and 1.9.0.*.

The solution for the problem was quite simple. This line made Firefox work again:

sudo xulrunner-1.9 --register-global

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27 Responses to “[solved] Firefox: “Could not find compatible GRE” after Ubuntu 8.10 Upgrade”

  1. Berkin McFlerkin

    your title – [solved] Firefox: “Could not find compatible GRE” after Ubuntu 8.10 Upgrade – Acmelabs’ Blog – caught my eye on the google blogsearch. Tahnks for writing this, I’ve added blog.mymediasystem.net to my reader, and will look forward to your next post.

    Comment on Nov 21st, 2008 at 1:21 pm   
  2. InSide

    Thank’s :D

    Comment on Feb 11th, 2009 at 7:59 pm   
  3. Stefan

    THX, helped me as well :D

    Comment on Mar 31st, 2009 at 9:31 pm   
  4. Dengar

    Thanks, helped me a lot!

    Comment on Apr 24th, 2009 at 9:43 am   
  5. BuGo

    Tnx man! You saved my day.

    Comment on Apr 29th, 2009 at 9:33 am   
  6. Andy

    Just got this on a perfectly fresh install of xubuntu 9.04. Thanks!

    Comment on May 1st, 2009 at 5:53 pm   
  7. blaze1982

    it does not work for, wish for help,could anybody email me how to fix it, thx in advance.
    e-mail: blaze1982<at>gmail<dot>com

    Comment on May 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 am   
  8. acmelab68

    @blaze1982
    could you start firefox in the command line, and post its output? Thanks.

    PS: pls don’t post your email-address, or you’ll be spamed. I’ve at least modified it a bit.

    Comment on May 3rd, 2009 at 10:02 pm   
  9. Sion

    another happy customer :)

    Comment on May 11th, 2009 at 1:40 am   
  10. Jorge

    aleluia man

    Comment on Jun 16th, 2009 at 12:19 am   
  11. Emily

    Thanks! This helped out a very worried beginner!

    Comment on Jul 16th, 2009 at 5:47 pm   
  12. Alex

    Great solution

    Comment on Aug 3rd, 2009 at 5:34 pm   
  13. Alexandra

    Thank you SO much.. you were the first hit in google and your solution worked… I’d never figured it out alone.

    Comment on Aug 5th, 2009 at 11:19 am   
  14. overlag

    Thanks !!!!

    Comment on Aug 22nd, 2009 at 8:51 pm   
  15. yavuz

    gentoo yavuzselim # xulrunner-1.9 –register-global
    gentoo yavuzselim # exit
    yavuzselim@gentoo ~ $ firefox
    Could not find compatible GRE between version 1.9.0.10 and 1.9.0.10.
    yavuzselim@gentoo ~ $

    ???

    Comment on Aug 31st, 2009 at 8:15 am   
  16. wibi

    for thin client like DRBL or maybe LTSP user…..it didn’t work……try this….

    - login as root
    - on server, copy files 1.9.0.*.conf and 1.9.0.*.system.conf to flashdisk……. these files location in /etc/gre.d/……
    - on client, login as root(i’m using DRBL) and copy 2 files in /etc/gre.d/…..don’t forget to change mode 644 for 1.9.0.*.conf and 755 for 1.9.0.*.system.conf

    try to run firefox……..

    i hope it works…….

    Comment on Sep 11th, 2009 at 4:34 am   
  17. Dave

    I had to do some funky stuff to install my lotus notes and pooched my gre file. Came across this post and it took care of it. Thanks sooo much!!! The one thing i had to do a little different was run the following

    xulrunner –register-global

    in /usr/lib which i imagine is the same place the xulrunner-1.9 is for other people.

    Thanks
    -Dave

    Comment on Oct 1st, 2009 at 2:36 pm   
  18. Kaled

    Helped me also, Thanks

    Comment on Nov 2nd, 2009 at 4:49 pm   
  19. TTS

    I finally got it working by reinstall Firefox via the Package Manger in Gnome.

    Comment on Nov 24th, 2009 at 12:21 am   
  20. DirtyHippy

    Thanks! Worked like a charm!

    Comment on Dec 21st, 2009 at 7:07 pm   
  21. MyPolicyShop

    works great

    Comment on Dec 23rd, 2009 at 3:46 pm   
  22. Nitin

    Thanks mate !!

    Comment on Mar 12th, 2010 at 4:26 am   
  23. Gez

    It works ! Thanks a ton.
    For records, I use Suse 10.3

    -Gez

    Comment on Mar 12th, 2010 at 10:27 am   
  24. Benny

    Thx cute very much, it work!!!

    Comment on Apr 13th, 2010 at 11:35 am   
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    Comment on Sep 18th, 2010 at 11:33 am   
  26. arsenicninja

    cheers mate, did the trick. thank you for taking the time to post this, it looks like it helped a lot of people.

    Comment on Nov 16th, 2010 at 4:27 am   
  27. arno

    Helped me to! thx!!

    Comment on Mar 14th, 2011 at 2:40 am   

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