Firefox 3.6.10 issues on new OpenSuse 11.3 (x86-64 bit) system concerning ssl_error_ssl_disabled

Any page that I attempt to open that requires a secure connection has started to return a error message that reads:

*Secure Connection Failed

An error occured during a connection to forums.opensuse.org

Can’t connect securely because the SSL protocol has been disabled

(Error code ssl_error_ssl_disabled)*

Here is my Firefox zypper information:

zypper info Mozillafirefox

Loading repository data…

Reading installed packages…

Information for package Mozillafirefox:

Repository: @System
Name: MozillaFirefox
Version: 3.6.10-0.3.1
Arch: x86_64
Vendor: openSUSE
Installed: Yes
Status: up-to-date
Installed Size: 3.4 MiB
Summary: Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
Description:
Mozilla Firefox is a standalone web browser, designed for standards
compliance and performance. Its functionality can be enhanced via a
plethora of extensions.

The system is a Lenovo T61P installed fresh from the boxed set OpenSuse 11.3 about a week ago. Nothing but the basic development type of options were installed from the media. The only changes to the installation were those downloaded through the updater service.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

The tail of the /var/log/zypp/history file is as follows:

*2010-09-17 09:37:36|install|mozilla-js192|1.9.2.10-0.4.1|x86_64||Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82|c167dc39858182874242871857f96cfc5a90fa93
2010-09-17 09:37:39|install|mozilla-xulrunner192|1.9.2.10-0.4.1|x86_64||Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82|b4519bd31ae1919c65f1004346c2cfb9e9a63b0d
2010-09-17 09:37:39|install|mozilla-xulrunner192-gnome|1.9.2.10-0.4.1|x86_64||Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82|2db207905e72a9dff157a2dae1b8fa0ead9e7fb7

2010-09-17 09:37:42 MozillaFirefox-3.6.10-0.3.1.x86_64.rpm installed ok

Additional rpm output:

Error in file “/usr/share/applications/ggl-qt.desktop”: “app/gg” is an invalid MIME type (“app” is an unregistered media type)

Error in file “/usr/share/applications/kde4/kfontview.desktop”: “fonts/package” is an invalid MIME type (“fonts” is an unregistered media type)

Error in file “/usr/share/applications/ggl-gtk.desktop”: “app/gg” is an invalid MIME type (“app” is an unregistered media type)

Error in file “/usr/share/applications/ggl-qt.desktop”: “app/gg” is an invalid MIME type (“app” is an unregistered media type)

Error in file “/usr/share/applications/kde4/kfontview.desktop”: “fonts/package” is an invalid MIME type (“fonts” is an unregistered media type)

Error in file “/usr/share/applications/ggl-gtk.desktop”: “app/gg” is an invalid MIME type (“app” is an unregistered media type)

2010-09-17 09:37:42|install|MozillaFirefox|3.6.10-0.3.1|x86_64||Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82|622ede04d2d51c54a3ae70bccbb01f2f48083f72*

Shortly after those updates, I had done a restart and that is when I started having the issue with SSL communications. Could someone give me the commands that I would use to revert to the earlier versions of those packages? Just prior to the SSL problem, I know that I was on Firefox 3.6.8, if I

zyppe in --force MozillaFirefox=3.6.8

Would zyppe’s dependency check deal with the remainder of the list where appropriate?

Thanks again

You should be able to revert in Yast just look at the version tab.

Thanks gogalthorp, I appreciate the response.

I used Yast to revert MozillaFirefox to 3.8.6 and it stepped me through the dependency issues. I selected the actions that reverted those too. This didn’t solve the original problem, though. (I had done a hard down and restart before testing.) I’m still receiving the ssl_error_ssl_disabled message whenever ssl is required to view a page.

Given that reverting to 3.6.8 hadn’t fixed the problem, I used YaST to roll back forward to 3.6.10. I took a quick look at the tail of the y2log file in /var/log/YaST2/y2log and found the only real error messages to be as shown below:

Error in file “/usr/share/applications/ggl-qt.desktop”: “app/gg” is an invalid MIME type (“app” is an unregistered media type)
Error in file “/usr/share/applications/kde4/kfontview.desktop”: “fonts/package” is an invalid MIME type (“fonts” is an unregistered media type)
Error in file “/usr/share/applications/ggl-gtk.desktop”: “app/gg” is an invalid MIME type (“app” is an unregistered media type)
Error in file “/usr/share/applications/ggl-qt.desktop”: “app/gg” is an invalid MIME type (“app” is an unregistered media type)
Error in file “/usr/share/applications/kde4/kfontview.desktop”: “fonts/package” is an invalid MIME type (“fonts” is an unregistered media type)
Error in file “/usr/share/applications/ggl-gtk.desktop”: “app/gg” is an invalid MIME type (“app” is an unregistered media type)

After a hard restart and quick test, I found that I was still unable to interact with any SSL dependent web sites. (I’m using an ie8 to do these posts at the moment.) That leaves my system back where I started with 3.8.10 and with a seeming inability to run any SSL comms.

Does anyone have any ideas short of just reinstalling the system from the media?

Thanks

SSL is a separate package, not part of FF. Either ssl is not running or the ports are blocked by the firewall or somewhere in your Internet connection chain.

Thanks again gogalthorp!

I don’t know how it happened but both my “Use SSL 3.0” and “Use TSL 1.0” options were disabled in Firefox - Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Security.

Resetting them was all that was needed.

Thanks again!