I used yum as you said and now it works. I attached the full output.

thanks a lot

Troy Dawson a écrit :
> So you didn't use yum to update from 5.1 to 5.2?
> We haven't actually tested using the installer to do a minor upgrade.  
> But in the end, everything *should* work out.  But it looks like 
> something didn't.
>
> Can you send me full the output of
>
>   yum clean all
>   yum list firefox
>   yum update firefox
>
> If it seems too long, just end it to me directly.
>
> Troy
>
> Jérôme Roccaz wrote:
>> I've burned SL5.2 on a dvd and then updated SL5.1, as I always do. I 
>> precise this is the x86_64 release.
>>
>> to answer your other questions :
>>
>> rpm -q firefox
>> -> firefox-3.0.2-3.el5.x86_64
>>
>> rpm -V firefox
>> -> dependencies not satisfied for firefox-3.0.2-3.el5.x86_64 : 
>> xulrunner  >= 1.9.0.2-5
>> S.5....T    /usr/lib64/firefox-3.0.2/defaults/profile/bookmarks.html
>>
>> does it mean there is trouble with bookmark file?
>>
>> Troy Dawson a écrit :
>>> How did you update?
>>> If you updated, you should be at firefox 3.0.4.  Even if you 
>>> *didn't* update you should be at firefox 3.0.4.
>>> Send the following
>>>
>>>   rpm -q firefox
>>>   rpm -V firefox
>>>
>>> Troy
>>>
>>> Jérôme Roccaz wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> well i've just updated SL 5 and firefox doesn't work anymore, 
>>>> launching it by the icon in the taskbar or within a terminal.
>>>> With that last way, I have the message :
>>>>
>>>> Could not find compatible GRE between version 1.9.0.2 and 1.9.0.2
>>>>
>>>> before updating I had forefox 3.0.2, and it it is still it in the 
>>>> shell script in /usr/bin
>>>
>>
>>
>
>




[root@localhost ~]# yum clean all
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
Loading "downloadonly" plugin
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "priorities" plugin
Loading "changelog" plugin
Loading "tsflags" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Cleaning up Everything
Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors

[root@localhost ~]# yum list firefox
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
Loading "downloadonly" plugin
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "priorities" plugin
Loading "changelog" plugin
Loading "tsflags" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Determining fastest mirrors
 * sl-security: ftp.scientificlinux.org
 * sl-base: ftp.scientificlinux.org
 * adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com
sl-security               100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 188 kB    00:02
sl-securit: ################################################## 554/554
sl-base                   100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 873 kB    00:03
sl-base   : ################################################## 3346/3346
adobe-linux-i386          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================|  10 kB    00:00
adobe-linu: ################################################## 17/17
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Installed Packages
firefox.x86_64                           3.0.2-3.el5            installed
Available Packages
firefox.x86_64                           3.0.4-1.el5            sl-security
firefox.i386                             3.0.4-1.el5            sl-security

[root@localhost ~]# yum update firefox
Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
Loading "kernel-module" plugin
Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
Loading "downloadonly" plugin
Loading "skip-broken" plugin
Loading "protectbase" plugin
Loading "priorities" plugin
Loading "changelog" plugin
Loading "tsflags" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * sl-security: ftp.scientificlinux.org
 * sl-base: ftp.scientificlinux.org
 * adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package firefox.x86_64 0:3.0.4-1.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: xulrunner >= 1.9.0.4-1 for package: firefox
--> Running transaction check
---> Package xulrunner.x86_64 0:1.9.0.4-1.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: gecko-libs = 1.9 for package: yelp
--> Running transaction check
---> Package yelp.x86_64 0:2.16.0-22.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Beginning Kernel Module Plugin
Finished Kernel Module Plugin

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
 firefox                 x86_64     3.0.4-1.el5      sl-security        12 M
 xulrunner               x86_64     1.9.0.4-1.el5    sl-security        11 M
Updating for dependencies:
 yelp                    x86_64     2.16.0-22.el5    sl-security       583 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)
Update       3 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 23 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): yelp-2.16.0-22.el5 100% |=========================| 583 kB    00:02
(2/3): xulrunner-1.9.0.4- 100% |=========================|  11 MB    00:19
(3/3): firefox-3.0.4-1.el 100% |=========================|  12 MB    00:24
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Updating  : xulrunner                    ######################### [1/6]
  Updating  : firefox                      ######################### [2/6]
  Updating  : yelp                         ######################### [3/6]
  Cleanup   : firefox                      ######################### [4/6]
  Cleanup   : xulrunner                    ######################### [5/6]
  Cleanup   : yelp                         ######################### [6/6]

Updated: firefox.x86_64 0:3.0.4-1.el5 xulrunner.x86_64 0:1.9.0.4-1.el5
Dependency Updated: yelp.x86_64 0:2.16.0-22.el5
Complete!