the below post fixed it, just set the default 2 to 0

http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=403836&forumId=1

EDIT::::::

OK, have been working on the BETA now for almost a full workday, and there is much to like.

Gnome is still Gnome since i used it about 5 years, some apps come and some apps go as usual with any release but i must say the whole system runs smoother then i expected and was used to, even with Compiz for the nice effects, something under the hood must be going in the right direction…….but…Gnome is also still Gnome when it comes to evolution-mail, it stinks!!!

Maybe its me but it keeps crashing, i think it crashed 6 times on me today and just as many times i simply had to shut it down because it was starting to completely occupy my SWAP, not healthy behaviour.

Ok, i do have 3 accounts setup and about 10GB of mail store on an IMAP server, but that should not give it to much problems, i use my mail a lot during the day, i keep switching between my mail app and applications that have just opened my attachment or about to create my attachment so a buggy mail app is simply not workable for me.

Evolution simply ruins my complete Gnome experience which i do like for the rest so at about 4 in the afternoon i had it, once more, with evolution and will not use it again till the next 5 years.

Have just installed the trustworthy and admirable Thunderbird once again, i feel relief…

Nevertheless i do have the problem that my network shares do not show up in Nautilus (or is it file-picker?) when handling attachments in Thunderird, the package thunderbird-gnome-support should fix that i thought?

I have not used Gnome in a while or Karmic with another desktop so i don’t know who to blame yet,but i must say my desktop feels more responsive opening individual programs then ever before, is it Karmic, is it Gnome or is it the really smooth default Compiz that even works on my modest onboard graphics card?

First thing to do is to get the restricted multi media going.

Installing the “ubuntu-restricted-package” will get us a long way.

This package depends on some commonly used packages in the Ubuntu
multiverse repository.

Installing this package will pull in support for MP3 playback and decoding,
support for various other audio formats (GStreamer plugins), Microsoft fonts,
Java runtime environment, Flash plugin, LAME (to create compressed audio
files), and DVD playback.

Please note that this does not install libdvdcss2, and will not let you play
encrypted DVDs. For more information, see

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs

Please also note that packages from multiverse are restricted by copyright
or legal issues in some countries. See

http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing

for more information.

After restarting Firefox FLASH worked instantly, no problems checking out youtube.

MickeySoft fonts, no problem

MP3 and LAME i did not check, i hardly ever use that.

But, the java JRE did not work out of the box, i did hear something about dropped support or replacement, nevertheless you can still find it in the repos by installing “sun-java6-plugin” after the old and trusted buggy and slow java worked. I wonder how far the free java replacement is and if its somewhat usable by now.

Almost there with the codecs, just the medibuntu stuff left to go

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get -q update && sudo apt-get –yes -q –allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get -q update

And install w32codecs and libdvdcss2

The upstart graphics don’t seem to be completely ready yet if you want a smooth transition from grub to desktop but its a good start, still some console text flying around here and there.

Also i receive the message that the “computer will shut down in 60 seconds” when shutting down from the menu, this is either a bug or something that has to to with the delayed allocation of the ext4 file system bugs? i’m not sure.

Still plenty to to about fine tuning the personal preference and the bug fixing but the conclusion so far…not the best ubuntu beta i’ve ever seen, but it could become one of the better stable ones

The Beta version of Karmic Koala shows the same cd boot screen that we have been used for a while, so lets start with the option ¨Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer”

A new loading screen for the desktop CD appears and it looks quit minimal, not too bad,

although some text based messages about crypto flash quickly before before going to the silvery black loading bar.

The Gnome desktop looks about the same on the live cd apart from a new desktop image and a slightly new color brown.

Lets not waste too much time and start with the installation right away with the “Install Ubuntu 9.10″ icon on the desktop.

The welcome screen appears and we will use “English” for the installation process.

Next are the “time settings” and have already seen the new lay-out since Jaunty, looks good to me.

For the “Keyboard Layout” i will use the suggested  USA.

I usually keep my / and /home on a separate partition since i can’t be bothered making a backup in case of a reinstall, this means i choose the “Advanced Option”.

Yeah!!!! always makes me feel good to be an “advanced” user ;) .

I already had everything manually formatted as ext4 from my previous installation but it seems to be the default choice now. The /root will be used as ext4 and formatted and obviously /home as ext4 and not formatted.

The setup for the first user user on the system (the sudo account) looks familiar but there’s the GDM option to log in without a password and to require the password for the ecrypted home folder.

My previous installation did not have an encrypted /home folder, if i choose to encryption now on the existing partition containing my personal data should i have made a backup first? Well…lets not take too many changes and i still don’t feel to wait for a 30 minute backup to finish.

The next screen will show the options selected in the previous steps, so lets confirm this.

OOOHHHH!!! some flashy introduction appears during the installation, i must say Ubuntu is slowly shaping up to look like the, looking as slick as OSX, promise.

No GRUB confirmation? i think i noticed that the confirmation to install grub to the MBR already disappeared in the Jaunty version.

Restart the system or continue to use the live cd appears as usual, so lets give that a try.

The cd comes out as usual with the continue to restart after removing the cd

I did not time the time it took for the default installation since i have been writing this ans making the screen shots during installation but it should roughly be about the usual 20  minutes for the complete procedure.

As suspected after previous releases, even the BETA runs smoothly without any hick-ups and i must say it looks smooth