A free and open source web browser created by Mozilla.
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Launch a GUI browser on server without a GUI? [duplicate]
What's a simple way to launch a browser on an server that doesn't have a GUI, but needs a GUI-like browser? Something like Firefox or Chrome. I need to trigger a page load but it needs full javascript ...
3
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1answer
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Firefox error message when adding client certificate signed by CA
I'm getting this message when I'm trying to add a certificate to Firefox's "your certificate tab". I generated and signed it before by a server which also is a CA.
Failed to decode the file. ...
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1answer
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Are Icecat and Iceweasel different projects?
I was interested in finding Firefox 'clones' in Linux when I heard about Icecat and Iceweasel.
But while Icecat can be installed with
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnuzilla-team/ppa && ...
0
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3answers
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Portable firefox - enable flash plugin
I've installed latest firefox linux-x86_64 from ftp.mozilla.com on a usb device and created a new profile file with the -P command. Unfortunately, the application does not recognize the flash plugin ...
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Adblock rule to block g+ / twitter / etc. [closed]
Looks like this rule works to blocking facebook domain, when not visiting the facebook domain (ex.: "like/share" etc. buttons on other pages then facebook):
! don't allow facebook outside facebook..
...
2
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1answer
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Firefox unable to access domains defined in /etc/hosts if Network Manager is disconnected from a network
For developing web sites, I define test domains in /etc/hosts :
127.0.0.1 example.org
I can then access example.org in the browsers.
However I when the Network Manager is not connected to any ...
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1answer
70 views
Priviledge separation for Firefox (aka: how to secure webbrowsing)
I do this on Scientific Linux 6.3 (to implement it, it requires a minimal Linux knowledge):
Shared directory for downloads
Remember you can only copy from or to this directory, never "move" files ...
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1answer
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How do Firefox and Chrome render JPEG images on Linux?
I'm having trouble with Firefox and Chrome for some time now and it's very irritating.
Neither of these browsers will render JPEG images. Konqueror and Opera are fine though.
What libraries I can ...
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How do I fix 'No such file' errors, when the file is there? [duplicate]
I am trying to install Firefox Aurora from the Mozilla website, using the instructions here. When I reach step 5, I get an error message stating that there is no such file.
However, according the ...
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81 views
Installing flash debugger on debian
I am running Debian and need to debug some action script code, so I want to install the flash debugger plugin (both for Chrome and Firefox). I am trying to follow the instructions kindly given here, ...
0
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2answers
573 views
How to easily install Google Chrome and Firefox on RHEL 5.4 (RedHat)?
I heard that it should be not that hard to install Google Chrome and the latest Firefox on RHEL 5.4. (the OS our company support is only up to RHEL 5.4). It probably requires some make install and ...
0
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1answer
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Is the maximinm value of network.http.pipelining.maxrequests still 8?
I've detected some slowness in Firefox 17 under Fedora 18, so I decided to modify some configuration options.
So, the question is: Does someone know if the maximum value of ...
2
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2answers
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Why can't I resize or maximize Firefox 17 under Sawfish?
I just upgraded from Firefox 16 to Firefox 17.0.1, and my Firefox windows lost their maximize button. The maximize-window command does nothing either. Switching to full screen mode in Firefox makes ...
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2answers
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Broken package system in Linux Mint - Firefox looks like the culprit
Synaptic and the likes are giving me this error:
You have 1 broken package on your system.
I have tried to use the fix broken packages option but Synaptic simply crashes. It seems that Firefox ...
1
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1answer
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How to get the latest Flash in non-Chrome browsers?
Adobe have recently stopped updating their Flash distribution for Linux. So, version numbers are being frozen at 11.2(.212), and only security updates are being back-ported.
I noticed here that ...
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3answers
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Trying to close firefox but can't find the lock file
I get a message roughly like this:
Firefox is already running, close it or restart
I am on a network so don't have permissions to do anything with sudo and so cannot restart it so I went looking ...
0
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1answer
57 views
Fix this apparmor rule?
I don't really know how to add this rule to the profile, since the name was "wired", it's not some absolute path on my system,
kernel: type=1400 audit(1353749970.556:556): apparmor="ALLOWED"
...
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0answers
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Upgrade Firefox in Linux Mint 10
For some reason a while ago I was no longer able to use the Firefox that came with my Linux Mint 10 virtual machine. I've installed the new version of Firefox (16) using both the package manager and ...
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1answer
332 views
Firefox circular-dependency hell on Linux Mint 13
Having difficulty re-installing Firefox, after an installation to resolve places.sqlite issues. It appears that I'm trapped in circular dependency hell.
Need to resolve firefox dependency hell to ...
2
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1answer
67 views
Prevent Iceweasel from allowing sites to override default shortcuts
For example, I use Ctrl-L to mark the URL field. On some sites, this is overridden to do something else. How do I make this never happen?
2
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0answers
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Linux bridge blocks UDP packet from tap interfaces
Introduction: I'm working on a 6lowPAN projects of Wireless Sensor Networks. Basically, I have a set of nodes (Contiki OS) which are running on a linux host. Each nodes have its own tap interface ...
3
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1answer
443 views
Debian Kde Iceweasel/Firefox: setting custom protocols handlers
I recently switched from Ubuntu 10.04 gnome to Debian wheezy Kde.
Everythings work fine, except to the Iceweasel/firefox custom protocols!
I added komodo.protocol in my ~/.kde/share/services with:
...
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2answers
803 views
How to set downloaded Firefox to default web browser in Debian?
How do I set a manually downloaded Firefox as my default web browser so that clicking a link in another application will open the link in this Firefox?
I tried these commands, but they didn't seem to ...
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1answer
522 views
How to view Flash and other videos on Linux systems?
I'm running Fedora 17 and Firefox 12. When I navigate to some sites I'm unable to view videos because I'm missing some plugin. When I click 'installl missing plugin' I'm still not able to view the ...
2
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1answer
708 views
How to run Firefox in a chroot jail?
I've got this chroot jail all setup. I try to run Firefox in it, and get the message:
"Gtk-WARNING ** cannot open display: "
I know I have to invoke Firefox with --display= something. I probably ...
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3answers
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Is there any advantage of using Iceweasel and Firefox?
I used Mozilla Firefox in Windows, and now I'm using Iceweasel in Debian 6. Is there any difference to the two programs? What are the advantages and disadvantages to each program? Which one seems ...
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2answers
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How to install JRE on firefox with fedora (64bits)
What do I need to run Java web applications on firefox with my 64bits fedora 17?
I can't pass this test but I have installed the x64 rpm from there. What is missing?
Additional note: I tried to ...
2
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2answers
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Print like Firefox
Made a CLI script to print Wikipedia articles:
WIKI='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title='
TITLE=$1
PRINTABLE='&printable=yes'
SRC=$WIKI$TITLE$PRINTABLE
HTML=$1".html"
PS=$1".ps"
wget ...
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How to set Firefox window size and location on screen via command line?
I want Firefox window to be opened in a specific size, and location on screen using a shell command, for example:
firefox myfile.html size 800x600 location bottom-left
Is there such a command?
...
0
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2answers
490 views
facebook unable to load/work properly in linux
I am facing problem with a facebook on linux these days, but when i switch back to windows (windows 7)it works absolutely fine.
I am using fedora 14, 64 bit machine with Mozilla Firefox 3.6.24. Even ...
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1answer
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How to download openSUSE 12.1 throught `wget -c`?
http://software.opensuse.org/121/en
Usually I right click and open the download link in a new tab. Copy the url on the command line with wget -c.
In this case I just can't right click on the ...
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Can we run firefox and Nightly simultaneously?
When I start nightly, new window of firefox is starts again, so I have to close firefox and start nightly, then if I open firefox Nightly's new window opens. What I am asking is can I run them both ...
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Command for forcing a pointer ungrab (captured mouse release)
Sometimes Firefox doesn't release the mouse after dragging, so I need to kill the application to force it to release its pointer grab.
Is there any command to force an application to ungrab the ...
2
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1answer
232 views
Shell from a Firefox tab
I have a requirement for a user in the office where they would like to open a terminal shell within a Firefox tab.
Is this at all possible?
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2answers
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Cannot access a website from Firefox
I'm trying to access www.belgacom.be using Firefox from my Archlinux system and I get the following error:
Firefox can't find the server at www.belgacom.be
When I use Chromium, it works perfectly.
...
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How to change a firefox option on a quick way (via shortcuts, command line,..)?
In Firefox we have two options at Firefox->Preferences->Preferences->Fonts and colors->Colors menu, Use system colors and Sites can use other colors.
I would like keep the first one ...
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1answer
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How to active tabs on windows by terminal? wmctrl doesn't have option available
I'd like improve a script of mine that uses firefox to perform tasks. I need activate a window and a tab with a specific name. For example, the window name could be Mozilla Firefox and the tab ...
2
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1answer
321 views
How to prevent the auto creation of the “Desktop” folder? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which application should I blame for compulsively creating a directory again and again?
When I upload files via Firefox, the Open File dialog appears and the Desktop ...
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Refresh/reload active browser tab from command line?
I'm trying to set up a custom toolchain where the browser (Firefox or, preferrably, Chrome) is often/frequently/constantly forced to refresh from the commandline.
(The idea is to instantly see the ...
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2answers
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How to install Aurora (Firefox) on Debian?
How to install the latest Firefox build (called Aurora) on Debian unstable? Are there any packages or repositories?
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1answer
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My Firefox shortens names of the files I download
My Firefox automatically shortens the names of the files I download. For example, 231546798_20110608.pdf becomes 2315.pdf.
I later realized that it may relate to the long name of the path into which ...
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5answers
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How to change Firefox icon shown on panel and menus?
I installed Firefox on Linux Mint Debian Edition with the Cinnamon desktop.
This Firefox package doesn't use the regular Firefox icon, with the fox curled around the world ; it has what I call the ...
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1answer
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How to change Firefox language?
I have a Scientific Linux on my notebook (installed with German language).
I installed Firefox with a simple "yum install firefox".
But I need Firefox with Hungarian language.
How can I configure ...
0
votes
1answer
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firefox launch failed: X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication
I logged into a Linux server (RHEL) from an linux desktop. There is not any error message at login, but I failed to launch firefox and see the following error emessage:
[myname@myserver ~]$ firefox ...
2
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1answer
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Xvfb or Firefox throwing errors & gratuitously logging
per the answer to this question, I'm running Xvfb to make a virtual display so firefox will run on my CentOS server. (I don't need to see firefox or do any actual key or screen input/output with ...
0
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1answer
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Firefox not rendering some pages well
I recently installed ArchLinux on my macbook Alu. I've installed the nvidia proprietary graphics, and Gnome3.
I have Firefox 10 installed with pacman.
However Firefox is not rendering some pages ...
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1answer
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Installing flash player for firefox
I would like to install flash player for Firefox on Linux.
I downloaded the .tar.gz, and there are some compiled shared libraries. I am not sure how to make them work, and I am looking for a hint.
...
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Where does Firefox 10 look for plugins?
I installed Firefox 10 into ~/firefox. I've downloaded Adobe Flash Player into ~/flashplayer. In the past, I could symlink libflashplayer.so into ~/firefox/plugins. But now, when I look, there is no ...
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How/why can Firefox packages work on all Linuxes?
How/why can a Firefox 64bit (or 32bit) package work on different Linux distributions since each Linux distribution has a different version for gcc, glibc, linux kernel, etc. ?
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1answer
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install firefox in ubuntu-server edition
I have ubuntu server edition installed and I want to install firefox inside it , I don't want full ubuntu-desktop package just a minimal setup which would let me run firefox inside ubuntu-server 10.04 ...
