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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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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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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 ...
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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? ...
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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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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 ...
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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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Problem with executing Firefox version 9.0.1

I cannot run firefox version 9.0.1. When i try to execute the binary firefox I get an error -bash: ./firefox: cannot execute binary file. The info returned by file is as follows: firefox: ELF 32-bit ...
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How to bypass flash version check in linux firefox and use Gnash

Is it possible, and how, for Gnash to present itself as Adobe Flash to avoid "install Adobe Flash" messages while viewing flash-based websites?
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How do I deploy Firefox Bookmarks for all Users in Network?

I have a bash-script for installing Firefox which is downloaded and executed from every client workstation in the network. The script is on the server and all workstations are running Ubuntu. Now I ...
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Esker ActiveX Plug-in for Firefox under Linux?

I have installed the windows version of Firefox with winetricks under Fedora, hurrah! I heard that there is an Esker ActiveX Plug-in for Firefox, but I can't find it. I need it for visiting a website ...
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Firefox mimetypes.rdf

Is it possible to create a default mimeTypes.rdf file for all the existing and new users ? So that whenever a user opens the firefox for the very first time, he will get the specified rdf file in ...
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How to set username/password in Firefox when using proxy with auth?

Where could I set the username/password if the HTTP/HTTPS proxy requires it? Is Firefox securely storing the username/password?
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Linux/Firefox- snapping open tab from another machine

Is there a way to snap the currently open tab(s) on Firefox (or any other browser) on Linux? I have full user access to that machine... Thanks
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What is the Firefox repository with all dependencies solved?

I'm using Fedora Core 3, and Firefox needs to be upgraded from version 2.0 to some advanced version, such as 3.0 or 3.6. I used the remi repository for yum command, but that repository doesn't contain ...
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Flash running in Chromium and FF at once, why no sound in the second browser?

I work as a student assistant Linux admin and I just packaged up Adobe's "Square" plugin to get 64bit FF running flash pretty well (first time I've seen it work this well), but there's one little ...
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Download Manager for Linux

I need some good download manager for Linux (like IDM on windows). I want it to be able to install a browser plugin too, which allows you to download movies from youtube or other sites easily. It ...