Questions tagged [firefox]
A free and open source web browser created by Mozilla.
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Pulseaudio sound delay in firefox
Every now and again, I will get a 1-2second sound delay from audio played in Firefox (eg. Youtube or Twitch); when I reload the corresponding tab (re-registering the stream), the delay is gone. This ...
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Firefox has no installation candidate
Using ubuntu 22.04 cant use Firefox. Package missing, has been obsolete or is only available from another source.
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Automatically reload Firefox tab when it crashes
Sometimes FF crashes a tab with "Gah. Your tab just crashed.". Is there any way to reload this tab automatically when that happens?
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Firefox: Youtube Freezes because of failure to query drm device
The problem:
Youtube keeps freezing on firefox, although it's working fine otherwise. Running youtube shorts will always freeze youtube where as running normal videos freeze it some time and don't ...
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Unable to open Firefox private window from Desktop panel/favourites in Ubuntu 22 / Gnome
Running Firefox (latest, I assume) on Ubuntu 22.04 with Gnome desktop (GNOME Shell 42.9).
Initially, the Firefox launcher on the favourites on the left of the desktop was working perfectly well. Now, ...
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How do I change the pixel perfect scrolling sensitivity in Firefox?
I am switching from Windows 11 to Arch with i3 on my Laptop. On Windows 11 Firefox had "pixel-perfect" scrolling (scrolling without steppyness) using the mousepad by default, which I find ...
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Does firefox using port 80 / How to stop it
Everytimes I open my pc and try
$ lsof -i :80
I get
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME firefox
3082 totoXXX 41u IPv4 100396 0t0 TCP
totoXXX-PC-E15-Gen-2:39000->...
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Firefox and Chromium snap on Ubuntu ARM64
I am receiving the following errors when trying to run Firefox or Chromium browser on ARM64 Ubuntu instance:
ubuntu@ip-172-30-1-161:~/firefox$ firefox
/user.slice/user-1000.slice/session-1.scope is ...
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Firefox won't open links from desktop or from e-mail
Please help with this problem. From a Google search, it has appeared over a decade ago and as recently as this year, without an apparent solution.
System: Firefox 102.13.0esr (the current version on ...
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Firefox does not recognize the sustom SSL via my own CA whereas other browsers do?
I made a script that generates a CA file and a SSL signed by the CA:
#/usr/bin/env bash
# Absolute path to this script, e.g. /home/user/bin/foo.sh
SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE}")
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fix "Firefox ... not responding" error
When I run
firefox --new-window <url> &
Firefox starts. When I run it again, I get an error dialog reading:
Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To use Firefox, you must ...
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Can't make local configuration before starting Firefox
For Debian Linux, I have a post-installation script in which I would like to make a few local settings for a newly created user account in the file ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-directory>/user.js....
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Torsocks prevent starting firefox and using sudo
I recently activated torsocks with source torsocks on and then restarted my Fedora 37 machine. After that I wasn't able to execute any commands as sudo anymore with the message /usr/bin/sudo: ...
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Firefox gets stuck at XWayland
I am running GNOME 44 on Wayland (Arch Linux), and I would like Firefox to run in Wayland mode as well.
Unfortunately, it is getting stuck in XWayland. I followed the steps mentioned in Archwiki [1], ...
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Can't find any of the following Firefox configuration files on Fedora 36
Can't find any of the following:
policies.json
mozilla.cfg
local-settings.js
In neither of the locations:
/etc/firefox/
~/.mozilla/firefox/
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Where can i find them or what actions should I ...
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Virtual Machine Manager and pi4B 8 GB and redhat installed
I have Virtual Machine Manager installed on the Raspberry pi 4B 8 Gb with Bullseye.
I also installed RedHat but I don't have Gnome.
I am wondering if it is possible to run a GUI on Virtual Machine ...
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Where are firefox cookies in Linux? [duplicate]
I want to find out where are firefox cookies getting stored in Linux. there is a similar old question here which says that the cookies are stored at ~.mozilla/firefox/<profile name>/cookies....
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Firefox: User Authentication
I am running Firefox on Ubuntu 22.04. I have a custom certificate used for client authentication for a private website.
Now when I open this site very first time after importing the .p12 certificate, ...
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Store Firefox Primary Password in Secret Service
Is it possible to store the Firefox Primary Password (formerly known as the Master password) using the freedesktop secret service dbus API, in order to bypass the password prompt when Firefox starts ...
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Identifying suspicious bash process (high cpu and ram usage)
A couple of days ago I noticed a bash process in htop on my Arch system with relatively high, fluctuating cpu and ram usage. Started closing windows one by one to try pinpointing it, when I closed ...
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Firefox "Access to the file was denied" for file on NFS volume
Using Firefox to open an html file (in fact any file) on a mounted NFS volume gives an "Access to the file was denied" error. Also apparently related problem when trying to upload files to a ...
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Make firefox open url in currently selected virtual desktop
Recently, i tried to organize my computer using KDE's virtual desktops, so windows that i open on my gaming desktop do not disturb me when i'm on my working desktop.
But there is a problem with ...
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Migrate Firefox profile to a new one
I reinstalled Firefox, because my profile was crashing. I backed up my ~/.mozilla folder to some other place, uninstalled firefox and installed it again.
New firefox wasn't crashing. So I copied one ...
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Is it possible to use a USB stick as additional RAM, excluding the use of swap partitions?
This question is two-fold:
I have a crappy little netbook with just 4GB of RAM, I've been running Linux on there for a couple of years, with just 4GB of ram. It's functioned well under the ...
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Browsers use monospace font for the ui (tabs, settings etc.)
After updating my system (Arch linux x64) and installing some font packages, (I'm unsure what exactly caused this issue) all of my browsers (chromium, firefox, librewolf) started using the default ...
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How to use torsocks with GUI apps?
torsocks is a command that forces programs to use Tor. I tested its effectiveness by curling a site that returns my external IP.
$ torsocks curl ip.me
109.70.100.1
Then I searched the IP on the ...
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Run firefox 109 on Centos 6.10 32bit
Goal: Get a recent version of firefox running on Centos 6.10 32bit
Problem: When trying to download and run any version of firefox newer than 49.0.2 from [https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/]...
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Firefox won't open links with flatpak or snap application
Firefox that was installed by default doesn't open links with snap or flatpak applications installed on my system. As an example, I am trying to log in to Todoist application installed locally on my ...
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Can't open Microsoft Teams' files tab
When I try to open the file tab in any team in Microsoft Teams, it won't load. For the application and Chromium browser, it says: There was a problem reaching this app and for Firefox it says: ...
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Debian 11 - GNOME: Printing a document from Firefox either takes a very long time to start, or don't print until a reboot. From another place, it's ok
I'm encountering a strange problem for months: printing, let's say, a pdf or a web page, from Firefox 102.10.0esr (64 bits) (GNOME, Debian 11) doesn't make the printer starting immediately.
With the ...
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Firefox window in GNOME extends beyond visible frame
I am using GNOME 43 and have been having this issue where the Firefox window occupies more space than it is supposed to. It is like it has an invisible halo around the window that is very annoying ...
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Firefox, Chromium on Debian: WebRTC H.264 is not supported
While trying to stream online with my friends, I had an issue where everyone else's computer can watch the stream but mine, and even my android device can watch it.
I found this test page from GitHub ...
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Can't login to Unity Hub Flatpak
I am trying to login to Unity Hub but it is not working.
When I open Unity hub I get the welcome page that prompts me to log in. When I click on the login button a web page is opened to log in (...
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firefox "padding" its window on debian 11 - grabbing clicks meant for other overlapping windows
Since some "apt-get distupgrade" ~ 1/2 a year ago, firefox "grabs" mouse clicks and keys pressed more than a dozen pixels outside its window border. That's nastily disturbing my ...
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Firefox is already running, but is not responding. VSCODE PHP Server
I'm using VSCode php server extension to load a .php web page into the local browser. It works fine with other browsers but with firefox developer edition I always receive this error whenever I reload ...
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Fedora Linux VM has garbled audio when using Chromium but works fine with Firefox running
I am completely lost with this one, I just don't know where the issue could be.
I have a Fedora 37 VM I run on my laptop via VMware Workstation 17 Pro (on Windows 11). While the machine boots up no ...
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Can't play 1080p on Prime Video (Firefox)
I can play without any issue 1080p videos on Netflix via an extension. Is there something similar for Firefox? I've tried searching the web but can't seem to find anything.
I have the latest version ...
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Don't set wm_class of "Navigator" when starting Firefox
I'm starting Firefox as follows:
/usr/bin/firefox --no-remote -P Fastmail --class "FastmailFF"
The ultimate goal is to figure out a command to put in a .desktop file which will have it's ...
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Firefox freezes, can't be killed, and Debian 11 XFCE can't be shut down
Problem: (has been happening every day, at least once, but commonly many times)
I have a Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) system where Firefox 102.9.0esr (64-bit) has been randomly freezing and needing ...
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Firefox cannot detect GPU (libEGL segfault)
EDIT: The cause (or one cause) appears to be a segfault in libEGL-nvidia, which I guess causes glxtest to fail, which causes firefox to assume the drivers are faulty (which they could partially be). I ...
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Firefox Does not read keyboard on google drive sites
Sites like google docs, sheets, slides, drive do not read the keyboard input but the keyboard works on other sites. All google apps work in Chromium.
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Switched from cinnamon to dwm, missing the way cinnamon unified the appearance of apps
I'm running linux mint's cinnamon desktop. In system settings I have Font Selection->Text Scaling Factor set to 1.2 and under Accessibility->Visual Aids->Large text toggled on. The reason is ...
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How can I remove "Monitor of Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo" from pulseaudio forever?
I have periodic problems when web browser for some reason selects this "Monitor of Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo" input source as input. E.g. today it ...
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How to test an outdated version of the Firefox web browser on an up to date system?
I tried to run Firefox 4 on Debian 11 to test a web site for ES5 compatibility.
I managed to run NCSA Mosaic on Debian 11 using Flatpak, but this was too old: it crashes directly, when loading my site....
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Can the list of dirs in the firefox "save as" dialog be changed?
I have a dir where I store memes.
I would like to have it listed on the left hand side of the "save" and "open" file dialogs, as shortcuts.
The same place where "home" ...
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Firefox Webpages loading extremely slowly on Mac OS Ventura
I am running the latest Firefox on Mac OS Ventura and too often webpage loading slows to an agonising crawl. I can’t figure out what’s causing it. The system is not overloaded and the Firefox task ...
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Open browser during vnc remote connection
I opened a TigerVNC gnome session. Everything worked fine, I'm able to open folders and also create files. I have just a problem with firefox. I would like to open firefox in the vnc session, but it ...
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Ranger Has incorrect colorsheme when opened with firefox
I couldn't really find a better place to ask this question and figured that if anyone would know it would be you guys.
So when I open ranger it inherits my colorscheme and styling from alacritty, ...
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How to use vim in textarea in 2023? ItsAllText like
I remember how it was simple to edit textarea back in the dayZ with itsalltex browser addon, now I searched quite an hour which addon can replace this well known utility.
I found ghostext (recommended ...
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How to convert a Firefox epoch to a human-readable date
Firefox tables often contain the column dateAdded for dates in which events occurred in terms of Unix epoch in milliseconds. One such example I had recently was 1673106294677000. I removed the three ...
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