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Firefox on ubuntu does not render any pages at all

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junk14
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My Firefox (version 56) on Ubuntu 18.04 suddenly stopped working. The program starts, I can access menus etc and type an address, but nothing renders at all. I have no issues with other browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Konqueror) or other internet applications. The firefox issue is also present for other user accounts. The issue is both with internet sites and sites on my local network, such as my router.

I have tried:

  • Booting in an older Linux kernel
  • using IP numbers (that work in other browsers) instead of DNS names
  • Firefox safe mode / refresh
  • Deleting profile completely
  • Completely purge Firefox (and mozilla profile directories) and reinstall (versions 56, 67, 86) both from canonical and from mozilla.org
  • Updating Nvidia graphics driver from v415 to v460
  • I was able to access the config and preferences pages by specifying it from the command line (firefox about:config or firefox about:preferences) so I could try:
  • Checking proxy settings (no proxy)
  • disabling IPv6

To no avail. All versions of Firefox remains just white. I'm out of ideas - any suggestions? :-)

The only thing that did work was this "portable" firefox: https://www.orbital-apps.com/blog/2017/firefox-quantum-now-available-as-a-portable-app-for-linux


Cheers, Esben

My Firefox (version 56) on Ubuntu 18.04 suddenly stopped working. The program starts, I can access menus etc and type an address, but nothing renders at all. I have no issues with other browsers (Chrome, Chromium, Konqueror) or other internet applications. The firefox issue is also present for other user accounts. The issue is both with internet sites and sites on my local network, such as my router. I have tried: * Booting in an older Linux kernel * using IP numbers (that work in other browsers) instead of DNS names * Firefox safe mode / refresh * Deleting profile completely * Completely purge Firefox (and mozilla profile directories) and reinstall (versions 56, 67, 86) both from canonical and from mozilla.org * Updating Nvidia graphics driver from v415 to v460 * I was able to access the config and preferences pages by specifying it from the command line (firefox about:config or firefox about:preferences) so I could try: * Checking proxy settings (no proxy) * disabling IPv6 To no avail. All versions of Firefox remains just white. I'm out of ideas - any suggestions? :-) The only thing that did work was this "portable" firefox: https://www.orbital-apps.com/blog/2017/firefox-quantum-now-available-as-a-portable-app-for-linux Cheers, Esben

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cor-el
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You did try a new profile with the other versions ?

You can create a new profile as a quick test to see if your current profile is causing the problem.

See "Creating a profile":

If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems.

Modified by cor-el