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firefox dropdowns, menus and popup menus do not appear after resume from suspend on Ubuntu 22 or 24

Firefox dropdowns, menus and popup menus do not appear after resume from suspend on Ubuntu 22 or 24 This has been happening for only the last few weeks. Even dropdowns o… (read more)

Firefox dropdowns, menus and popup menus do not appear after resume from suspend on Ubuntu 22 or 24 This has been happening for only the last few weeks. Even dropdowns on web pages do not appear. I can click the dropdown and cursor down then hit ENTER to change a dropdown's value but I cannot see anything while I'm doing it. On the menus, I can use hotkeys if I remember them but the menus themselves do not appear. Right-clicking to get a context menu also does nothing but it behaves like it did. If I right click something, nothing changes on screen but if I then click another link or button, the first click is swallowed to dismiss the non-existent popup.

Other apps on the system work fine including Chromium browser.

This only occurs if I start Firefox then suspend the machine and then resume from suspend. After resume, the menus, dropdowns and popups no longer appear.

I am running Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS on a Dell Optiplex 3050, Core i3-7100x4 , 16 GB ram, Intel HD graphics 630 (KBL GT2), Gnome 46, Wayland windowing system.

I tried Firefox safe mode, clearing the caches, etc. Nothing worked.

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Bugzilla status

I submitted a bug last to Bugzilla last Sep. that seems not yet to be assigned to anyone, and a bug two days ago that wasn't acknowledged. Is the Bugzilla site working? … (read more)

I submitted a bug last to Bugzilla last Sep. that seems not yet to be assigned to anyone, and a bug two days ago that wasn't acknowledged. Is the Bugzilla site working? Should I be doing something else to report the bug?

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Строка над вкладками

как убрать строку с названием вкладки сверху над вкладками, я настройки прошерстил не нашел ничего похожего на эту функцию . Сама проблема на скриншоте.

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adding earthlink email account

Is Thunderbird not compatible with Earthlink email? I can't seem to get my account added. All of the information is directly from my earthlink account set up information … (read more)

Is Thunderbird not compatible with Earthlink email? I can't seem to get my account added. All of the information is directly from my earthlink account set up information but I just get messages saying the configuration is wrong or password etc. I have checked and rechecked, reset the password multiple times so it is definitely the right password yet it fails to connect. if it simply can't be added I get it and will move on but I have no issue setting it up to other accounts so I just want to be sure I am doing it right and that it is in fact compatible. thanks for any help.

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"http://www.ups.com/lasso/login?

Firefox for Linux Mint mint-001-01 150.0.3 64 bit Issues with login on ups.com When I press on the Login radio button I get this: Access Denied You don't have permission … (read more)

Firefox for Linux Mint mint-001-01 150.0.3 64 bit Issues with login on ups.com When I press on the Login radio button I get this:

Access Denied You don't have permission to access "http://www.ups.com/lasso/login?" on this server. Reference #18.e86ac917.1779017770.661111b8 https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.e86ac917.1779017770.661111b8

Works in all other browsers on same system, Chromium, Brave, Opera, etc Works on Windows 150.0.3 64 bit Cleared cache,cookies, disabled all extensions, disabled advanced tracking protection, every suggestion I could scrape the internet for. Ran Firefox logger and it found a 403 error. Any suggestions? about to nuke and reinstall

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well installed thunderbird doesn't start

well installed Thunderbird on UBUNTU 24.04 LTS doesn't start beyond choice of new profile and selection of old data file from a former UBUNTU installation (UBUNTU 25.10 )… (read more)

well installed Thunderbird on UBUNTU 24.04 LTS doesn't start beyond choice of new profile and selection of old data file from a former UBUNTU installation (UBUNTU 25.10 ) I retrofitted to current UBUNTU 24.04 LTS , thus more stable

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Sending email gives the below error message. I can work around by using the FWD message selection.

Send Message Error "Sending of mmessage failed. An error occured while sending mail: Outgoing server SMTP error. The server responded [192.1680.166] Helo command rejected… (read more)

Send Message Error "Sending of mmessage failed. An error occured while sending mail: Outgoing server SMTP error. The server responded [192.1680.166] Helo command rejected: IP address 204.237.106.179 Blocked due to Abusive Authentication Behavior."

Problem recently developed. So far on 2 different addresses but could be more. Additional info, hotmail and gmail accounts sending work OK; xplornet.com account is the problem interface but the C/Svc folks say it's a Thunderbird mail issue.

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Why does Firefox's per-site process isolation (Fission) increase RAM usage exponentially on low-memory devices with 20+ tabs?

Background:** I'm a senior software engineer running Firefox Developer Edition on a Linux machine with 8GB RAM. I have Fission architecture (site isolation) enabled, … (read more)

    • Background:**

I'm a senior software engineer running Firefox Developer Edition on a Linux machine with 8GB RAM. I have Fission architecture (site isolation) enabled, which I understand is now the default since Firefox 95+.

    • The problem:**

When I open 20 or more tabs across different domains, Firefox's memory consumption scales dramatically — often reaching 4–6GB of RAM for what should be lightweight browsing sessions. This is significantly higher than what I observed before Fission was enabled.

    • What I've already tried:**

- Disabled hardware acceleration → no significant improvement - Set browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory to true → partial relief

 but tabs reload constantly, disrupting workflow

- Reduced content.notify.interval → marginal improvement - Tested with all extensions disabled (safe mode) → RAM usage

 still high, confirming it's not extension-related

- Checked about:memory → large number of separate

 "Web Content" processes, one per origin as expected with Fission
    • What I'm trying to understand:**

1. Is there a way to set a maximum process count cap for Fission

  without fully disabling site isolation? I found 
  dom.ipc.processCount but changing it doesn't seem to affect 
  Fission's per-origin process spawning behavior.

2. Is browser.tabs.min-warm-process-count a relevant setting here

  and what is the safe range to modify it?

3. Does Firefox have a built-in memory pressure threshold where

  it automatically consolidates processes — similar to Chrome's 
  memory saver — and if so, which about:config keys control it?
    • Environment:**

- Firefox Developer Edition 151.0b10 - OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - RAM: 8GB - Fission enabled: confirmed via about:support - Extensions: disabled for testing

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I can't send emails via Thunderbird in Ubuntu 24.04

I tried everything and I mean everything and I am still getting this error shown in the image attached. Can someone help? I removed saved passwords Un installed and re… (read more)

I tried everything and I mean everything and I am still getting this error shown in the image attached. Can someone help?

  • I removed saved passwords
  • Un installed and re-installed thunderbird
  • created new profile

P.s. This is an office 365 account

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There used to be a way to block sending an e-mail to a particular recipient, how can I do this now?

There used to be a way to block sending an e-mail to a particular recipient, how can I do this now? When using reply to, there is a defaut address that is used that cause… (read more)

There used to be a way to block sending an e-mail to a particular recipient, how can I do this now? When using reply to, there is a defaut address that is used that causes an error. I need thunderbird to block this recipient ( only from sending as they are the default sender ). Thunderbird used to have this option for "sending rules" but it appears to have been removed.

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Folders out of order

- Linux ver 140.7.1esr (64 bit) my folders are now out of alphabetic order among other things Trash us now under 'T' instead of grouped near the sent folder and my Comp… (read more)

- Linux ver 140.7.1esr (64 bit) my folders are now out of alphabetic order among other things Trash us now under 'T' instead of grouped near the sent folder and my Computer folder has a mind of it's own. It's not under C even after I changed the name. It is just stuck. Wha? tnx

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Why does Firefox home content always links ot pay walls?

Pretty simple. Every time I click any "news" link on my home page in Firefox it always runs into a pay wall. This is crap as these losers get a hit count to their site, g… (read more)

Pretty simple. Every time I click any "news" link on my home page in Firefox it always runs into a pay wall. This is crap as these losers get a hit count to their site, get to load ads (for some people), and so on but I don't get to read the article. And who know s what kinda crap they are dumping into my cache. This needs to be fixed or the "feature" removed. This is basic privacy shit not included in a browser that tries to brag about privacy features.....

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Is there a way to assign tabs in the tool bar to specific inbox folders similar to how Gmail USED to do it?

For the last 2 months I have been working to configure Thunderbird to fully replace my Gmail UI usage after their recent change to workspace options and using data to tra… (read more)

For the last 2 months I have been working to configure Thunderbird to fully replace my Gmail UI usage after their recent change to workspace options and using data to train gemini. When you deactivate those gmail features the first thing you lose are tabs for your Inbox, your Updates and your Promotions.

So far I have used tags, ThunderAI, Ollama and a locally hosted LLM to replicate the sorting of my inbox, but now I would like to be able to configure the Thunderbird UI to allow separate tabs in the menu bar for different folders, in this case Inbox, Updates and Promotions. With Inbox still being the gmail hosted main inbox and Updates and Promotions now being local folders stored in my local thunderbird installation.

Can the Thunderbird UI be configured to display folders as tabs as a default setting? I tried the "folder selection" button under customize on the toolbar but that just gives me a drop down, which is not what I want.

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How to safely copy more emails from backup to the new profile created with a Ubuntu reinstall

Had a double disaster, both OS partially upgraded at same time due to space issues and had to wipe and install. Ended up with a TB install in Ubuntu where 2025 emails are… (read more)

Had a double disaster, both OS partially upgraded at same time due to space issues and had to wipe and install.

Ended up with a TB install in Ubuntu where 2025 emails are missing. (see image #1) Found out that my backup should have most of them. (see image #2)

How do I safely identify the 2025 mail content in my backup folder, and how do I safely copy them over to the existing set up?

I see that the 933 profile exists in both so most likely it should be one of the lower number profiles in backup I need.

Attached are images of folder content.

Many thanks in advance!

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