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duplicate of /questions/1376925 thread.

I am trying to address a STIG V-251569 I already downloaded the firefox template policy v3.9 and moved adml and admx files to the proper place here: C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions and here: en-US then after running gpupdate /force from command prompt i navigate here from gpupdate.msc: Local Computer Policies => Administrative Templates => Mozilla => Firefox => Preferences (Deprecated)

Question: Why is "browser.contentblocking.category" missing in the policy for Firefox enterprise?

(Again, didn't know what topic to choose). I just submitted a complaint about Firefox losing all my browser tabs upon restart -- and then after closing that window and re-opening the browser, everything was back to normal! Tabs, toolbars, everything. Whew !

Is there a miniature, stripped version of Firefox that runs when some utilities update?

Duplicate. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1381201

Hello. I'm using a brand-new installation of Firefox 78.0.1 on a freshly installed copy of Windows 10 Pro. The only way I can get Firefox to display any notifications is by having alerts.useSystemBackend set to true. While this is set to false, notifications will not work. If I use this site to test them, it just says, 'queued for display', followed immediately by 'closed'. I've also tried creating a new profile and testing it again with no success. All sites were granted notification permissions in each case.

Thanks for any help.

Firefox version: 78.0.1

Firefox recently changed the behaviour when clicking on downloaded PDFs in the Firefox Downloads panel. While all other downloaded files are opened with the system default program when clicking on them, PDFs are opened with the built-in Firefox viewer.

This is counter intuitive. If Firefox is the system default PDF viewer, this separate treatment of PDFs is not necessary (the system default redirects back to Firefox). If Firefox is not the system default PDF viewer, users need to take extra steps to open a PDF in the system viewer (open the folder, click on the file; also documented [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-or-choose-ano...]). Therefore, this change creates no benefit for those who use Firefox as the system default PDF viewer, while reducing usability for those who use a different system PDF viewer (e.g., Acrobat).

Example use case:

• Browse to a PDF URL: use the Firefox built-in viewer, because it is fast and convenient. A more sophisticated viewer is not necessary because the document is only viewed, not edited.
• Download a PDF: use the system default viewer (e.g., Acrobat), for example for annotation.

It seems clear that this change has reduced usability for no functional improvement, while the common combined use case of Firefox for PDF URLs and professional readers (e.g., Acrobat) for downloaded PDFs has become more difficult.

Hi !

with bspwm and firefox i have no sound

if i start xfce and then firefox sound work

i already configured this in my bspwmrc file to start pulseaudio:

/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11

disable sandbox MOZ_DISABLE_CONTENT_SANDBOX=1 firefox also no sound

Service all ok:

systemctl --user status pulseaudio.service pulseaudio.socket

● pulseaudio.service - Sound Service

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)

Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-07-08 09:36:05 CEST; 29min ago

TriggeredBy: ● pulseaudio.socket

Main PID: 1151 (pulseaudio)

CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/pulseaudio.service

├─1151 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no

└─1169 /usr/lib/pulse/gsettings-helper

Jul 08 09:36:04 HOME systemd[1034]: Starting Sound Service...

Jul 08 09:36:05 HOME systemd[1034]: Started Sound Service.

● pulseaudio.socket - Sound System

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/pulseaudio.socket; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-07-08 09:35:57 CEST; 29min ago

Triggers: ● pulseaudio.service

Listen: /run/user/1000/pulse/native (Stream)

CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/pulseaudio.socket

but if i start firefox i see this error if i want play a video on youtube:

Failed to create secure directory (/run/user/1000/pulse): no permission

sh: /usr/bin/jackd: no permission

[Child 34377, MediaDecoderStateMachine #1] WARNING: 7fc3332f0c80 OpenCubeb() failed to init cubeb: file /build/firefox/src/firefox-78.0.1/dom/media/AudioStream.cpp, line 331

[Child 34377, MediaDecoderStateMachine #1] WARNING: Decoder=7fc333782000 [OnMediaSinkAudioError]: file /build/firefox/src/firefox-78.0.1/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp, line 3891

[Child 34377, MediaDecoderStateMachine #1] WARNING: 7fc32e75b530 OpenCubeb() failed to init cubeb: file /build/firefox/src/firefox-78.0.1/dom/media/AudioStream.cpp, line 331

[Child 34377, MediaDecoderStateMachine #1] WARNING: Decoder=7fc3303e5800 [OnMediaSinkAudioError]: file /build/firefox/src/firefox-78.0.1/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp, line 3891

cat /run/user/1000/pulse/pid

1151

ps -afe | grep pulse

user 1151 1034 0 09:36 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no

when i try to log in to my bank account i keep getting error message 1007# the username and password are correct, yet when i log in with google chrome there is no problem!!?

I get the error message above when i try to bring up Firefox. I cannot run in firefox safe mode because I can't get the firefox page with the three bars. Pleaswe tell me how i can get firefox back without losing saved data. Thanks for uour help.

jscher2000,

"Do you mean search engines appear even before you start typing anything to search?"

Yes, as soon as i bring the cursor to the Search box. the drop down box appears.

I opened my Home page and all of the boxes under Firefox Home Content I had unclicked during set up.

My home page is set to blank page and New Tabs the same.

I turned them back on to do as you described but the three dots never appeared in the corner and everything remained the same so i turned them off again.

Thanks for trying to help.

John

I am trying to remove a pinned site from my address bar. It seems stuck. Things I have tried:

• Pinning the tab, then unpinning
• Removing the site bookmark
• Using the keyboard to select the site in the address bar and then hitting delete, also tried shift + delete

I am on version 78.0.2 (64-bit) on Windows 10.

Unfortunately I just did a refresh to Firefox and even more unfortunately I had no idea that fixing a slow opening of Firefox would erase all my very valuable bookmarks that I really need! There should be warnings posted as to what a refresh will really do before being allowed to click on the refresh button.

I have tried following videos on you tube to restore my bookmarks, but they are hard to follow and I have had no luck with them. I need a step by step video process with audio instructions so I can retrieve said bookmarks!

Please, any help will be greatly appreciated !!! Thanks, D.