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Recently (last two FF versions), when updating as a non-admin Mac OS 15 user, there has been an issue with the PrivilegedHelperTool - a tool that allows non-admin users to provide an admin password and update files in /Applications. The Helper Tool accepted the password but then closed. Starting Firefox will only bring the Helper Tool (admin login) back again, making it impossible to run Firefox under this user. The admin user was not affected. The solution was to reinstall Firefox. I had to remove my profile files in Library/Application Support and restart a few times until I could regain Firefox. I have seen issues with the Privileged Helper Tool with another app, sometimes even corrupting the update. I hope this helps other people to address this and that the issue is resolved in future versions.

My linux system no longer has pulseaudio installed (for reasons unrelated to firefox).

The --enable-alsa option is not rejected by firefox but doesn't work either. The only way to get audio from firefox in this install is through the apulse wrapper:

    apulse firefox ...

Note that chrome browsers have no problem with audio when pulseaudio is not installed.

Is the --enable-alsa in firefox supposed to work?

thanks!

=> firefox --new-instance --enable-alsa [448710] Sandbox: attempt to open unexpected file /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset/chrome [448710] Sandbox: attempt to open unexpected file /sys/fs/cgroup/schedtune/chrome [Child 448437, MediaDecoderStateMachine #1] WARNING: 7f36959274c0 OpenCubeb() failed to init cubeb: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/dom/media/AudioStream.cpp:285 [Child 448437, MediaDecoderStateMachine #1] WARNING: Decoder=7f3695a15200 [OnMediaSinkAudioError]: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/dom/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp:4634

For the past few weeks my credit union website has posted the following error code "A connection failure has occurred. Please try again or call the Member Service Center 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at (907) 563-4567 or (800) 525-9094.

I called member service and they blamed the problem on Mozilla, stating they are slow to update their security protocols to accept GCU's advance security. They refused my suggestion that they reach out to Mozilla and there is no direct way to contact Mozilla Support.

I have used this browzer for years with no problem, and now I can't use it on my online banking site; the only site where this problem occurs. HELP

Hi, I've been receiving the following rejection message as follows: jino.ru rejected your message to the following email addresses:

postmaster@pop3-server-spam.org The address you sent your message to wasn't found at the destination domain. It might be misspelled or it might not exist. Try to fix the problem by doing one or more of the following:

   Send the message again, but before you do, delete and retype the address. If your email program automatically suggests an address to use, don't select it.
   Clear the recipient AutoComplete cache in your email program by following the steps in this article: Status code 5.1.1. Then resend the message, but before you do, be sure to delete and retype the address.
   Contact the recipient by some other means (by phone, for example) to confirm you're using the right address. Ask them if they've set up an email forwarding rule that could be forwarding your message to an incorrect address.

The sender of the email gets those message. I get them also but I'm also getting the message that they send me. It's only doing it with my outlook account. Why is that? I checked it directly on the Outlook website and everything is OK. I can't understand why this is happening.

I'm having three problems.

First, for a long while, I've been getting "launcher-process-failure" files in my Windows 10 "C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Local\Temp" directory. They seem to be related to Firefox. They start with a letter "x" and file extension "0" and are only 1K.

===> What are they and ===> how can I fix this?

Second, atarting with FireFox update 136.0, I have to completely restart Windows then open FireFox for it to install. Otherwise, it does nothing when FireFox restarts itself.

===> Why is this happening? ===> Is there a way to fix it.

Third, I can't determine the exact event that causes this, but there are times when I am in FireFox and I start hearing wants sounds like Ocean waves. I checked Windows Task Manager and nothing else is running that would cause that sound. It goes away when I close FireFox and it doesn't matter what site I'm on .

Thanks,

PLEASE TELL ME WHY THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO ME FOR THE PAST MANY WEEKS!! HELP'

In my Task Manager, it shows 19 Firefox apps open?? I only have to Tabs open.

Thanks, I really would appreciate your HELP !!

I have my business emails set up on FireFox. Whenever my Windows updates during the night causing my PC to restart I lose all of my connectivity settings on FireFox. Whenever I attempt to login to sites I have already established connections for, the site sees me as having a new PC and I have to start all over with the inputting of login credentials. What in my settings can be modified to stop this from happening.

Thank you.

Hello, I recently updated to 15.3.2 on a silicon Mac Mini. This morning, both Firefox and TBird ran slowly. I restarted twice and spoke to a Senior Adviser at Apple. The second restart was at her advice, and it brought TBird back to normal performance. She said she believed that the computer was indexing after the update to 15.3.2, which took place last night.

We thought that Firefox was normalized as well, but it is still working slowly compared to Safari. Any suggestions?

Thank you for your help.

E.

When I try to download anything Firefox Caps my download speed at 10MB/s Other browsers don't. I tried, Edge, Chrome, Etc... they all give me access to my full Gigabit speed. I've attached 2 screenshots with a SpeedTest comparison.

Firefox: 90mbps Edge: 630mbps

While editing a Wordpress blogpost in HTML, the cursor does not appear, either as blinking or otherwise. Resultantly, I cannot edit a post. The editing I intend cannot be done in visual settings.

Another person seems to have the same sort of problem. Here is the link: https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/cursor-not-working-when-im-creating-editing-a-post/

Apparently, his problem was specific to Firefox , as the problem disappeared as he switched to Chrome. My similar problem disappears as I switch to Microsoft Edge.

Why when you click on the extensions button (jigsaw puzzle icon) in the toolbar to open the extensions panel the “Personalize Your Firefox” screen appears ???

When you right click a gear icon in a particular extension, the drop down menu has no "pin to tool bar" option, it only shows "copy/select all/print..." options ???

Thnak you.

Hi! I've tried everything, from refreshing to troubleshoot mode, but it says the same thing, that every installation I try has been adborted due to it being corrupt. It even deleted my previous theme. I'm very stressed, could someone please help? I use Nobara Linux and will include screenshots of the following: My browser is also completely up to date, I just reinstalled. I also followed the guide it said for this issue and deleted extensions.json but couldn't find the others.

It also disappears when I download extensions after verifying and when I click to install again the button won't move before going to the actual add-ons area. Thanks!

I cannot load certain webpages including gmail and various others frequently used suddenly without any changes made on my end. It just doesnt finish loading the page but I can access all of the pages on any other web browser just not firefox anymore. I deleted the cache of cookies and that's about it as I am not tech savvy at all and have set up nothing personalized or special. Please help I have literally no recourse at all here.

Hi....all of a sudden my firefox browser is not working. My home page will load in. But if I try to search for something all I get is a blank white screen. Can anyone help me out. I thought if I uninstalled it and then reinstall that might fix the problem. But I cannot find a way to uninstall it. Would appreciate anyone's help...Regards, Richard