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Firefox Continually Crashing . . .

Machine: Dell Inspiron 15 5567 CPU: Intel i5-7xxx Op Sys: Ubuntu 24.04.1 Firefox version: Flathub 130.0 For the past 2 weeks Firefox has been repeatedly crashing soon af… (read more)

Machine: Dell Inspiron 15 5567 CPU: Intel i5-7xxx Op Sys: Ubuntu 24.04.1 Firefox version: Flathub 130.0

For the past 2 weeks Firefox has been repeatedly crashing soon after going on to certain sites or trying to apply my 2FA authenticator add-on.

Suddenly there's a screen shudder and a new window opens, inviting me to submit a crash report. See attached image.

I do not believe that this is down to Ubuntu 24.04 upgrade done at end of August.

But it's enough for me to largely go over to Chromium and Firefox Dev Ed.

If Mozilla don't act on this crashing I can see its market being lost fairly fast.

Asked by tamjk 4 months ago

Last reply by paulparker 3 months ago

This video file cannot be played.(Error Code: 102630)

This video file cannot be played.(Error Code: 102630). - This is the error i get when i try to play this movie . Context : - I upgraded to the latest version of f… (read more)

This video file cannot be played.(Error Code: 102630). - This is the error i get when i try to play this movie .

Context : - I upgraded to the latest version of firefox and i also connected my dns to nextdns recently. - I use arch linux and firefox on linux. - Previously all the videos on the site were playing nicely but now it has started showing this error. - I have tried many solutions such as :- 1. Clearing cookies, cache,etc and refreshing firefox . 2. Installing media codecs onto my pc using console. 3. Deactivating the dns and disabling hardware acceleration. 4. Restarting my pc but nothing works.

I was wondering if someone has a solution to this.

Asked by Flatroll 4 months ago

Last reply by NoahSUMO 3 months ago

Trying to connect to website.

Trying to get to the "http://localhost:631" website from my Ubuntu 22.04, but always get "can not connect". What is going on? What do I need to do to fix this? I have tri… (read more)

Trying to get to the "http://localhost:631" website from my Ubuntu 22.04, but always get "can not connect". What is going on? What do I need to do to fix this? I have tried to add this website to the exception list but it changes the http to https.

Asked by Larryjoy 5 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 5 months ago

firefox process will not start on ubuntu 24.04

i was using firefox with multiple tabs for most of today, had to shut pc down to run errands. When i restarted pc, firefox would not start, i have it pinned on my task ba… (read more)

i was using firefox with multiple tabs for most of today, had to shut pc down to run errands. When i restarted pc, firefox would not start, i have it pinned on my task bar/start menu/whatever. I opened my system moniter to see what was going on when i tried to start firefox and the processes do not show up in the process list. I tried a reinstall with the ubuntu software store and no noticeable change in behavior. Not sure how to get into the profile section, the option for it with a right click on the firefox icon does nothing seemingly. Under normal operations i have seen two firefox processes listed.

Asked by patryn36 1 month ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 month ago

Generic Wayland icon appears in Task Switcher instead of Firefox icon

Firefox does not seem to be properly configured for Wayland on KDE Plasma 6.x systems. The generic "Wayland" logo appears in task switcher instead of the Firefox logo. F… (read more)

Firefox does not seem to be properly configured for Wayland on KDE Plasma 6.x systems. The generic "Wayland" logo appears in task switcher instead of the Firefox logo. Firefox is the only program I have with this issue. Setting desktop name (org.mozilla.firefox) as a property in the Window and Application Manager settings does not resolve the issue.

Asked by John Gahbauer 1 month ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 month ago

Search box - Can't select search engine

I am running Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy on my desktop. Problem does not appear in Windows 10. I can click the search box and the list of search engines shows. I can change the d… (read more)

I am running Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy on my desktop. Problem does not appear in Windows 10.

I can click the search box and the list of search engines shows. I can change the default search engine in settings. Mouse over highlights the selections.

Clicking on one of the choices does nothing.

I think there have been 2 updates since the problem first appeared.

PS: There also appears to be an issue with js. Some functions on websites do not work although most of the scripts do work. In particular comments on comicskingdom.com do not work and the same with comments on seattletimes.com which apparently uses the same script. Both websites work on Windows 10.

Asked by StevJensen 4 months ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 4 months ago

Firefox 128 keeps crashing on random pages, irestart it and it crashes always on the same page. Then it moves to another page

My browser keeps crashing like the system would have a defective RAM module witch has just been changed with a new one. I have created a new browser session and cleaned c… (read more)

My browser keeps crashing like the system would have a defective RAM module witch has just been changed with a new one. I have created a new browser session and cleaned cache and cookies. The crash catch you randomly and then get fixated on a web page.... if i open amazon it crashes, then if i restart the browser it crashes again...like it would do when filling a defective RAM and finding a broken byte. I tested it for 24 hours from a live usb of memtest86+ and i got no error.

My system it's Manjaro Linux Kernel 6.6.40-1-MANJARO My crashes are: bp-78e48a16-1536-4efc-a7a3-a03590240719 bp-706bb811-60e0-4e9a-8cab-d42400240719 bp-535604af-d38a-4d4b-a9de-07f250240718 bp-6592ddc7-b465-43e3-bd42-53cf80240718 bp-79765cde-22a0-42f4-9add-fbf5b0240718 bp-93efa616-c694-4b39-baec-df0dd0240718 bp-6f518461-c039-4fa8-874b-2d15d0240718 bp-5dfae8cc-4a38-4c06-97d7-8a94a0240718 bp-991b53c6-6df4-4b1d-814b-dbf480240718 bp-cb084663-9f4c-4c79-9ef5-74c6a0240718 bp-4f6385b6-927c-4d70-9851-45ffd0240718

when i start profile manager the terminal tells me this: firefox --ProfileManager ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. [GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "OLAND (radeonsi, , LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 2.50, 6.6.40-1-MANJARO)" ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. [GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "OLAND (radeonsi, , LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 2.50, 6.6.40-1-MANJARO)" ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. [GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "OLAND (radeonsi, , LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 2.50, 6.6.40-1-MANJARO)" ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. [GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "OLAND (radeonsi, , LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 2.50, 6.6.40-1-MANJARO)" [GFX1-]: Couldn't sanitize GL_RENDERER "OLAND (radeonsi, , LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 2.50, 6.6.40-1-MANJARO)" ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump attempting to generate:/home/fra/.mozilla/firefox/0fkfr894.fra/minidumps/061a3b0e-d741-f873-1d16-e349004db741.dmp ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump cloned child 106383 ExceptionHandler::WaitForContinueSignal waiting for continue signal... ExceptionHandler::SendContinueSignalToChild sent continue signal to child ExceptionHandler::GenerateDump minidump generation succeeded Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error.

If i go in the minidumps folder i find it empty...

Can we verify it's not a problem of Firefox? At the moment Windows doesn't crash, it crashes only Firefox

Asked by framx2l 5 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 5 months ago

I can't take Full-page screenshots in Canvas/Instructure. Please help.

I'd like to take a full-page screenshot of my content within my Canvas/Instructure online class, but it only captures what's visible. I've tried opening the frame in its … (read more)

I'd like to take a full-page screenshot of my content within my Canvas/Instructure online class, but it only captures what's visible. I've tried opening the frame in its own tab, but it doesn't help.

When I use my phone to capture the entire page, it can work, but it's so narrow! Plus I have to continuously tap the "Scroll Down" button for the capturing process to capture more and more.

Can anyone please help? Thanks.

Asked by Mozilla cheese 1 month ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 month ago

I can't watch any videos on pw.live on linux.

So, There's this website called pw.live and I use it for study purposes. And I've recently switched to linux and installed firefox. But that website loads but any videos… (read more)

So, There's this website called pw.live and I use it for study purposes. And I've recently switched to linux and installed firefox. But that website loads but any videos or live streams don't. Even though it works perfectly fine on Windows version of firefox.

I tried to search about this and it may be because the content is DRM protected. I'm just speculating though it may be broken for some very different reason. I also looked into solutions to fix DRM related issues. And found some solutions but the plugin Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc. just doesn't exist in the plugins tab. There is only "OpenH264 Video Codec" there. And I think that might be the problem.

Thanks in advance.

Asked by prateek varshney 4 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 4 months ago

Crashes when using Youtube on Firefox

Hi. I got a new laptop some weeks ago (Linux Fedora) and I've been using Firefox without any problems until last week. When watching Youtube videos my system shell crashe… (read more)

Hi. I got a new laptop some weeks ago (Linux Fedora) and I've been using Firefox without any problems until last week. When watching Youtube videos my system shell crashes completely. This problem ONLY happens with Youtube videos and Firefox. Other browsers work fine and I don't have this problem in other websites.

Recent crashes ID: bp-f6b555b9-0fbb-447d-a3b3-9f7ee0240818 bp-1fad31a3-0735-49dd-92ac-44e2d0240818 bp-19ae85a5-8bd3-4d3b-b366-f65a10240818 bp-7ca6ded3-871e-45ad-8351-f21c40240818 bp-88f4aca2-437b-45d1-8d7a-11a7c0240818 bp-ebb8ed44-af42-44c1-89f9-54b1f0240818 bp-3aa6e40e-467c-4c72-8373-b23e30240818

Asked by fjcorfel 4 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 4 months ago

Scrollbar arrows missing on Ubuntu KDE desktop

I changed a global setting in the KDE Breeze theme to always show scrollbar arrows. It works in most windows but not in Firefox, which refuses to display them. Is there a… (read more)

I changed a global setting in the KDE Breeze theme to always show scrollbar arrows. It works in most windows but not in Firefox, which refuses to display them. Is there a way to fix this? It is a major accessibility problem.

Asked by pjcamp 5 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 5 months ago

Paste works, but Copy does not

When I copy something to my clipboard I can paste it into Firefox. Into web pages and also into the URL bar. But when I copy something in Firefox, it does not go to the … (read more)

When I copy something to my clipboard I can paste it into Firefox. Into web pages and also into the URL bar.

But when I copy something in Firefox, it does not go to the clipboard. The clipboard still hast the content which was already there.

Also strange: When I cut text in a textarea, input element or the URL bar, the text is removed. But it is not sent to the clipboard. When I cut and paste, the text I get is what was previously in the clipboard.

What could be the cause? How can I debug this problem?

Asked by witek 4 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 4 months ago

User.js file does not apply

I've installed firefox with pacman on Linux, and I installed arkenfox. It did not work, I tried other user.js', none worked. I've also tried wiping my entire firefox root… (read more)

I've installed firefox with pacman on Linux, and I installed arkenfox. It did not work, I tried other user.js', none worked. I've also tried wiping my entire firefox root folder, then using arkenfox, but did not work.

Asked by deateaterOG 4 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 4 months ago

Accounts/password entries don't show up in Firefox's password manager

Hi! I'm running Linux Mint right now, but this also happened on Windows, I copied the profile from Windows so I suspect that is likely why. When I go to about:logins, I … (read more)

Hi! I'm running Linux Mint right now, but this also happened on Windows, I copied the profile from Windows so I suspect that is likely why.

When I go to about:logins, I see none of the accounts listed. Even when I input a search in the search box, nothing. I don't know what could be causing this. See attached screenshots. Don't worry, there's no concern of leaking account details, because they aren't showing up.

Asked by Dvallin 2 months ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 months ago

Firefox opens to the width of the leftmost monitor (on Gnome)

I am running Firefox 132.0.2 on Pop_OS, using Gnome. I have a dual monitor setup, with my leftmost monitor being a 1080p set as portrait, and my main being a 4K set as la… (read more)

I am running Firefox 132.0.2 on Pop_OS, using Gnome. I have a dual monitor setup, with my leftmost monitor being a 1080p set as portrait, and my main being a 4K set as landscape.

Every time I open Firefox, the window is exactly 1080 pixels large, no matter what I do. I can of course resize it, but it's frustrating having to do that every time.

If I tell Gnome that my secondary monitor is on the RIGHT side of my primary, everything works perfectly: Firefox stays the size it is when I close it.

It seems that Firefox uses my leftmost monitor's size to determine the maximum windows width, and even overwrites my xulsettings.json every time I close it.

I tried different builds, and even different forks suck as librewolf: no difference. I can´t of course change the position of how my monitors are placed on my desk.

Any ideas?

Asked by stilgar1337 1 month ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 month ago

Enable letters in the context menu

I have a Linux PC where, when I right-click, I see shortcut letters in the context menu (the one that appears when you right-click). So, if I want to inspect an element, … (read more)

I have a Linux PC where, when I right-click, I see shortcut letters in the context menu (the one that appears when you right-click). So, if I want to inspect an element, I right-click on it and press Q, and the inspector opens right away. This saves me time from navigating through the menu. However, on my other MacOS PC with Firefox, it doesn't do the same. I've searched for solutions but haven't found any.

Asked by Lucas de Lima 1 month ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 month ago

Problem with Picture-in-Picture Functionality

Hi everyone, I use Firefox as my primary browser for several reasons, but the main one is because it has the best Picture-in-Picture (PiP) feature. However, I no longer … (read more)

Hi everyone,

I use Firefox as my primary browser for several reasons, but the main one is because it has the best Picture-in-Picture (PiP) feature. However, I no longer use Windows and have encountered problems with it on various Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian...). Currently, I'm only using Fedora 40, and the problem persists.

The issue is that when I click on the PiP icon, it activates normally, but when I switch windows or minimize and then maximize Firefox again, the video disappears.

I will attach some screenshots to clarify the issue.

I would like to know if there is any way to resolve this. I’ve already reset the settings, cleared the cache, and tested different installation methods (software store, .tar.bz file, apt, dnf, snap). I’ve tried troubleshooting mode and even installed the Developer Edition, but the problem persists. I’m wondering if this is an issue with the Linux version of Firefox.

Thank you.

Asked by caiochaves0610 5 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 5 months ago

Almost all non-youtube video sources will not play.

G'Day! I've been having issues with media playback on firefox. Almost any video source that isn't from youtube cannot play in firefox, giving the error: "No Video wit… (read more)

G'Day!

I've been having issues with media playback on firefox.

Almost any video source that isn't from youtube cannot play in firefox, giving the error: "No Video with supported format and MIME type found"

Testing the same video on Chromium has no problems.

Using Fedora Linux on an AMD system. And Fedora Flatpak build.

System specs below if required.

Any idea to get this up and running would be really appreciated. I think I already installed the propriety media codecs for fedora since the problem isn't showing up on chromium it looks like a firefox issue.

  1. System Details Report

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    1. Hardware Information:

- **Hardware Model:** Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B550M DS3H - **Memory:** 16.0 GiB - **Processor:** AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600G with Radeon™ Graphics × 12 - **Graphics:** AMD Radeon™ Graphics - **Disk Capacity:** 512.1 GB

    1. Software Information:

- **Firmware Version:** F2c - **OS Name:** Fedora Linux 40 (Workstation Edition) - **OS Build:** (null) - **OS Type:** 64-bit - **GNOME Version:** 46 - **Windowing System:** Wayland - **Kernel Version:** Linux 6.10.3-200.fc40.x86_64

Asked by Cameron Jones 5 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 5 months ago

Fix frustrating bookmarks desktop workflow

Hi Firefoxers, I've recently returned to using Firefox after using Chrome, Vivaldi, and Brave for a long time. Most Firefox things are better than these, but I find the b… (read more)

Hi Firefoxers, I've recently returned to using Firefox after using Chrome, Vivaldi, and Brave for a long time. Most Firefox things are better than these, but I find the bookmarks handling in Firefox extremely frustrating in comparison.

When clicking the bookmark star, the edit bookmark box pops up. The location dropdown gives me a list of 7 recent folders where I can store the bookmark. If I click "Choose" a tiny little box opens up and, in this extremely cramped space, I have to scroll through hundreds of folders and all their expanded subfolders to find the one I want.

One way other browsers solve this problem is by letting the user right click directly on their bookmarks folders and select "Add bookmark here", which then automatically saves URL, page title etc to that folder. But in Firefox, this just opens up a blank "Add Bookmark" box that doesn't contain any info about the current page, meaning you have to manually enter all the details.

So I'm interested in any help advice about:

a) Increasing the number of recent folders in the location drop-down to make it a lot more than 7.

b) Increasing the size of the "Choose" box so I can see the list of hundreds of folders more comfortable.

c) Stopping all folders being automatically expanded in the "Choose" box.

d) Making Firefox auto-add the details from a current page when clicking "Add Bookmark".

Any help would be appreciated!

Asked by alexjross 5 months ago

Last reply by TechHorse 5 months ago

Firefox doesn't connect to custom DNS provider when DNS-over-HTTPS is set to "Max Protection"

Hello guys, as in title - I use custom NextDNS set of rules on DNS-over-HTTPS. As of today, Firefox can't connect to the provider. AFAIK Troubleshoot Mode is also affecte… (read more)

Hello guys, as in title - I use custom NextDNS set of rules on DNS-over-HTTPS. As of today, Firefox can't connect to the provider. AFAIK Troubleshoot Mode is also affected. The other devices using NextDNS on my network work just fine and when I set the DNS to work system-wide as a kind of workaround, I don't get an issue. Same when I use other DNS-over-HTTPS options in the Firefox Preferences. Yesterday the problem didn't occur and I haven't performed any updates since yesterday - both Firefox and NetworkManager seem to be up to date.

Additional info: OS: EndeavourOS (Arch Linux) Firefox version: 129.0.2

If any other info is needed, I'll be happy to provide it to you.

Asked by erne.d 4 months ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 4 months ago