Firefox cannot sync between Windows and Linux/Mac
I have several devices which run different systems. Whenever I sync in Firefox, Linux Firefox always syncs with other Linux firefox or Mac Firefox. Windows systems would … (read more)
I have several devices which run different systems. Whenever I sync in Firefox, Linux Firefox always syncs with other Linux firefox or Mac Firefox. Windows systems would have another set of bookmarks and user data. My windows devices cannot sync with firefox on other systems. Here's part of my error-sync-1575631489638.txt
1575631489410 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG POST https://oauth.firefox.com.cn/v1/authorization 200 1575631489411 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG _updateAccountData with items: ["oauthTokens"] 1575631489411 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing plain storage: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified","device","oauthTokens","profileCache"] 1575631489411 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of json user data: ["email","sessionToken","uid","verified","device","oauthTokens","profileCache"] 1575631489416 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of json user data - took: 5 1575631489416 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG writing secure storage: ["kSync","kXCS","kExtSync","kExtKbHash"] 1575631489416 FirefoxAccounts TRACE starting write of user data to the login manager 1575631489427 FirefoxAccounts TRACE finished write of user data to the login manager 1575631489628 Sync.Status DEBUG Status for engine extension-storage: error.engine.reason.unknown_fail 1575631489628 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: success.status_ok => error.sync.failed_partial 1575631489628 Sync.ErrorHandler DEBUG extension-storage failed: Error: HTTP 401 Unauthorized: Missing Authorization Token (Please authenticate yourself to use this endpoint.)(resource://services-common/kinto-http-client.js:2771:5) JS Stack trace: ServerResponse@kinto-http-client.js:2771:5 processResponse@kinto-http-client.js:2925:13 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping check of prefs - disabled via preferences 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping check of passwords - disabled via preferences 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping check of tabs - disabled via preferences 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping check of bookmarks - disabled via preferences 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping check of addons - disabled via preferences 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping check of forms - disabled via preferences 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping check of history - disabled via preferences 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping check of extension-storage - disabled via preferences 1575631489629 Sync.Doctor INFO Skipping validation: no engines qualify 1575631489630 Sync.Synchronizer INFO Sync completed at 2019-12-06 19:24:49 after 0.77 secs. 1575631489630 Sync.Declined DEBUG Handling remote declined: [] 1575631489630 Sync.Declined DEBUG Handling local declined: [] 1575631489631 Sync.Declined DEBUG Declined changed? false 1575631489631 Sync.Service INFO No change to declined engines. Not reuploading meta/global. 1575631489631 Sync.ErrorHandler ERROR Some engines did not sync correctly. 1575631489632 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Next sync in 600000 ms. (why=schedule)
Firefox
No convenient way to rate all installed extensions
I've been using Firefox for a while and I came across some great extensions. I would like to give each of them a rating to help other people find better extensions, but t… (read more)
I've been using Firefox for a while and I came across some great extensions. I would like to give each of them a rating to help other people find better extensions, but there seems no easy way to do so. On Google Play you can review installed extensions in Play Store easily by click each of them and use the one-tap rating button. On iOS, if you allow them, App Store will even prompt you a one-tap rater after you've installed some app and used for a while, which is even more convenient. I wonder if Firefox (could) have the same experience. Without it, it's harder to encourage people (who wish to spare the time) to involve in the rating system.
Numerous Addons not working after fresh install version 71.0 on Fedora 31
duplicate of /questions/1274556 thread. I just reinstall Firefox version 71.0 on my main workstation running fedora 31 and numerous addons : LastPass Firefox-containers h… (read more)
duplicate of /questions/1274556 thread.
I just reinstall Firefox version 71.0 on my main workstation running fedora 31 and numerous addons : LastPass Firefox-containers hide/show toolbar Joplin... do not work they install properly but I can't use them.
amazon video not playing keep getting Digital Rights Error
i can not find any way to solve
How do I get rid of the new bar in Firefox 71?
With FF71 there is a new horizontal bar occupying space on every page. It is the light green bar in the attached image; it changes colour, of course, if I revert to the … (read more)
With FF71 there is a new horizontal bar occupying space on every page. It is the light green bar in the attached image; it changes colour, of course, if I revert to the default theme. How do I get rid of it?
Malware?
I was browsing as normal when I navigated to a site I have been to many times and that I consider reputable (Etsy) and the browser immediately went to a screen that said … (read more)
I was browsing as normal when I navigated to a site I have been to many times and that I consider reputable (Etsy) and the browser immediately went to a screen that said something about how Firefox had done updates in the background and I needed to click a button to "Restart Firefox." Obviously this looked fishy to me and I didn't click; instead I killed Firefox via the command line and then restarted it. When I did, one of my windows didn't look right (I had two windows open, each with several tabs)-- the tab bar at the top just cut off halfway through one of the tabs instead of me being able to scroll over. In addition, right after I was playing a game on my computer and part of the game board froze. Now everything seems normal. Is it possible I managed to end up with some malware even though I didn't click on the link? Has anyone seen this particular scam before?
Thank you!
japanese and chinese characteres
Hello, I would like to display Japanese and Chinese characters. I red that I should change the setting in the menu View/text_encoding but I don't even have the opportunit… (read more)
Hello, I would like to display Japanese and Chinese characters. I red that I should change the setting in the menu View/text_encoding but I don't even have the opportunity to select it. Firefox is running under Ubuntu 16.04 installed on a chromebook
Can i prevent Firefox Developer from suggesting credentials from other websites?
Using Firefox Developer Edition version 71.0b11 (64 bit). I store credentials for the site I visit most frequently. For some of those sites I may have multiple logins. E… (read more)
Using Firefox Developer Edition version 71.0b11 (64 bit).
I store credentials for the site I visit most frequently. For some of those sites I may have multiple logins. Everything good so far.
Currently, when I'm on the login page for any of those site, the suggested list includes credentials "From this web site" and from other more or less similar websites (e.g. subdomains, internal pages, and so on). Can I disable this option and only see suggestions "From this web site"?
Embedded videos shows black screen
Some embedded videos work only in Safe Mode but show black rectangle otherwise. I have read similar questions like https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1044374. Al… (read more)
Some embedded videos work only in Safe Mode but show black rectangle otherwise. I have read similar questions like https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1044374. Already tried removing all extensions and themes, disabling hardware acceleration, refreshing Firefox and even reinstalling ( with apt purge firefox and removing ~/.mozilla, /etc/firefox and /usr/lib/firefox*) and disabling acceleration again. Example page: https://ru-chp.livejournal.com/13903492.html
As far as I can see there's just noFirefox started randomly crashing today, several times. "Socket Thread" received signal SIGPIPE, Broken pipe / "Exiting due to channel error" messages
Version: firefox-70.0-1.fc30.x86_64 [Fedora 30. GNOME. Wayland] I tried running with --safe-mode [all extensions disabled], but it kept happening. Does the following mat… (read more)
Version: firefox-70.0-1.fc30.x86_64 [Fedora 30. GNOME. Wayland]
I tried running with --safe-mode [all extensions disabled], but it kept happening. Does the following match any known problem?
I don't have any crash information recorded by firefox. So I've tried running it in a terminal instead and capturing the console output.
- No firefox crash recordings
The crash report dialogue does *not* appear when Firefox crashes.
Firefox support articles also suggested I look in "about:crashes". However when I visit "about:crashes", Firefox just says "Hmm. That address doesn’t look right. Please check that the URL is correct and try again."
In "~/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted/", there are several files but they are all older than the current month (November 2019).
- Console output
$ firefox -g ... (gdb) run ... Thread 13 "Socket Thread" received signal SIGPIPE, Broken pipe. [Switching to Thread 0x7fffdcc81700 (LWP 15304)] 0x00007ffff7f88ddc in send () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (gdb) where
- 0 0x00007ffff7f88ddc in send () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0
- 1 0x00007ffff6fe46fc in pt_Send () at /lib64/libnspr4.so
- 2 0x00007fffef3653b8 in ssl_DefSend () at /lib64/libssl3.so
- 3 0x00007fffef35503f in ssl3_SendRecord () at /lib64/libssl3.so
- 4 0x00007fffef355503 in SSL3_SendAlert () at /lib64/libssl3.so
- 5 0x00007fffef36c050 in ssl_SecureClose () at /lib64/libssl3.so
- 6 0x00007ffff064fedb in nsSSLIOLayerClose(PRFileDesc*) [clone .lto_priv.0] ()
at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
- 7 0x00007ffff2aa8d3e in mozilla::net::nsSocketTransport::ReleaseFD_Locked(PRFileDesc*) [clone .part.0] () at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
- 8 0x00007ffff2aae685 in mozilla::net::nsSocketTransport::OnSocketDetached(PRFileDesc*) () at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
- 9 0x00007ffff2aae48f in mozilla::net::nsSocketTransportService::DetachSocket(mozilla::net::nsSocketTransportService::SocketContext*, mozilla::net::nsSocketTransportService::SocketContext*) () at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
- 10 0x00007ffff1dd6ab3 in mozilla::net::nsSocketTransportService::Run() ()
at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
- 11 0x00007ffff1dd0bed in nsThread::ProcessNextEvent(bool, bool*) ()
at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
- 12 0x00007ffff1dcf7b8 in mozilla::ipc::MessagePumpForNonMainThreads::Run(base::MessagePump::Delegate*) () at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
- 13 0x00007ffff1d62dd5 in MessageLoop::Run() () at /usr/lib64/firefox/libxul.so
- 14 0x00007ffff1dcd7b7 in nsThread::ThreadFunc(void*) ()
--Type <RET> for more, q to quit, c to continue without paging--
ibxul.so
- 15 0x00007ffff6fe7869 in _pt_root () at /lib64/libnspr4.so
- 16 0x00007ffff7f7f4c0 in start_thread () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0
- 17 0x00007ffff7b4d553 in clone () at /lib64/libc.so.6
(gdb) quit A debugging session is active.
Inferior 1 [process 15278] will be killed.
Quit anyway? (y or n) y [Child 16200, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (3): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 Exiting due to channel error. [Child 16160, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (3): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 Exiting due to channel error. Crash Annotation GraphicsCriticalError: |[C0][GFX1-]: Receive IPC close with reason=AbnormalShutdown (t=295.395) [GFX1-]: Receive IPC close with reason=AbnormalShutdown Crash Annotation GraphicsCriticalError: |[C0][GFX1-]: Receive IPC close with reason=AbnormalShutdown (t=158.353) [GFX1-]: Receive IPC close with reason=AbnormalShutdown [Child 16082, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (3): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 Exiting due to channel error. [Child 15998, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (3): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 Exiting due to channel error. [Child 15411, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (3): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 Exiting due to channel error. [Child 16117, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (3): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 Exiting due to channel error.
$ firefox -g --safe-mode ... (gdb) run ... Thread 13 "Socket Thread" received signal SIGPIPE, Broken pipe. 0x00007ffff7f88ddc in send () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (gdb) quit A debugging session is active.
Inferior 1 [process 17788] will be killed.
Quit anyway? (y or n) y [Child 18836, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (44): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 [Child 18192, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (3): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. [Child 18836, Chrome_ChildThread] WARNING: pipe error (43): Connection reset by peer: file /builddir/build/BUILD/firefox-70.0/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/ipc_channel_posix.cc, line 358 Crash Annotation GraphicsCriticalError: |[C0][GFX1-]: Receive IPC close with reason=AbnormalShutdown (t=716.9)
- !!! [Child][MessageChannel::SendAndWait] Error: Channel error: cannot send/recv
Make custom search engine the default one
I added several custom search engines to Firefox on Linux by right-clicking their search bar and clicking "Add a Keyword for this search". Now I want to set one of them a… (read more)
I added several custom search engines to Firefox on Linux by right-clicking their search bar and clicking "Add a Keyword for this search". Now I want to set one of them as my default search engine. However, despite the custom ones are working flawlessly with a keyword, I can't find them in the Firefox settings. I know that there are Plugins for several search engines available, and it is even possible to create an own one, but I don't want to install a plugin just for a search engine I already have. Any suggestions?
I can't get to my library's log in page unless I refresh Firefox, but I prefer not to refresh.
The title of my question is a bit hard to understand. Let me try to explain. My library gives me electronic access to the Oxford English Dictionary (my favorite dictionar… (read more)
The title of my question is a bit hard to understand. Let me try to explain.
My library gives me electronic access to the Oxford English Dictionary (my favorite dictionary, with all those helpful quotes/example sentences!)
What I should get:
1. Go to http://www.vpl.ca/digital-library/oxford-english-dictionary
2. Click the "Access Now" button (link to https://www.vpl.ca/extDB/login.remoteDB?OxfordEnglishDictionary)
3. I'm taken to a page that says "VPL Electronic Resource Authentication", where I enter my library card number and PIN.
4. I enter my card number and PIN, then press the Authenticate button
5. I'm taken to to a page that says "Your login was successful." I then press the "Continue ➡️"
6. I'm taken to https://www.oed.com/ where i can now happily use the dictionary
What I experience:
1. Go to http://www.vpl.ca/digital-library/oxford-english-dictionary
2. Click the "Access Now" button (link to https://www.vpl.ca/extDB/login.remoteDB?OxfordEnglishDictionary)
3. I'm taken to http://www.vpl.ca/digitallibrary
4. If I go to oed.com directly, it shows that I'm not logged in /authenticated.
WebGL in Firefox stopped working
I can't view WebGL content anymore. It used to work until a few weeks ago (sorry I can't be more specific). It works OK on other browsers on my computer. How do I get Web… (read more)
I can't view WebGL content anymore. It used to work until a few weeks ago (sorry I can't be more specific). It works OK on other browsers on my computer.
How do I get WebGL working again?
Firefox on CentOS 7 thinks Firefox on CentOS 6 is old or not compatible.
I have a dual-boot workstation with CentOS 6 and CentOS 7. Both installations have the same version of Firefox, v68.2.0esr and both systems are fully updated. When I bo… (read more)
I have a dual-boot workstation with CentOS 6 and CentOS 7. Both installations have the same version of Firefox, v68.2.0esr and both systems are fully updated. When I boot CentOS 7 after running CentOS 6, Firefox insists on making a new profile because it thinks it can't use the old profile. That requires me to sync, customise, set preferences, et cetera. That's a PITA.
External links open in new Firefox window.
When I click a link in VS Code or Slack they'll both open in a new Firefox window with no extensions (so new profile I'm guessing, but I'm still signed in on it) instead … (read more)
When I click a link in VS Code or Slack they'll both open in a new Firefox window with no extensions (so new profile I'm guessing, but I'm still signed in on it) instead of the existing Firefox window. Some apps like mailspring open in my existing Firefox window correctly. Or when I open a googler link in my terminal they'll also open correctly in the existing Firefox window.
I have tried going to about:config and changing browser.link.open_newwindow.override.external from -1 to 3 and it made no difference.
Running Manjaro Gnome.
Styles within pages are cached and don't reload. How not to cache styles in local pages?
When developing an html or svg file I repeat editing content and style information and reload the file in Firefox. When editing styles I can't save them notifying cache. … (read more)
When developing an html or svg file I repeat editing content and style information and reload the file in Firefox. When editing styles I can't save them notifying cache. When editing content in external editor and reloading file all style changes are lost. However when editing styles in external editor, I can't force to reload them without deleting cache in general and when continuing to edit styles in Firefox all previously lost changes are lost on locally stored file as well. So how can I prevent Firefox from caching style information contained in local html or svg files?
Wrong choice being selected on right click context menu
I am on FF 70.0.1 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. Whenever i right click and scroll through the context menu, the pointer always seems to be lagging or leading the highl… (read more)
I am on FF 70.0.1 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.
Whenever i right click and scroll through the context menu, the pointer always seems to be lagging or leading the highlighted item, depending on whether i am moving up on down.
And sometimes, the click action seems to be selecting the wrong item, usually one index above or below the actual item i clicked.
This same behaviour is repeatable while scrolling using the keyboard up/down keys as well. Unlike the mouse, this keyboard enter key always selects the wrong item, one index below or above the actual highlighted item depending on whether i am moving up or down.
The only extension enabled right now is "Firefox Multi-Account Containers"
Screenshots attached.
I have always in private mode enabled. Why is there a small web cache stored each time I open firefox?
Basically I have Never Remember History enabled, and each time I open FF there's data in 'Cookies and Site Data'. Under 'Cookies and Site Data' it will say there's a bit … (read more)
Basically I have Never Remember History enabled, and each time I open FF there's data in 'Cookies and Site Data'. Under 'Cookies and Site Data' it will say there's a bit of data (in the photo is says 16Kb, which is pretty typical). If I look under 'manage cookies and site data' there will be nothing there. Sometimes the cookies or cache or whatever is bigger if the last time I used that profile I was watching videos, at most it will be a couple Mb's maybe. If I wipe it out, it will go to 0Kb, and then for the rest of the profile session, even if I have a bazillion tabs open, it will say 0, but then there's always a cache there the next time I start that profile.
What is it? Why is there always a small amount of data in the 'Cookies and Site Data' section each time I restart a profile?
I'm currently running version 68.2.0esr on Debian Linux version 5.3.0-1-amd64. Extension: uBlock Origin 1.23.0
uMatrix 1.4.0
Canvasblocker 0.5.14.
Plugins: OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc. (disabled) Version 1.8.1.1
Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc. Version 4.10.1440.19
I have web history turned off ('Never Remember History'), trackers blocked, cookies enabled w/ third party disabled, auto search engine update turned on, Do Not Track enabled, 'Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed' enabled by default (b/c history is off). I might have changed a few tiny things in about:config but nothing I remember offhand. Any other system info I can look up in need be.
Under 'manage cookies and site data' I have an item with no site name and 3 cookies which I cannot delete.
When I highlight the offending item and click 'remove selected' it disappears. 'Save changes' takes me to the confirmation page, but the cookies are not there and clickin… (read more)
When I highlight the offending item and click 'remove selected' it disappears. 'Save changes' takes me to the confirmation page, but the cookies are not there and clicking 'confirm' achieves nothing. Next time I look the same item is back again. Any thoughts on what it might be, and how I can kill it?
Is there a way to change only the background image for new tabs?
Hi, I have attached 2 screenshots: 1. The background where I want to apply the image in firefox. 2. Chromium after changing the background. Is there a way to change the b… (read more)
Hi, I have attached 2 screenshots: 1. The background where I want to apply the image in firefox. 2. Chromium after changing the background.
Is there a way to change the background in Firefox to an image of my choice?