Why is this happening?!!!
I Type into the search bar, hit RETURN KEY and get "ABOUT:BLANK:, a new empty page.
Recently, when I copy and paste an error message to the search box in Firefox and the first word contains a ':', such as when searching for this error message - "MESA-LOA… (lire la suite)
Recently, when I copy and paste an error message to the search box in Firefox and the first word contains a ':', such as when searching for this error message - "MESA-LOADER: failed to open dri: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gbm/dri_gbm.so: cannot open shared object file" - I get the "Open the mesa-loader link with System Handler?" prompt (see screenshot).
I used to be able to copy and paste such an error before into the search box and it would just work but now the browser defaults to thinking you are entering a URL. This could be because when I start typing in the search box, it immediately relocates what I'm typing to the address bar. Maybe this is the behaviour I need to disable? But how and why is it the default?
Help!
Browser details
$ > snap info firefox name: firefox summary: Mozilla Firefox web browser publisher: Mozilla✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/firefox contact: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/file-bug-report-or-feature-request-mozilla license: unset description: |
Firefox is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies.
commands:
- firefox - firefox.geckodriver
snap-id: 3wdHCAVyZEmYsCMFDE9qt92UV8rC8Wdk tracking: latest/stable/ubuntu-24.04 refresh-date: 19 days ago, at 13:56 AEDT channels:
latest/stable: 144.0.2-1 2025-10-29 (7177) 261MB - latest/candidate: 145.0-1 2025-11-04 (7242) 262MB - latest/beta: 145.0b9-1 2025-10-31 (7213) 262MB - latest/edge: 146.0a1 2025-11-05 (7250) 298MB - esr/stable: 140.4.0esr-2 2025-10-14 (7023) 258MB - esr/candidate: 140.5.0esr-1 2025-11-05 (7236) 258MB - esr/beta: ↑ esr/edge: ↑
installed: 144.0-2 (7084) 261MB -
OS Details
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION_ID="24.04" VERSION="24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)" VERSION_CODENAME=noble ID=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/" SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/" PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy" UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble LOGO=ubuntu-logo
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