Firefox ESR doesn't start at all with specific profile: [Child][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost
Hello! I am running firefox-esr version 68.5.0esr-1+b1 (from Debian testing) with a bunch of extensions (ublock origin, multi containers, suspend tab, open in browser, a… (read more)
Hello! I am running firefox-esr version 68.5.0esr-1+b1 (from Debian testing) with a bunch of extensions (ublock origin, multi containers, suspend tab, open in browser, all in one sidebar, etc). Yesterday, I was suddenly unable to start firefox. I can see the profile manager and start another older profile, but not the one I really need to open. When I start from a terminal, I see this error message most of the time:
###!!! [Child][RunMessage] Error: Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost
I have created a new profile and started it with success; after copying all files from the faulty profile, the new one does not start.
I have tried to run with safe mode: still does not start.
I have found https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/426502/firefox-keeps-crashing-upon-launch/466522 which doesn't help.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile shows me how to copy bookmarks and cookies over. (I am not using any synchronization service.) I would very much like not losing my session (open tabs), but I don't know which file or database is holding it.
I would prefer not to have to spend a lot of time reinstalling and reconfiguring all extensions, but maybe it will be necessary. Thanks for any help troubleshooting this.
Firefox
Why do tabs sometimes die, creating an "IPC Launch #1" process?
Running Firefox Linux 71.0 on Linux Mint. Occasionally when I try to open a tab, the page in it doesn't load, and I can't load any other page in the tab. In System Moni… (read more)
Running Firefox Linux 71.0 on Linux Mint. Occasionally when I try to open a tab, the page in it doesn't load, and I can't load any other page in the tab. In System Monitor I see an "IPC Launch #1" process for each time this happens. If I kill the process, the tab then displays "Your tab has crashed" with the usual form to submit a problem report. Anyone know why this is happening? Thanks in advance.
Hello, is it possible to deactivate Javascript for background tabs?
I'd like the html and css code to remain the same, just stop Javascript. Optionally I'd like Javascript to continue running when I get back to the page. A button to stop/… (read more)
I'd like the html and css code to remain the same, just stop Javascript.
Optionally I'd like Javascript to continue running when I get back to the page.
A button to stop/pause Javascript on foreground pages would also be nice.
I'm fine with any solution suggestions, be it about:config or an extension, etc.
Thank you!
auto scrolling when a page load
When i open a new page firefox start to auto scroll the page, i try to reinstall firefox, and open it in safe mode but the problem is still here.
Failure to sync logins on fresh install
I've just installed Ubuntu 19.10 with Plasma DE and signed into Firefox. Firefox however won't sync my accounts for some reason, and everything I've found about Firefo… (read more)
I've just installed Ubuntu 19.10 with Plasma DE and signed into Firefox. Firefox however won't sync my accounts for some reason, and everything I've found about Firefox account logins is from the old Firefox Sync, which I'm not using. I've removed and reinstalled Firefox, thinking it might be corrupted files, but without luck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, and have a nice day!
Encountering a "libxcb error" while trying to use browser
OS: SLES 11.3 SP4 firefox ver: 40.0.2 I have already done the following: - run as administrator - run with safe-mode on - run with add-ons disabled - re-installed the br… (read more)
OS: SLES 11.3 SP4 firefox ver: 40.0.2
I have already done the following: - run as administrator - run with safe-mode on - run with add-ons disabled - re-installed the browser - run without a profile
I can NOT upgrade the browser any higher on this machine.
After manually launching the browser and attempting to navigate around various websites, I encounter the following libxcb error:
WARNING: content window passed to PrivateBrowsingUtils.isWindowPrivate. Use isContentWindowPrivate instead (but only for frame scripts). pbu_isWindowPrivate@resource://gre/modules/PrivateBrowsingUtils.jsm:25:14 nsBrowserAccess.prototype.openURI@chrome://browser/content/browser.js:15679:21 libxcb: WARNING! Program tries to unlock a connection without having acquired
a lock first, which indicates a programming error.
There will be no further warnings about this issue.
libxcb: WARNING! Program tries to lock an already locked connection,
which indicates a programming error.
There will be no further warnings about this issue.
After I see that, I know that the next time I click on anything in the browser that runs javascript, the browser will freeze. When I click the x to close the browser it gives me a "process not responding" error and the option to terminate the application.
Is there a feature or way to use regex or wildcards to blacklist sites from asking to save login credentials?
When developing/testing web applications I find it a nuisance to be constantly asked to save login credentials for locally hosted web applications. What I've done so far.… (read more)
When developing/testing web applications I find it a nuisance to be constantly asked to save login credentials for locally hosted web applications.
What I've done so far... Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Logins & Passwords -> Exceptions Then I've added my localhost addresses I use, but it seems there is no way to use wild cards or regex... for EXAMPLE:
http://localhost:*
If this is not a feature, I would humbly suggest it as I feel that it would give a good number of users added control over their browsing experience without having to shut off features entirely.
Why does creation of a new websocket stall for up to a minute?
I made a websocket client that reconnects automatically after 1 second at WebSocket.onclose(). I do not have the server running, so that I can see what will happen if a c… (read more)
I made a websocket client that reconnects automatically after 1 second at WebSocket.onclose(). I do not have the server running, so that I can see what will happen if a client disconnects to network issues, going offline, etc. For the first ten or so connections, Firefox 72 behaves as expected, but then it starts stalling new websocket creations. Eventually the stall peaks at about 1 minute, but two connections are attempted before each stall.
I don't see how this is rational behavior. I don't want a user who disconnects from my server (e.g. leaves WiFi) to have to wait up to a minute to reconnect. Even a refresh or close tab and reopen will not get an immediate websocket connection attempt. The only way to get an immediate attempt is to close Firefox entirely and reopen.
I also don't understand the policy of websockets using an increasing timeout (up to a few minutes or more) for several reconnection attempts while in the OPEN state. Thankfully there is an obvious workaround which is to implement manual ping/pong with close on timeout.
I suppose I could make some HTTP requests to see if the server is up and then create a websocket but that seems just ugly.
On Chromium, the maximum timeout is only a few seconds and through the entire timeout Chromium is still making tcp SYN attempts several times per second.
Reproduce: - client.js: https://pastebin.com/NP7iWbEg - client.html: https://pastebin.com/BzxDP3EZ
1) Put client.js and client.html into a directory and open client.html in Firefox 72. 2) (optional) Do the same but with Chromium.
Firefox ignores my theme and the tab area goes white when I start a new session ever since version 70.
Ever since I updated to firefox 70, all of my desktop devices (windows, macos, and linux) firefox will ignore my theme and display look like the image attached. The top … (read more)
Ever since I updated to firefox 70, all of my desktop devices (windows, macos, and linux) firefox will ignore my theme and display look like the image attached. The top bar will be correct for my theme for a small moment and then it will turn white along with the firefox start search thing, the search thing will go back to dark but the top bar will stay white. This happens with any theme installed and with all themes uninstalled on every device. The only way to fix this is to go and enable some other theme and switch back to the theme I want.
I know it shows me using nightly, I installed it today to try fixing the issue but it doesnt. This happens in the standard version of firefox (72.0.1 current) and has happened on every update since v70.
Opening link from other software in tab
When another software tries to open a link, instead of opening in a new tab in my current windows, I get the message: Firefox is already running, but is not responding. … (read more)
When another software tries to open a link, instead of opening in a new tab in my current windows, I get the message: Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.
What can I do to be able to just click on link and have them opened ?
If I try to open a markdown file: tabs keep opening
I tried some markdown extension. It did not work, so I removed it. Now if I try to open a markdown file, tabs keeps opening, at a rate of several per second. … (read more)
I tried some markdown extension. It did not work, so I removed it.
Now if I try to open a markdown file, tabs keeps opening, at a rate of several per second.
simplify page has stopped working
I am a retired programmer, principally using Slackware 14.2 with the latest updates. Firefox is 68.4.1ESR. About a month ago the :simplify page" stopped working. If you c… (read more)
I am a retired programmer, principally using Slackware 14.2 with the latest updates. Firefox is 68.4.1ESR. About a month ago the :simplify page" stopped working. If you click the button, nothing happens. After 1/2 minute or so, I click the cancel button. I used to find the feature quite helpful.
Alan
How to tweak settings to smoothly browse Figma
I'm using Firefox 72.0.1 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 19.10 (64-bit), GNOME on Wayland desktop. When I enter a Figma workspace (https://www.figma.com/), the browser is very lag. Ma… (read more)
I'm using Firefox 72.0.1 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 19.10 (64-bit), GNOME on Wayland desktop.
When I enter a Figma workspace (https://www.figma.com/), the browser is very lag. Maybe the settings is not suitable. How can I tweak it?
Even I disabled addons, the website is still lag.
How can I increase the menus and tab titles font size?
I'm using Firefox 68.4 on Debian. I've set the "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" value to 1.75, which work nicely for the web pages. But the browser's upper right corner menu, … (read more)
I'm using Firefox 68.4 on Debian. I've set the "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" value to 1.75, which work nicely for the web pages. But the browser's upper right corner menu, the Alt menu, the toolbar menus, address bar and tab titles - all their fonts are still tiny tiny and I don't know how to change them. "layout.css.devPixelsPerPx" doesn't change these! Please help! :)
Thank you!
autofill working but not logging in
When I goto a site and if firefox has saved the name and password for that site it would automatically login. Now, however, it fills in the name and password but fails t… (read more)
When I goto a site and if firefox has saved the name and password for that site it would automatically login. Now, however, it fills in the name and password but fails to login. I have no idea if this is even a firefox problem or, perhaps, it just doesn't do that anymore.
Thoughts?
Open downloaded file with, cannot choose any application/script
Hi, With Firefox 72.0.2 (64-bit), that is the latest version available, I cannot open file with what I want when doing "Open with...", see image 1, when I press "Browse..… (read more)
Hi,
With Firefox 72.0.2 (64-bit), that is the latest version available, I cannot open file with what I want when doing "Open with...", see image 1, when I press "Browse..." a window opens asking me to "Choose Helper Application", with nothing yet, then, see image 2, if I press "View All Applications" I have just a selection of applications (with some listed several times) I don't know from where and I cannot browse system to select a specific application or script. I also tried adding a .desktop file for the script I want to use in /usr/share/applications/ but it still not appears in "All Applications" list, whereas it actually appeared in OS start menu.
In the other way, see image 3, when opening an already downloaded file, another windows appears ("Launch Application") from which we can select previously used applications for file type, and, selecting "Choose...", allows user to select any file on the filesystem.
Is it possible to have second behaviour for both ?
Thanks
can't install firefox on Trisquel Linux
I have Trisqul 8.0 on Linux. I cannot install Mozilla Firefox. Please help.
When I restore pinned tabs like Spotify and Wire, they throw errors, and sometimes want me to re-login.
Pretty much the title. Spotify asks to reload, and then it just works; Wire(secure messenger) wants me to re-login, saying "Wire is already open in this browser. If you c… (read more)
Pretty much the title. Spotify asks to reload, and then it just works; Wire(secure messenger) wants me to re-login, saying "Wire is already open in this browser. If you continue here, you will be logged out on the other tab." even though there is no other tab.
Is there a flag to unblock autoplay of videos while launching firefox from command line?
I am trying to run a firefox instance with the help of Xvfb-run and play video in a tab. The video is set to autoplay on load, but firefox(>=66) has the default set to… (read more)
I am trying to run a firefox instance with the help of Xvfb-run and play video in a tab. The video is set to autoplay on load, but firefox(>=66) has the default set to block audio and video. I want to set that flag to false, this could be done using the GUI but I want to somehow do it using the CLI itself. Is there a way?
Tried to install FF on Debian 10, can't update to the last version
So I wanted to install latest version of FF on Debian 10, since it only comes with ESR version. I tried downloading the .tar files and creating a desktop shortcut, but it… (read more)
So I wanted to install latest version of FF on Debian 10, since it only comes with ESR version. I tried downloading the .tar files and creating a desktop shortcut, but it won't work, and I didn't know how to update it and since they release version 73 while I was trying with the previous version it started to collide and it didn't felt the good way (I'm a noob; pretty obvious). So I saw this reddit post(https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/86i20e/how_to_install_the_latest_firefox/), which seemed good to me, I installed Debian unstable and now FF is on my desktop and such, but I can't update it to the last version. So I won't let me use my other profile (which was on version 73) and I have to use a regular one which I dislike a lot. How can I use latest FF version and update it as soon as a new version is released?
I'm using Gnome btw, here are the command lines from the reddit post:
edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file add deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences then paste this
Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 900
Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 10 sudo apt update sudo apt remove --purge firefox-esr sudo apt install -t unstable firefox