Firefox 79.0 Won't Open Any Page
I'm on Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon. Just upgraded to Firefox 79.0
Firefox opens no problem. I start to type in a url and it shows autocompletions like normal, but when I press enter, nothing happens. No processing indicator, just white screen. The same happens for `about` pages like about:config.
If I open a new tab or (private) window, I get the "Firefox has been updated in the background" message with the button to restart. Click it and it restarts in the same state.
I've double checked that when it closes, there are no firefox processes running.
Everything behaves the same if I start it from the command line with "firefox --safe-mode".
When started from the command line there is a slew of this error:
- !!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x390132,name=PContent::Msg_AsyncMessage) Channel error: cannot send/recv
Help?
Chosen solution
OK—no idea what the conflict might have been, but I ran new updates and did another reboot and the repo installation is working again.
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Hi shaav1,
I think this may work for you. If it doesn't let me know and I'll give some other suggestions. I am also a Linux Mint user and other Linux distros.
Start Firefox in safe mode. Go to about:config and perform the following:
browser.tabs.remote.autostart = false browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 = false
Close Firefox and open normally. Let me know if it works or not.
Are you currently using a version from the repositories of your Linux distribution? Try the Firefox version from the official Mozilla server:
la3amon said
Go to about:config and perform the following:
Thanks for the recommendation, but I can't open *any* page. Including about:config
Follow FredMcD's advice. If you performed a 'sudo apt-get install firefox', I would remove, purge and autoclean. Then install from the URL FredMcD posted.
FredMcD said
Are you currently using a version from the repositories of your Linux distribution? Try the Firefox version from the official Mozilla server: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
Exactly the same. Removed the repo installed firefox. Decompressed the download and ran the executable. Firefox opens, but any url entered does nothing. The only difference is that when opening a new tab it's not brought the foreground—stay in the background and you can't switch to it. Completely mystifying.
la3amon said
Follow FredMcD's advice. If you performed a 'sudo apt-get install firefox', I would remove, purge and autoclean. Then install from the URL FredMcD posted.
replied to FredMcD and more details there, but no change. Same problem... :[
There are three versions in my repos:
79.0+linuxmint1+tricia (tara) 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 (bionic-updates) 59.0.2+build1-0ubuntu1 (bionic)
I tried both of the others; the 79.0 was identical; 59.0.2 would start and open a page for about 2seconds before crashing completely.
Chosen Solution
OK—no idea what the conflict might have been, but I ran new updates and did another reboot and the repo installation is working again.
That was very good work. Well Done.