Addons Seem to be Broken Lately
I have been unable to figure out how I've managed to make my addons no work properly.
I've tried running them in debug mode, but I'm not particularly adept in debugging addons.
I've reset Firefox back to default a few times, addons seem okay, and then as soon as my Firefox account syncs and installs my installed addons they go back to wonky.
I can't seem to attach images RN, Firefox (Nightly) crashes every time I click on the button.
The behavior can be described as the addons when clicked have a blank page as their contents, and some addons (Like Dark Reader) just have like a sliver of a drop down with no contents.
If you'd like me to grab some debug data from wherever just let me know.
Chosen solution
So it appears as though glibc-2.34 is the cause of all the addon troubles.
Guess I should not be surprised, unfortunately downgrading glibc is not an option.
I'll just have to wait for glibc to not be broken.
In the mean time, this fixed my issue.
MOZ_DISABLE_CONTENT_SANDBOX=1
Gentoo Forums :: View topic - Some extensions don't work in Firefox [Workaround]
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It’s possible that there is a problem with the file(s) that store the extensions registry.
Type about:support in the address box and press enter.
Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To its right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.
Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
Linux: Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Directory. To its right press the button Open Directory.
If you have sync, and there is a problem anywhere, Shut Down Sync Immediately On All Devices to prevent the problem from spreading. Once the problem is fixed, perform the same repair on all computers/profiles before using sync again. +++++++++++++++++ Delete all extensions* files and compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder to reset the extensions registry.
New files will be created when required.
After, restart Firefox.
See "Corrupt extension files"
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You may have to approve the updating once again.
If you have sync, and there is a problem anywhere, Shut Down Sync Immediately On All Devices to prevent the problem from spreading. Once the problem is fixed, perform the same repair on all computers/profiles before using sync again.
You appear to be running an unstable Firefox 97 Nightly release where you can always expect issues.
Does this also happen with the current Firefox 95 release ?
You can possibly set this pref:
- about:config => services.sync.addons.ignoreUserEnabledChanges = true
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Sync/Addon_Sync
So, I've tried that, I'm even currently running Firefox 95.0.1.
And the browse button to attach images crashes my Firefox on the main channel too, wish I had more information to give, it's such a big application that I assume trying to run it in GDB would be a huge undertaking.
But since multiple versions of Firefox are crashing on this page specifically (support.mozilla.org) it seems likely that the issue is on my computer, perhaps a library or something is fubar.
I'll keep at it, thanks for your input.
Looks like every time I click on the addons that don't load stuff (right now all I have installed is Dark Reader, I moved .mozilla out of the way for completely fresh).
###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x390146,name=PContent::Msg_AsyncMessage) Channel error: cannot send/recv
This is the message displayed in the console.
Modified by aaron.nixon
Attaching a few images with a not Firefox browser.
This is what happens when I click on the add-ons.
Well, I've built 95.0.1 and Nightly today and both have the same issue as the binary releases I've downloaded, this does in fact appear to not be an issue with Firefox itself, but rather, something wonky on my system.
If you guys have any pointers where I could look that would be handy, otherwise I'll just close this and try to figure out what I've done on my own, thanks for the quick responses thus far though.
The only thing consistent is this message:
###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x3A0144,name=PContent::Msg_AsyncMessage) Channel error: cannot send/recv
Which leads me to believe that that is the core of the issue, but searching has come up with nothing.
Modified by aaron.nixon
Chosen Solution
So it appears as though glibc-2.34 is the cause of all the addon troubles.
Guess I should not be surprised, unfortunately downgrading glibc is not an option.
I'll just have to wait for glibc to not be broken.
In the mean time, this fixed my issue.
MOZ_DISABLE_CONTENT_SANDBOX=1
Gentoo Forums :: View topic - Some extensions don't work in Firefox [Workaround]