Firefox not updating
Using both Firefox and Nightly, I can't seem to get any of them to update. I've noticed that Nightly hasn't been updating, but didn't do anything about it until the following release cycle, when I had to get the next version manually. However, that didn't fix the issue. Every day I get a dialog saying that Firefox is unable to determine whether there's a new version and that I should make sure Nightly's up to date manually, with a link included. When I try to check for updates manually, it just displays that it's up to date, even though it's a few days behind. Automatic updates are turned on. Any idea what might be wrong?
Chosen solution
Well I fixed my issue by reinstalling FF completely and deleting all my user files.
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hello, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...
Application Basics
Name: Firefox Version: 46.0a1 Build ID: 20160102030217 Update Channel: nightly User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:46.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/46.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/2 (default: false) Safe Mode: false
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
All Crash Reports
Extensions
Name: ADB Helper Version: 0.8.6 Enabled: true ID: adbhelper@mozilla.org
Name: Adblock Plus Version: 2.7 Enabled: true ID: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
Name: Firefox Hello Version: 0.1 Enabled: true ID: loop@mozilla.org
Name: FlashGot Version: 1.5.6.12.1-signed Enabled: true ID: {19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}
Name: Greasemonkey Version: 3.6 Enabled: true ID: {e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781}
Name: Moderator toolbox for reddit Version: 3.3.0 Enabled: true ID: yes@jetpack
Name: Pocket Version: 46.0a1 Enabled: true ID: firefox@getpocket.com
Name: Reddit Enhancement Suite Version: 4.5.4.1-signed Enabled: true ID: jid1-xUfzOsOFlzSOXg@jetpack
Name: Valence Version: 0.3.3 Enabled: true ID: fxdevtools-adapters@mozilla.org
Name: YouTube High Definition Version: 43.2 Enabled: true ID: {7b1bf0b6-a1b9-42b0-b75d-252036438bdc}
Name: Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF Version: 2.0 Enabled: false ID: web2pdfextension@web2pdf.adobedotcom
Name: Avast Online Security Version: 10.3.3.13 Enabled: false ID: wrc@avast.com
Name: Firebug Version: 3.0.0-alpha.12 Enabled: false ID: firebug@software.joehewitt.com
Name: Video DownloadHelper Version: 5.4.2 Enabled: false ID: {b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}
Graphics
Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none Device ID: 0x0116 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (10.0.10586.0) Driver Date: 5-27-2015 Driver Version: 9.17.10.4229 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 2/2 Direct3D 11 (OMTC) Subsys ID: 167d103c Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: Yes Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Direct3D11 vs_4_1 ps_4_1) windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureContentBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 (#0) Error: PossiblyBrokenSurfaceSharing_UnexpectedAMDGPU (#12) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0 (#13) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0 (#14) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0 (#15) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0 (#16) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0
Important Modified Preferences
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user.js Preferences
Your profile folder contains a user.js file, which includes preferences that were not created by Nightly.
Important Locked Preferences
JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.11 Version in use: 4.11
NSS Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC
NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.21 Version in use: 3.21
Experimental Features
ok, there seems to be a user.js file in your profile, which is a bit suspicious unless you once had created that manually in the first place: please go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information > profile folder - "show folder", then a new window will open up. in this window look out for a file named user.js (it might be used to overwrite your custom settings). delete or rename this file, restart firefox afterwards and see if this can fix the issue...
Well, it was just a blank .js file, so deleting it had no avail, and I'm still getting the issue. http://i.imgur.com/wwRYW91.png
are you able to load this url in the browser or are there any error messages? https://aus5.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/46.0a1/20160102030217/WINNT_x86-msvc/en-US/nightly/Windows_NT%2010.0.0.0%20%28x64%29/default/default/update.xml
Yep, it loads as expected. http://i.imgur.com/pPwZKbK.png
Soo, nothing? I've switched to Nightly 47 x64 and my issue is still there.
Chosen Solution
Well I fixed my issue by reinstalling FF completely and deleting all my user files.