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… (читать ещё)
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