Mac OS: How do I target a specific instance of Firefox from the command line when more than one instance is running?
I use different instance of FF with different profiles as front ends for specific php applications. Sometimes when I launch a new instance via the backend script of a GUI… (xem thêm)
I use different instance of FF with different profiles as front ends for specific php applications. Sometimes when I launch a new instance via the backend script of a GUI app I've created, even though the command line arguments for the firefox binary specify the url, the instance sometimes fails to open the url and stays at the default home page. I'd like to avoid having to set the target url in the preferences for the FF profile and instead load it from the command line, as I set the url in a config file for my GUI app and don't want to have it set in multiple places.
Obviously I can get the PID of the instance, but then how would I use that (or the firefox binary) to tell that instance to open a specific URL?
Code from the script that launches FF: (included variable are defined previously)
browserlaunchcmd="$browserdir/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -P $browserprofile -no-remote \"http://$webdomain/\"" ... eval "$browserlaunchcmd"
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My passwords are all gone and now I can't save any new ones either?
Please help me!! I’m desperate!! I have 15 years of saved passwords that no longer work!!!!!!! After I updated to 73.0 I have zero saved logins!!! My logins.json file is… (xem thêm)
Please help me!! I’m desperate!! I have 15 years of saved passwords that no longer work!!!!!!! After I updated to 73.0 I have zero saved logins!!! My logins.json file is still there and I can open it in Notepad but everything is encrypted!!! Also, it says I don’t have a Master Password anymore, but I never cleared it! And when I go to change it I get a “unable to change” error!!! I also can’t save any new logins, no logins can be saved now!! I’ve searched google for hours and tried everything but nothing works!! And no, I don’t have the “logins.json.corrupted” file everyone mentions on other threads for this issue, my file is still logins.json!
Please help me!!!!!!
Flash Is Problematic
I have Firefox 73.0.1 ((64 bit) and am running the latest version of FLASH as an add-on. Lately, when using FLASH within FF, sometimes the screen goes white, sometimes it… (xem thêm)
I have Firefox 73.0.1 ((64 bit) and am running the latest version of FLASH as an add-on.
Lately, when using FLASH within FF, sometimes the screen goes white, sometimes it goes black. I cannot seem to figure out what to do and how to restart FLASH or get back to where I was. Also, I cannot figure out how to get the DISPLAY settings for FLASH This has recently started about 2 weeks ago. I have no other problems with FF
Add-on "I don't care about cookies" not working properly in FF anymore
There's an add-on that filters out those annoying "This website uses cookies" warnings. A very useful add-on. But since a couple of months, it doesn't work well anymore. … (xem thêm)
There's an add-on that filters out those annoying "This website uses cookies" warnings. A very useful add-on. But since a couple of months, it doesn't work well anymore. According to the maker, the problem only occurs in FF on Win, not in Chrome/Opera and not in FF on Linux. And he states that he contacted FF, but that FF didn't do anything to resolve the problem. See https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/i-dont-care-about-cookies/ > Reviews (in the upper right block) > comment by user 13764671 and the reply.
I'd like to know what the status of this reported problem is. Because as I said, it's a very useful add-on. And there's no alternative.
Firefox suddenly won't open on Mac, despite clean reinstall
I am having a similar ongoing issue with Firefox refusing to open, and none of the fixes I've seen in this forum have worked. When clicking the icon it bounces once and t… (xem thêm)
I am having a similar ongoing issue with Firefox refusing to open, and none of the fixes I've seen in this forum have worked. When clicking the icon it bounces once and then disappears from the dock. Honestly, this started happening about August 2018, and in my troubleshooting decided to give the Developer edition a try, and for some reason that one worked so I stuck with it.
Shortly thereafter (a week or two) whenever I closed down the Mac, Firefox Dev wouldn't re-open. Deleting and reinstalling would work, but I'd have to re-set all my settings, re-activate the theme, etc., and all the browsing history would be lost. So, since then I would rarely shut it down.
A few days ago I had to shut the Mac down completely, but this time Firefox Dev wouldn't open after re-installing. Oddly, I tried regular Firefox again as a solution, and it opened this time. I tested it out by shutting the Mac down completely, then restarting, and it retained all of the settings! I was really glad to once again be able to shut down my laptop at the end of the day without the headache of having to reinstall and re-set everything.
Then this morning, boom - back to the same nonsense, except now it won't open at all. Neither the regular FF or the Developer edition will work. I've done clean uninstalls to see if that was the problem, as in: removed them from the Applications folder, removed them from the Downloads folder, removed the /Firefox folder from user/Library/Application Support/, and emptying the Trash.
I saw in one Support post to delete the fbplugin file, 'as that had been causing Firefox to crash'. The closest I found to an 'fbplugin' file was a bundle-config.1 file, which contained 'fbplugin' throughout the file code numerous times. I renamed it temporarily, but didn't delete it. That didn't help the non-opening problem either.
I also tried installing Firefox v 71, same result as the others.
Keep in mind after attempting all of these solutions of deleting, reinstalling, changing file names, etc., I did a complete shutdown and restart. Also, I have not downloaded, updated, or changed anything since last week's phenomenon of regular Firefox beginning to work again. So I'm completely stumped and would appreciate any help. I'm currently running macOS Catalina 10.15.3. TIA.
problem authentication proxy
at work we use a proxy network with authentication ONLY with the firefox browser i have proxy problems. I see the page access denied by the proxy server, the only solutio… (xem thêm)
at work we use a proxy network with authentication ONLY with the firefox browser i have proxy problems. I see the page access denied by the proxy server, the only solution is to close and open the application.
Firefox unexpectedly exits
In the last couple of days, Firefox has started unexpectedly exiting. It doesn't show an error message on screen or create a Firefox crash report - it just vanishes - bu… (xem thêm)
In the last couple of days, Firefox has started unexpectedly exiting.
It doesn't show an error message on screen or create a Firefox crash report - it just vanishes - but it does create a WER log and entry in the Windows Application error log. It doesn't necessarily exit when it has the focus in response to user interaction - some times I'll be doing something else, and try to tab back to Firefox, and it's just gone. Mean time between crashes is about 30 minutes - not "instantly" or "on startup" but enough to be unlivable with.
I have reinstalled Firefox, checked that it is up to date (73.0.1 (64-bit)), and disabled all my plugins except 1Password (I can't really use a browser without the 1Password plugin so if it doesn't work with it on, it's the same as it not working at all)
Some WER log files for example:
https://pastebin.com/hCYpgRnJ https://pastebin.com/GczJg6xV https://pastebin.com/65xDaCrU
and here's a windows application log entry:
Fault bucket , type 0 Event Name: APPCRASH Response: Not available Cab Id: 0
Problem signature: P1: firefox.exe P2: 73.0.1.7352 P3: 5e4abc33 P4: ntdll.dll P5: 10.0.18362.657 P6: 64d10ee0 P7: c0000005 P8: 000000000003c900 P9: P10:
Attached files: \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WERDF67.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
These files may be available here: \\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_firefox.exe_5842855acf56b951933ad221b8aefc848d0bf9_fd4a202a_cfe131be-ac4c-4c84-aaf1-565f6edc013e
Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: a6d3bb6e-585f-4a9e-bf89-80d4b12d5fc0 Report Status: 131172 Hashed bucket: Cab Guid: 0
and here's the systme metadata file
<WERReportMetadata> <OSVersionInformation> <WindowsNTVersion>10.0</WindowsNTVersion> <Build>18362</Build> <Product>(0x31): Windows 10 Pro N</Product> <Edition>ProfessionalN</Edition> <BuildString>18362.657.amd64fre.19h1_release.190318-1202</BuildString> <Revision>657</Revision> <Flavor>Multiprocessor Free</Flavor> <Architecture>X64</Architecture> <LCID>2057</LCID> </OSVersionInformation> <ProblemSignatures> <EventType>APPCRASH</EventType> <Parameter0>firefox.exe</Parameter0> <Parameter1>73.0.1.7352</Parameter1> <Parameter2>5e4abc33</Parameter2> <Parameter3>ntdll.dll</Parameter3> <Parameter4>10.0.18362.657</Parameter4> <Parameter5>64d10ee0</Parameter5> <Parameter6>c0000005</Parameter6> <Parameter7>000000000003c900</Parameter7> </ProblemSignatures> <DynamicSignatures> <Parameter1>10.0.18362.2.0.0.256.49</Parameter1> <Parameter2>2057</Parameter2> <Parameter22>0000</Parameter22> <Parameter23>00000000000000000000000000000000</Parameter23> <Parameter24>0000</Parameter24> <Parameter25>00000000000000000000000000000000</Parameter25> </DynamicSignatures> <SystemInformation> <MID>85361BF0-48E9-4BB8-A01E-1DFE00E50316</MID> <SystemManufacturer>Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.</SystemManufacturer> <SystemProductName>Z97N-WIFI</SystemProductName> <BIOSVersion>F7</BIOSVersion> <OSInstallDate>1571139164</OSInstallDate> <OSInstallTime>2019-10-15T11:32:43Z</OSInstallTime> <TimeZoneBias>00:00</TimeZoneBias> </SystemInformation> <SecureBootState> <UEFISecureBootEnabled>0</UEFISecureBootEnabled> </SecureBootState> <ReportInformation> <Guid>cfe131be-ac4c-4c84-aaf1-565f6edc013e</Guid> <CreationTime>2020-02-26T10:20:20Z</CreationTime> </ReportInformation> </WERReportMetadata>
Firefox opens a new tab seemingly randomly (usually when using a bookmark) that goes to http://[myusername]
Sometimes when I click on a bookmark on my bookmarks bar, and sometimes at complete random, the browser opens up a tab that goes to a very specific site over and over. In… (xem thêm)
Sometimes when I click on a bookmark on my bookmarks bar, and sometimes at complete random, the browser opens up a tab that goes to a very specific site over and over. In my case, it's www.david.com since that is my firefox profile name. It doesn't seem to do the same thing with my wife's profile though. I have no idea what's causing this, and haven't found this problem anywhere else.
I would also note that it starts the tab with the code http://david and that eventually forwards to this.