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Hello, everytime I want to open a website that I frequently use, Firefox fails to suggest it as first and rather suggests the "base" url. Example: I want to open https://www.arabdict.com/en/deutsch-arabisch but typing "ara" in the URL input field always suggests https://www.arabdict.com although the first link is both bookmarked and pinned on home. Can someone tell me how to fix this if it's even fixable yet? Chrome does this if you want to compare the user experience I'm missing since switching to Firefox. Thank you!

P.S: sorry for the first screenshot, I couldn't catch the suggestions menu with the built in screenshot tool.

I just set up a server with linux Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop, with Firefox 129.0.2 included to do some dev and testing work.

Problem: Firefox seems unable to see or open files that are above or outside the user's home dir tree.

The only extra packages installed are the LAMP stack and Google Chrome, which has no problem. (had to have something for A/B testing.)

I've tried entering the url of file:///var/www/index.html, I've tried selecting 'open with...' from the files app, etc. Nothing works.

I can get to the file through http://localserver/index.html with no issues. I've verified permissions on the entire directory tree to the file. Everything from end to end has read permissions for all, 755.

I've checked the following advanced settings: security.sandbox.content.level..............................0 (started at 4, now at 0, no effect or change.) security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy.........................false (default setting as installed.)

I am able to open file:/// and get a dir listing. BUT, if I click on var, it gives "Access to the file was denied." I even tried changing the permissions on /var to 777, but no change.

This seems to be a Firefox only problem, since Google Chrome works where firefox doesn't.

I've spent several hours searching for ways to fix this, all with no success. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this, or even what to look at???

For a few months now I've been having issues uploading firmware files to my QNAP server's website. I was trying to update the firmware, but it wouldn't allow the file to even be uploaded. Would just get a general "error" with no help.

This past week a started having issues with 7digital.com not allowing me to download zipped music files. It kept giving an error about the oauth token not being passed through. (Error: Authorization failed for method <GET> and URL <http://media.geo.7digital.com/media/user/download/release>. Missing oauth_consumer_key)

Finally figured out that this is only happening in Firefox, Brave browser and other Chrome based browsers don't have the issue.

I've tried turning off the tracking and download protection in settings, but it didn't help. So, what's causing it?

Using Firefox 128.0.3 (64-bit) on Linux (NixOS).

Ubuntu 22 LTS, Firefox 131.0.3 (64-bit). My machine crashed last night, but when I booted it this morning to start figuring out what's wrong all my windows/tabs came up. (I have at least 6 windows (for organization of my) hundreds of tabs.) After 6 or so reboots (testing various usb device plug-in configurations) I'm finally done, but now only have 1 blank firefox window. I created an account for syncing so I wouldn't have to redo all that when I upgrade OS periodically; however, I didn't think this would happen, so I didn't sync before this.

I would REALLY like to get my windows/tabs back in the configuration they were. Under 'manage history' there's an import/backup option, with restore; under that, it shows Yesterdays Date with 563 items, but clicking on 'restore' for that tells me it will replace my bookmarks file...

And I don't know how to retrieve the previously synced data, having only used it in the (presumed) other direction.

Any clues welcome!

I'm running fedora open access software 64 bit. when I hit download firefox the computer runs it and it seems like it does it but I can't find it in downloads and it basically doesn't complete. What to do?

Hello,

After a few days I noticed that the option "open with" on the downloads dialog is always grayed out (see the attached picture).

If I go on the settings and tell the browser to not ask and open directly the file, it opens without any problem... (actually it shows an advertisement saying it is an executable file, but when I dismiss it, it opens)

Here are my system setup: Nom: Firefox Version: 130.0.1 Identifiant de compilation: 20240913135723 ID de distribution: mozilla-deb Canal de mise à jour: release Agent utilisateur: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:130.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/130.0 Système d’exploitation: Linux 6.1.0-25-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.106-3 (2024-08-26) Thème du système d’exploitation: Breeze / Adwaita Binaire de l’application: /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin

Does anybody else is having this issue? Any ideas on how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance for all your help,

Best regards, Marc

EDIT: I just tested the behavior on the "base" Firefox-ESR, and it works as expected, as you can see on the 2nd attached file, esr.png... Version: 28.2.0esr Identifiant de compilation: 20240826114743 ID de distribution: mozilla-deb Canal de mise à jour: esr

How do I get access to a page that is unsafe if I want it. As I do service a lot of old machines and it is anoying that I have to use all the time a different browser because of not getting thrue to the page if it is for example only http:// and has not Cert.

This anoying feature is very bad as it is destroying the usage reason of firefox.

I am using Linux Mint in Dark Mode. Most emails which come through are easily read in the panel. See attached.

But others are practically unreadable in Dark Mode. See attached.

How do I adjust the settings so that the unreadable ones become readable in the panel. Thank you in advance or any help.

I recently updated my browser, and I've noticed that while listening to music on YouTube, for some reason, the volume slider within the player also controls the stream volume within KDE Plasma's volume mixer, making for a much more frustrating experience. Now the volume resets to what was set on YOUTUBE rather than sticking to what was set in the VOLUME MIXER every time a new video plays or any time the page refreshes. This means that the volume gets reset every. single. time. The issue with this is not only that YouTube's volume slider isn't as accurate as KDE Plasma's, but also that a media player in a browser shouldn't be controlling its own system volume within the mixer because it causes issues and frustrations like these.

How do I separate player and stream volume?

Here's my inxi so you can see what I'm using/what I'm on: ```text System:

 Kernel: 6.12.9-arch1-1-znver4 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc
   avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-znver4
   root=UUID=22984bc3-83f6-4891-a0a2-238f768ee899 rw rootflags=subvol=@
   resume=UUID=499703b6-f007-4f7c-8275-23c80bee1446 loglevel=3 ibt=off
 Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0 wm: kwin_wayland tools:
   avail: lxlock vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux

Machine:

 Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG B650 CARBON WIFI (MS-7D74) v: 1.0
   serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.E0
   date: 07/25/2024

CPU:

 Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check
   built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2
   microcode: 0xA601209
 Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
   L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
 Speed (MHz): avg: 4546 min/max: 545/5050 boost: enabled scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
   governor: performance cores: 1: 4546 2: 4546 3: 4546 4: 4546 5: 4546 6: 4546 7: 4546 8: 4546
   9: 4546 10: 4546 11: 4546 12: 4546 13: 4546 14: 4546 15: 4546 16: 4546 bogomips: 134463
 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
 Vulnerabilities: <filter>

Graphics:

 Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900M]
   vendor: Sapphire NITRO+ driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x
   process: TSMC n5 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
   active: DP-1,DP-2 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c
   class-ID: 0300
 Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu
   v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4
   speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, HDMI-A-3, Writeback-2
   bus-ID: 14:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e class-ID: 0300 temp: 43.0 C
 Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4 compositor: kwin_wayland
   driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
   gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 5120x2880 display-ID: 0
 Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: bottom-l model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter> built: 2023 res:
   mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 120% (1.2) to: 2133x1200 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
   size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
 Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: top-right model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter> built: 2023 res:
   mode: 2560x1440 hz: 144 scale: 213% (2.13) to: 1200x2133 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
   size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
 API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1
   drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi wayland:
   drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
 API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.3-arch1.2 glx-v: 1.4
   direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (radeonsi navi31 LLVM 19.1.6 DRM 3.59
   6.12.9-arch1-1-znver4) device-ID: 1002:744c memory: 23.44 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
 API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 15 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
   (RADV NAVI31) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:744c surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
   type: integrated-gpu name: AMD Radeon Graphics (RADV RAPHAEL_MENDOCINO) driver: N/A
   device-ID: 1002:164e surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
   19.1.6 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
 Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
   gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

Aud io:

 Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
   pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
 Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio
   vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
   bus-ID: 14:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
 Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
   driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 14:00.6
   chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
 Device-4: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
   rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-5.1:4 chip-ID: 0c76:161e class-ID: 0300
 Device-5: Micro Star USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
   speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0db0:70d3 class-ID: 0300
 API: ALSA v: k6.12.9-arch1-1-znver4 status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
 Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
 Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
   2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
   tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl

Network:

 Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
   speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: c000 bus-ID: 0f:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
 IF: enp15s0 state: down mac: <filter>
 Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter driver: mt7921e
   v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0616 class-ID: 0280
 IF: wlp16s0 state: up mac: <filter>
 Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant

Bluetooth:

 Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
   lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:8 chip-ID: 0e8d:0616 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
 Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status:
   discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104

Drives:

 Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 493.01 GiB (17.6%)
 SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
 ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN770 1TB
   size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
   serial: <filter> fw-rev: 731120WD temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
 ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Smart Modular Tech. model: SHPP41-2000GM
   size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
   serial: <filter> fw-rev: 51060A20 temp: 57.9 C scheme: GPT

Partition:

 ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 493.01 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 588 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
 ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 493.01 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
 ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 493.01 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
 ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 493.01 GiB (27.0%) fs: btrfs
   dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2

Swap:

 Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
 ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 30.45 GiB used: 1.81 GiB (6.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
   avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
 ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 33.5 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3
   maj-min: 259:3

Sensors:

 System Temperatures: cpu: 74.1 C mobo: 54.0 C
 Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
 GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 43.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 72.0 C mem: 78.0 C fan: 568
watts: 165.00

Info:

 Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 30.45 GiB used: 16.65 GiB (54.7%)
 Processes: 567 Power: uptime: 6h 30m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
   wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.17 GiB
   services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
   default: graphical tool: systemctl
 Packages: 2003 pm: pacman pkgs: 1982 libs: 581 tools: octopi,pamac,paru pm: appimage pkgs: 0
   pm: flatpak pkgs: 21 Compilers: clang: 19.1.6 gcc: 14.2.1 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.37-release
   inxi: 3.3.37

Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):

 System install date:     2024-12-16
 Last full system update: 2025-01-16 ↻
 Is partially upgraded:   No
 Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
 Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
 Failed units:            

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I have a Linux PC where, when I right-click, I see shortcut letters in the context menu (the one that appears when you right-click). So, if I want to inspect an element, I right-click on it and press Q, and the inspector opens right away. This saves me time from navigating through the menu. However, on my other MacOS PC with Firefox, it doesn't do the same. I've searched for solutions but haven't found any.

I need to search for more than one search term in about:config. How can I do this?

Is there some kind of syntax I can use like the pipe symbol to do something like oneword|anotherword or do I have to know literally the exact thing I'm looking for before looking?

thanks in advance

I'd like to take a full-page screenshot of my content within my Canvas/Instructure online class, but it only captures what's visible. I've tried opening the frame in its own tab, but it doesn't help.

When I use my phone to capture the entire page, it can work, but it's so narrow! Plus I have to continuously tap the "Scroll Down" button for the capturing process to capture more and more.

Can anyone please help? Thanks.

After a recent update to Firefox 133.0.3 (on Ubuntu GNU/Linux 22.04), Firefox is having difficulty connecting to websites and exhibiting some other odd behavior:

- After initially starting Firefox, it will load websites (e.g., previously open tabs) for up to 30 seconds. After that, it will not load any website in a new tab, showing the loading animation for several seconds before stopping all activity and just displaying an hourglass icon in the tab. These sites can be connected to in other web browsers. - After closing Firefox, its process is still running; I have to manually find its pid and kill it. - If I start Firefox from the terminal, I see these messages when it starts having trouble loading websites:

libva info: VA-API version 1.20.0 libva info: Trying to open /snap/firefox/5437/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_20 libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0

Up until a few weeks ago, I could see and access Mobile Bookmarks (I sync these to my Firefox Desktop) using the Firefox Desktop browser from the Bookmarks drop-down menu in the topmost toolbar.

Now, I can no longer find Mobile Bookmarks in the Bookmarks drop-down menu.

I can still find it by choosing Manage Bookmarks and, in the resulting pop-up, I can see it in its regular location there. However, this is significantly less convenient as it requires me to juggle another window and perform more clicks.

Is it missing due to a bug? Does Mozilla intend to fix/address this?

Thank you in advance for any help.

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Bob Hopkins

pCloud PDF links do not open in Firefox for Linux.

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