Questions tagged [browser]

Typically this tag refers to web browsers such as Firefox, Chromium or Opera. However, other types of browsers such as Nautilus or a network browser may use this tag as well.

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Can't download a soundtrack, nor get to Steam Support to report the issue

This soundtrack, LOST EPIC MINI SOUNDTRACK, can install all 5 songs on my Windows 10 machine, but 0/5 on this following machine. And it's only this soundtrack, along with being unable to navigate ...
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Browsers are lagging on Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS

When I move the page up and down on Twitter I had 3-4 seconds lag on Chrome. Now I'm using Brave. It has the same problem but it is little bit better. What do you think the problem would be? I suspect ...
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Chrome-based browsers show wrongly some letters with diacritics on parts of some websites (Wikipedia, Wiktionary)

This doesn't happen in Firefox or other non-Chrome-based browsers, but it happens in Opera, Thorium or Vivaldi. The name "Țepeș", for example, looks like this: when it should look like this:...
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Ubuntu 22.04 keeps logging me out of my google accounts

I recently downloaded ubuntu 22.04, and whenever I log in into my google accounts on any browser, it stays for a while, then either mid session it logs me out, or after i close the browser. All my ...
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Wyzant calendar blank on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Chrome and FireFox but OK on Win 10 Chrome, recently

Recently Ubuntu lost the ability to display my Wyzant.com calendar as a tutor. Only the bottom of the page shows, but not the Headings or middle field with scrollable calendar.
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A particular domain is not getting opened in any of my browsers at my Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

In every other device the domain can be accessed , even from console when I tried to ping its working perfectly without any packet loss. But the browsers both firefox and chrome are unable to open ...
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Move Close/Minimize/Maximize Buttons to the Right in Browsers

I have looked over some AskUbuntu posts on this topic, but the command: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close' Does not move the controls to the ...
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Can't use chrome,brave,edge

I am getting error while I am searching anything Error "Something went wrong while displaying this web page Error code: SIGBUS(7)" I saw some answers but I can't even access the settings tab ...
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How to delete .desktop files( shortcuts or pwa or web apps ) in Ubuntu

.desktop files: And it's also shown in the app section. no delete option: And there is no delete option there.
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22.04: Chinese pinyin does not work on browser

I followed the instructions in Ubuntu 22.04 Chinese (simplified) pinyin input support to install Chinese pinyin input. It works on a text editor but does not work on the browser (Firefox). How can I ...
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Getting a .sh to start on login / boot / startup

I think I'm starting to go mad. I have tried several things by now, and nothing works. This is on an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop Version. I tried this guide: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/run-script-on-...
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gmail-gui doesn't work correctly in Ubuntu 23.10.1

I try to connect my Gmail with gmail-gui in Ubuntu, but when I enter my email address it shows me java script is disabled I tested another program (gmail-desktop) but it's also having this problem. ...
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"Persistent 'Set as Default' Warning Issue in Ubuntu 23.10 Browsers"

fellow Ubuntu 23.10 user. I currently have two web browsers installed on my laptop: Brave Browser (installed via snaps). Google Chrome (installed from a deb package). Issue: Upon opening either ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 google account always logout after closing browser

im facing some issues trying to keep my google account logged in.Every time i close any browser(tried brave and firefox) in ubuntu my google account just logout , already checked if my browser is set ...
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I installed Ubuntu 20.04 and it comes without apps

Recently, I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my Raspberry Pi. I had some trouble accessing the desktop and had to install a screen manager, and when I finally managed to turn it on, there weren’t any apps! ...
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Set browser in Thunderbird

Thunderbird is opening links in Chrome and I want it to use Firefox. Following this, I set the values to true, but then don't receive the popup window in Step 5, it just goes to Chrome. What to do? ...
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Both browsers timeout. From the command line, I have Internet access

Suddenly both Firefox and Chrome time out. From the command line, both ping and nslookup work fine. I have rebooted and reset my router. I have a new ISP, Google fiber optic webpass. I have tried both ...
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Firefox Developer Edition doesn't work

A few days ago I installed firefox developer edition by this method (downloading and unzipping the .bz2 file). That install worked well. After some time Firefox notified me to update, so I deleted /...
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In 22.04.03 LTS, When Opening "Save As..." or "Open..." Dialogs from Browsers, Focus Remains in Original Window, Preventing Keyboard Navigation

In previous version of Ubuntu, I was able to use keyboard navigation when saving files in a "Save as...", and similarly when opening files. However, as of the update to 22.04, whenever I ...
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Sending uploaded file stuck the window of a browse

I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 in my PC. Everything was good but few days ago I can't no more send files after uploading it, it made stuck all tabs of the window and I also realized that the ...
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Authentication prompt before filling passwords in Microsoft Edge not working on Ubuntu

I have been using Microsoft Edge on my Ubuntu machines since they released a stable version for Linux. I am having one major security issue there though - for some reason the option to prompt for a ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: xdg-open opening Text Editor instead of browser when called from C++ program

I'm a currently running on Ubuntu 22.04 and calling the following xdg-open system call from a C++ program: QString cmd = "xdg-open /home/user/foo.html &"; int ret = system(cmd....
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All browsers and Spotify stopped working today on Ubuntu 22.04

As in the title, all browsers and Spotify stopped working, that gets me thinking that possibly something is wrong with all of my "windowed" apps, and it looks like it. Reinstalling, running ...
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Ubunutu full screen atrifacts

I've got a problem with full screen in browser. When I turn on full screen for browser, artifacts begin to appear, sometimes it turns black. The video card is fine because on Windows I checked this ...
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All browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) won't start, hangs without any action - Ubuntu 22.04

Problem After a routine update, Chrome and Firefox no longer launch (which makes making this post quite difficult). Symptoms When launching Firefox or Chrome by clicking the icon on the dock, the ...
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Suspicous windows-like notifications from brave web browser (allegedly)

I almost always never allow websites to send me notifications, however recently I've been getting a lot of notifications from this specific website which is why i became a little bit suspicious, not ...
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Make Brave default browser 22.04.03 LTS

I have followed the suggestions on this page to no avail. Firefox remains default browser and when I open Firefox settings it indicates it is default browser and will not allow me to uncheck it. Any ...
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Chrome miniwindows not working

I just bought a Dell XPS Plus 9320, and I'm running 23.04 on it. I'm having a weird issue where chrome is not displaying pages with miniwindows correctly. What I mean by a miniwindow is when a page ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 Firefox And Vivaldi Browsers Are Not Working

How do I get firefox and vivaldi working again? Both browsers are just a bunch of colors. I made a short about 1 minute video so people can see here: the problem in video I already tried removing and ...
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Can not open localhost in browser with ssh port forwarding

I have an issue with access to web page that opens via ssh port forwarding: I do: ssh [email protected] -L 7182:10.1.11.82:80 172.22.123.71 is a PC which has access to srever's 10.1.11.82 network ...
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Weird browser-looking application opens itself in Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]

Today, a weird aplication, that looks like a default Ubuntu browser (not firefox) opens at random times (it opened two times today) and that never happened before to me. I taked a screenshot and i'm ...
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Nothing to display on Edge Browser in Ubuntu 22.04

After opening the Google spreadsheet link, I encountered this issue with Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu 22.04. Any site I open displays a completely dark screen with no text or images showing. I managed to ...
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Pressing Ctrl closes browser tab

I'm encountering abnormal behavior with Ctrl key in my browser. Sometimes, when I press the Ctrl key, it closes the browser's tab. I had this issue with Firefox, but I tried this with another browser ...
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how to change/set columns on 'open file' file browser?

when on a website, I need to upload a file, there's a browse button which opens a 'file open' file browser window. the problem I have is that I can't seem to be able to add columns so I can filter or ...
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Tor Browser Installation: How to Make the Application Icon Persist?

I installed the Tor browser by first downloading the tar.xz file and extracting it using the command 'tar -xf your_file.tar.xz'. Then, to run the application, I used the command './start-tor-browser....
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permissions after upgrade to ubuntu 22

I cannot save data from firefox (or another browser) to a folder for which I have write permissions, like folders inside my home, but I can save to home! As far as I can see I have the correct ...
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Unable to open chromium based browsers: libc++abi: __cxa_guard_acquire detected recursive initialization

I am unable to open any chromium based browsers on my PC having ubuntu 22.04. I am able to open firefox though. I tried to open google chrome from my terminal, but I get the following error. prasanna@...
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Browser logs out of sites on Ubuntu 22

I'm using Google Chrome and Brave Browser on my Ubuntu 22, and I have the same problem in both of the browser, that after turning off and on the computer I'm logged out of all sites. I've already ...
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Why does the latest set of video drivers break Chromium browsers?

The following update caused the Chromium browser to fail: Start-Date: 2023-05-23 18:59:16 Commandline: apt-get upgrade libegl-mesa0 libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa libglx-mesa0 libxatracker2 ...
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Tor Browser not launching Ubuntu

I have Ubuntu 22.04 and Tor Browser not launching (Error 404...) I read a few post but I had have no succes. But if I go to the terminal and type cd /home/username/Downloads/tor-browser-linux64-12.0....
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Browsers segfault regularly (chrome, firefox, brave)

I have a laptop (Lenovo Lenovo IP 5 15ARE05) only running ubuntu 23.04. I installed ubuntu on it and restored a backup on it. Since start web related content keeps crashing. Firefox, vscode, chrome, ...
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Elements not showing in Brave browser after updating Ubuntu MATE

I recently installed Ubuntu MATE on an old laptop, and installed Brave on it. I used it with no problems for about a week and today I was prompted to perform a system update. After I did, Brave is ...
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Problem With Password Field

I'm new to ubuntu and have just installed ubuntu 18.04 and I'm running Firefox which came bundled in the package. I have a problem were I can't enter a password into the password field on certain ...
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How to fix Ubuntu out of focus (dialog) windows for VSCode, (Chrome based) browsers, and Typora app and other apps?

Apps like Visual Studio Code and Typora have the open and save dialog windows opened behind the programs. And in the Brave and Chrome browsers I use the save as dialog window is out off focus, so I ...
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Slow Browsers startup and hight CPU usage

Internet-browsers on my Xubuntu 20.04 started slowly on first startup even though no CPU activity during that time. chrome 112.0 (64 bits) = 38s firefox 112.0.2 (64 bits) = 49s msedge 114.0 (64 bits) ...
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Couldn't load your calendar. Let's give it another try -- Microsoft Teams error

Having just installed Microsoft Edge, am looking for a calendar, but get: This is after having removed the official snap app. Bit flummoxed as to how to determine the cause of this error.
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Slack ignores default browser in Linux

The problem has already been stated elsewhere: 8 Posted by u/fractalchemist 4 years ago Slack ignores default browser in Linux I'm using Kubuntu linux, and prior to the upgrade from 18.10 to 19.04 ...
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Warning: apt-key is deprecated, when installing Microsoft Edge

To install Microsoft Edge, the suggestion is to: wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - however, this is now deprecated. So the suggestion is to now use ...
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while opeing tor browser getting "/usr/bin/env: ‘./Browser/execdesktop’: Permission denied" error

while opeing tor browser getting "/usr/bin/env: ‘./Browser/execdesktop’: Permission denied" error
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Browsers don't load all components from LinkedIn page

I have persistent USB live Ubuntu. I've found that wherever browser i use some linkedin components are missing, most precisely - filter element which allows you to filter job offers, specify when ...
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