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Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source Gecko-based web browser. It is the current default for the Ubuntu desktop.

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Most fonts broken in firefox after update to 57 (ubuntu 16.04) [duplicate]

After updating to Firefox "quantum" all text on most webpages is gone or show as small squares. The issue occurs on most websites including google, askubuntu.com and the built in firefox new tab page....
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Command to open url in firefox 57 in window without tab and searchbar

I'd like to create a shortcut to open a URL in a window using Firefox 57 Quantum. However, I'd like the window to have the native borders and header, but not have the tab-bar, the search-bar, etc. ...
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How do I make browser window always-on-top (or bottom) whenever I open the broswer? [duplicate]

(Actually I want it to be always-on-bottom, but "on-top" is a more common search term). I know that I can use wmctrl -r "Mozilla Firefox" -b toggle,below to set the browser window to be always-...
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flickering sound on ubuntu 16.04

I'm new to ubuntu and linux in general. I have some sound problems, when i listening to music, especially on Firefox, I get those sound "hiccups" - meaning every 10-30 seconds the sound stop for a ...
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Firefox launcher icon appears twice for own .desktop file [duplicate]

I want to add my own .desktop file to the Unity Launcher. I created firejailFirefox.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications/: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=...
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Firefox notifications overlaps Unity task bar

On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and with Firefox 54, browser notifications (apparently via libnotify) look like this: Reproduced with this test site. You can see how the notification all but covers the ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Firefox not creating SSLKEYLOGFILE to be used by wireshark

One should be able create an SSL Pre-Master-Secret key log file from firefox by creating the environment variable export SSLKEYLOGFILE=~/path/to/sslkeylog.log so external programs, i.e. Wireshark, are ...
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Firefox context menu opening delayed by about 5 seconds

I was using my computer a couple of days ago with no issues, shutdown the computer for the night, then the next day there is a delay for the context menu to show up after right clicking in both ...
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How can I install pipelight-multi on Ubuntu 17.04 to steam Silverlight videos?

I have tried the following in order to install pipelight-multi so I can watch videos powered by Microsoft Silverlight (e.g HBO Now): sudo apt-get install wine-staging sudo add-apt-repository ppa:...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Access Memory Contents through /proc

I've recently upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04 from 12.04. In 12.04 we could access memory contents through file descriptors. Like if we want to access cached Firefox video, we could get its process id and ...
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Search function in "Open files" dialog has gone missing in any browser

When I, for instance, want to upload an e-mail attachment in a browser, I click "attach" and then a file dialog opens, which is the same in bot Chrome and Firefox, and probably any browser in Ubuntu. ...
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Removing firefox make me install kde library (I am using unity)

I was trying to remove firefox, but this makes me install kde library... I am currently using ubuntu unity 17.04. How to solve it? user: ~$ sudo apt-get remove firefox Reading package lists... Done ...
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Firefox crashing at startup

When trying to start Firefox in Lubuntu I get Mozilla Crash Reporter. I have also tried the following from the terminal. What I need is to be able to open firefox without getting Mozilla Crash ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Freeze after out of fullscreen mode (YouTube, each others)

I have a bug: When I watch some video on YouTube or each other site in FullScreen mode - and then when I exit from this fullscreen - I have freeze of my computer. Sound is still working (video is ...
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Why Does the Ubuntu Basic Security Page Say Not to use Firefox's Hardware Acceleration?

Is hardware acceleration not secure? Is this statement old? Ubuntu Wiki Basic Security Page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BasicSecurity
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How to change java version for Firefox ESR 52?

I "installed" FF52 esr this morning, in order to still be able to use java within the browser (see here). Works fine; but FF uses an older version of Java; it tells me it is using Java 1.7. But when ...
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Audio is not working with any browswer (but working with other applications)

The audio is not working in both Firefox and Chrome but it works fine with other applications like VLC. I'm unable to hear videos from any site (YouTube, Coursera, etc.) I've referred the following: ...
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Netflix Streaming Error Code: F7121-1331-P7 In Ubuntu 16.04, Firefox 50.1.0

I recently was able to starting watching Netflix natively on Ubuntu 16.04 after Firefox 49 brought support for Widevine CDM late last year. All I had to do was spoof my user agent to say I'm using ...
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What happened with the Firefox Developer Edition (Aurora) PPA?

As you can see from the PPA, the latest build is from the 17th of October and we're stuck at 51.0a2. Does anybody have an idea about why the PPA is stale? It was pretty active; also from checking ...
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torrent download problem (xdg-open)

I've been a happy Ubuntu 16.04 user for some time now. Recently I experienced a problem when downloading torrent. Before everything went smooth (download torrent - open with transmission - and start ...
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How can I delete specific cookies and DOM in firefox automatically

I want to delete cookies and DOM storage from a specific site every few hours. It could be done by script (cron job) or from within firefox. Bash script preferred. I only have cookie controller ...
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Can't Watch Videos in Firefox

This began happening as of recently. Every time I try to watch a video in Firefox, it only plays the first few frames of the video repeatedly throughout the entire time as the audio continues playing ...
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Installed latest version of libav from sources but the corresponding libavcodec shared library apparently is not detected

After I upgraded to Firefox 50, a new warning message started to be displayed for some of the videos (or animated gifs) that I tried to play or load. The actual text message is libavcodec may be ...
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No application remembers its user data | Ubuntu 16.04

All applications in my Ubuntu 16.04 seem to lost track of their user data. When I launch firefox, none of my bookmarks/browsing history are present. Launching chromium-browser from the terminal ...
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Browsers can not open the HTML from HDD (ebook)

I am using Xubuntu 14.04, Firefox 49.0.2. Since I started using Xubuntu 14.04 I have a problem with HTML files on HDD. I did not have that problem with Xubuntu/Ubuntu 12.04. When I try to open the ...
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GUI issues in Ubuntu 16.10

I upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10 yesterday. Every since I upgraded the laptop, GUI elements in various applications such as firefox and Unity Tweak Tool are not rendering as they should....
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hosts file and iframes - a strange case

I have a couple of sites blocked in the hosts file. But having created some html-files locally using iframes I found that those sites could be reached through those pages even though my hosts-file ...
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Chromium crashes when clicking on a link in Thunderbird

I have a small problem, every time when i click on a link in Thunderbird or any other application (like Discord), Chromium opens then a new window and says that Chromium didn't shut down correctly and ...
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Browsers don't show thumbnail preview on file upload menu

I am running Xubuntu 14.04 and I have a problem with thumbnails not appearing on the file upload menu when I try to upload some images to a website. I checked with both Chrome and Firefox and some of ...
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Problems after screen lock and unlock in 16.04

My Ubuntu 16.04 system runs fine after booting. But if I lock the screen and unlock it again, there is some strange behavior. First: If you open up firefox and start typing in the addressbar, the ...
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Video Playback Distortion in Chrome and Firefox

I am not sure how to describe it, thus searching has turned up results that don't seem to mirror what I am experiencing. Playback on Hulu, Netflix, and Youtube (The only sites I have tried) are all ...
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How do I clear older Firefox caches retaining new

Firefox does keep cache. The default is 300MB. I want to clear the oldest caches of say N days. But I couldn't find any way to do so. How do I do this? Is there any way? (I saw chrome has a day based ...
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Tomcat server in ubuntu is not running remotely

I have installed tomcat server with java application in ubuntu 15.10. Tomcat server with Appln is running in server(locally). But issue is its not running in other system browser(Remotely). I tried ...
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HiDPI screen. Changing layout.css.devPixelsPerPx in Firefox does not work for gmail

I'm experiencing a lot of problem with my new laptop with HiDPI screen and Ubuntu 16.04. Maybe the most annoying is related to Mozilla Firefox. I partially solved it by using the hint described here ...
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Google Chrome and Firefox very slow

I have a problem since I moved on Gnome3.Google Chrome and Firefox runs slow on some sites,sometimes it won't load the page or page crashes! I have this problem only on Gnome3 and I don't want to ...
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How do I install Unity global menu in a manual install of Firefox Developer Edition?

In Firefox Developer Edition, I'd like the title bar to change to the menu bar on hover. I've seen advice you can do this by setting the option "ui.use_unity_menubar" to true in about:config, but that ...
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Java doesn't work (IcedTea )

I installed IcedTea Plugin on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS using Firefox. I receive this error message: Problem initializing runtime environment. Changing the SecurityManager is not allowed. I am not very ...
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Typed characters disappear when moving mouse (Firefox/Rikaichan/IBus-Mozc)

Characters sometimes disappears on Firefox: Enable IBus-Mozc to type in Japanese Type g Type a. The character が appears. Don't type Enter. Move the mouse The character disappears I would report a ...
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WebGL not working

I have Ubuntu Mate 15.10, and Firefox 44, and I am trying to play eyewire from eyewire.org. Persistently I get errors. I have tried modifying the WebGL options in about config to force webGL to run, ...
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spaces affect the firefox commands in terminal [closed]

firefox -private & This command open private browsing . but the same command firefox -private& without space between ampersand and the -private option will only open normal browsing ...
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Ubuntu doesn't display fonts properly on some sites like Facebook

I had the same issue on OpenSUSE. ms fonts is installed. Tried with the following 2 browsers: Firefox Chrome
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Install Firefox beta and stable together not sharing my firefox profile?

I don't know know the best way to do this I would like to have firefox beta and stable without sharing my profile, and have firefox beta in app menu on unity dash?
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Firefox Linux problem

Firefox – Linux – Kubuntu Problem All mouse over text boxes are black. This occurs on all menu bar, bookmark tool bar, status bar and history icons and bookmarks. This started a few weeks ago. No ...
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Flash Player Videos Not Loading in Ubuntu 16.04/17.04/17.10

Flash player does not seem to work properly on some sites in Ubuntu 16.04. Try this sample link: http://www.hotstar.com/tv/silicon-valley/silicon-valley-trailer/1000186914 In Firefox, it shows "...
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Change the color of the browser preview with Ctrl + Tab

When I do Ctrl+Tab in Firefox, the browser preview window does come up but the selected tab is not highlighted such that it be clearly visible and is very difficult to spot. I am using Ubuntu 16. All ...
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Black screen flashes on second monitor on Ubuntu 16

I upgrade my Ubuntu from 15.10 to 16.04 yesterday and after fixing some hiccups most things are working fine. However, I have one very annoying bug that lets my external monitor (connected to the ...
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Ubuntu Problems with Firefox 44 and Firefox 45

I am a user of Ubuntu 12.04 x64 almost since its release and i can say that i am very satisfied with it. But recently i ran into two problems both concerning Firefox which is my main browser. When ...
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How to activate Shumway in Firefox?

Because Adobe Flash is so insecure I want to install Shumway as an alternative as I currently have nothing installed so am having to do with the built-in HTML5 players on the sites which have them, ...
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Poor video performance in Firefox

I'd like to try to switch back from Chrome to Firefox, but there is an issue that makes it impossible. When I play any video with Firefox it works very slow and quality worse than in Chrome. For ...
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Chrome and Firefox not playing audio but system does

Last weekish my Chrome, Chromium and Firefox stopped playing any audio, wether it be from an <audio>, <video> or flash player. System tests play audio fine. I am suspecting Chrome and ...
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