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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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Firefox and other non-gtk applications do not adopt gtk theme

I applied a GTK 3.20 theme by EliverLara github repo following all the instructions. The theme was applied, but Firefox, and probably other non-GTK apps, do not adopt this theme. EliverLara also has ...
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Lunar Lobster giving Not Responding notices

I have upgraded Ubuntu from Jellyfish to Lunar Lobster on Toshiba Satellite laptop. Now, on opening with Firefox, Thunderbird or even IsleRiot - after the initial screen, I get #whatever_selected# Not ...
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Middle mouse paste in jupyter through firefox on linux

I am running sagemath 9.8 installed from source containing jupyter_core 4.11.2 and jupyter_client 7.4.4. I access the sagemath notebook with it's jupyter instance in firefox 116.0.2 on an Ubuntu 22.04 ...
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Unable to reinstall any Firefox (snap or apt) when upgrading from 18.04LTS to 22.04 LTS

I upgraded a computer from Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS to 20.04 and then 22.04. During the process I had an error related to snap not able to connect to the server or something, but I did not care since ...
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Ubuntu Firefox windows seizing

Machine: Dell Inspiron 5567 CPU: Intel i7200U @ 2.5 GHz RAM: 16 GB Virtual RAM: 12.6 GB Monitor (External): 1920 pixels x 1080 pixels GPU1: Intel Integrated HD 620 @ 33 MHz GPU2: AMD Radeon R7 M445 ...
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Painfully slow opening webpages in Firefox when clicking on links in an email on Thunderbird (Ubuntu 22.04)

Here's the thing: I'm running updated Thunderbird and Firefox on updated Ubuntu 22.04 I just switched from Brave to Firefox and changed the default browser accordingly. I have Firefox open with three ...
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Auromatically Launching Firefox To Run An HTML File

My son has developed a game in HTML that he wants to put on Steam. For Windows he has a batch file to open the browser, then run the HTML to launch the game. He wants to do the same for Linux, but he'...
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Unable to retrieve location on Google maps -- no error though

I have been following this link to make maps find my position but it doesn't work. After I "Enable Location Services" on my system and "Access your location" in my browser (Firefox)...
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Firefox won't open without a display manager on awesomewm

This is on Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster. I disabled gdm and use .xinitrc to start awesomewm on tty1 here's my .xinitrc #! /bin/sh export DESKTOP_SESSION=awesome dbus-launch --exit-with-session $...
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Snap binary override by binary placed in /snap/bin

I moved a geckodriver binary to the /snap/bin directory. Now, after a reboot, my snap binary isn't working, and it seems that the geckodriver override the binary. Now with more details: Basically I ...
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My Ubuntu 22.04 is using X11. How do I make it use Wayland?

I have dual-booted my windows 11 with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The problem is that I wasn't able to use pinch zoom gesture on browsers. I was on Firefox. And also the too fast scrolling. I searched around ...
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Has anyone actually managed to use Zoom screen share on Wayland (strictly no X11)?

Zoom app doesn't support Wayland yet and it is necessary to use X11 instead. It's been months since Zoom mentioned they are working on fixing this issue. System : Ubuntu 22.04 Zoom version : 5.15.7....
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Firefox stops launching from the dock, but is fine from terminal

Recently, my Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop installation has developed an issue where after a few hours of uptime Firefox won't launch from the dock icon but does from the terminal. Clicking on the dock ...
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How to remove "WaveShare" DRM add-on from Firefox

I stupidly allowed Firefox to play DRM content, and now I have an add-on named "WaveShare" DRM player permanently embedded in Firefox. I'm not happy to have a google binary blob running in ...
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How to run Firefox from systemd service?

Can’t figure out how to fix /system.slice/unsplashpi.service is not a snap cgroup error. $ cat /etc/systemd/system/unsplashpi.service [Unit] Description=unsplashpi After=multi-user.target [Service] ...
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high cpu usage by a firefox subprocess called RDD Process

Does anyone know how to fix this high cpu usage by a firefox subprocess called RDD Process ... or as a temporary band-aid How can I disable "RDD Process" until it gets fixed on firefox ? as ...
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Window Manager breaks Firefox

I am running an Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop. I like using Firefox. It is installed by default as a snap package. I am using an additional monitor within my setup with the same resolution as the laptop's ...
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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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ubuntu softwre tool doesn't work

I click on the 'ubuntu software' icon and the window comes up, but never resolves, it never finds anything. the reason it's a problem is because firefox started working a bit crazy. Many youtube ...
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Various problem when upgrading from 20.04 to 22.04

I encountered several problems when upgrading from 20.04 to 22.04 First, I upgraded 20.04. Something went wrong as I needed to boot then NetworkManager was not started. When trying to start it, I got ...
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Now that Firefox no longer supports Ubuntu 18.04, what commands can uninstall Firefox? Can I save the Firefox bookmarks to use in a new browser? [closed]

I have had Firefox as the main browser for this computer for ages. I got a new computer and began spending all my time on that. It got to where there were so many Ubuntu updates for this computer ...
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Can't minimize the browser's window when maximazed

The browsers' (Firefox, Chromium & Edge) window can only be minimized when I click on the "Restore Down" (when the window is smaller). Otherwise the minimize button is not clickable. And ...
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Firefox 116 fails to start on Ubuntu 22.04 ARM64 Rpi4 after a snap refresh

Firefox 116 fails to start on Ubuntu 22.04 ARM64 Rpi4 after a snap refresh. Firefox 116.0-2 was installed but fails to start either from the gui or command line. I tried: snap remove firefox snap ...
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Hardware Acceleration in Firefox not working after recent update

I'm using the Firefox snap version 115.0.2 on Ubuntu 23.04 with Wayland and an Intel graphics card. Last week, I followed this article to activate hardware acceleration in Firefox and verified that it ...
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Firefox snap very slow after migrating from 22.04 to 23.04

Another Ubuntu release, another slow firefox snap complaint. I've uninstalled firefox, purged its settings under ~/snap/firefox, removed any saved firefox snapshots, but it now takes up to 2 minutes ...
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Firefox just started with proxy server not found

I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 about two months. For the last couple of days firefox snap keeps saying proxy server not found. I do not have a proxy server. The only thing I installed on ubuntu 22.04 ...
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Make selection color in Firefox match the general Ubuntu/GNOME theme

The selection color (highlight when selecting text) in most apps is a pleasant shade of orange that matches the rest of the desktop. However, recently Firefox stopped following this convention and ...
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Applications doesn't work after i removed everything in /var/snap and /var/log

I have ubuntu 22.04 on my system and when i was installing ubuntu i did partitioning manually and i set just 4.6G for /var. But after a while i ran out of space in /var partition and i decided to ...
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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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Cannot see Google Drive from non-SNAP Firefox

I am running the NON-snap version of Firefox 115.0.2 on Ubuntu 22.04. I am already aware that the snap version of Firefox cannot see beyond the Home directory. I installed the non-SNAP Firefox using ...
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Accessing html files from / (root) location with Firefox on Ubuntu 22.04

I have some .htm files which are stored in the root / directory and I would like to know how to access them in Firefox. Interestingly enough, I found a solution here: Firefox Quantum : HTML files from ...
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Drag and drop incompatible with scrolling in Firefox using touchscreen

I have been testing my touchscreen to perform some operations on web browsers and we are running into an issue. When we don't change the MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 then the drag and drop works but it doesn't ...
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Annoying "noise", "scratching" while wathing video or listening audio files on Ubuntu 22.04

I am using Ubuntu 22.04.1 on VirtualBox on Windows 11 on my laptop for 8 month already. Recently i noticed some annoying "noise", "scratching" and freezing of sound while watching ...
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apt dist-upgrade wants to install firefox that is already installed by snap

In Ubuntu 22.04 I have firefox 115.0.2 (the last version to date AFAIK) installed by default via snap (which firefox returns "/snap/bin/firefox"). Yet, when I try to use apt to do a dist-...
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How to uninstall Firefox package downloaded from Mozilla

I use Brave browser in Ubuntu to access nsandi.com bank web page but today I received an error that it was taking to long to download the web page. I checked nsandi.com's web page and they have ...
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Dock forgets windows assigned to favorited application

I am having trouble with firefox and the dock. When freshly started, everything works as expected, but after a while (usually overnight with the computer asleep) the dock forgets that any windows are ...
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can't reinstall Firefox

upgrated from Ubuntu 22. 04 to Ubuntu 22.10;; Firefox broke down by updating; deleted Firefox; tried to reinstall Firefox; recived many in Terminal: Cannot perform the following tasks: -snap firefox (...
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ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS -- apps-menu ("applications") extension opens correctly but then immediately closes

(This is a crosspost from https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions/-/issues/449 but posts seem to go unanswered for months over there so I'm trying here instead.) The problem is that I'm ...
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How should I open my html files from vs code ubuntu on google chrome?

How should I open my html files from vs code ubuntu on google chrome? I have watched a couple of videos and also have installed the related extensions I have checked on ubuntu whether there is any ...
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Firefox refuse to use GPU hardware acceleration with Nvidia GPU. How to fix?

Trying to turn on GPU acceleration in Firefox 115 snap. Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] NVIDIA Driver Version: 535.54.03 layers.acceleration.force-enabled = true ...
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Not loading module "atk-bridge": The functionality is provided by GTK natively. Please try to not load it

I keep getting this message when running proxychains and my proxies arent even connected when the browser launches. I am using Ubuntu 22.04. The command below did not work and I have updated, there ...
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Find and change Default Start Firefox Ubuntu 22.04

this is my first post here, so apologize for any mistakes. I am creating a script to customize an image of Ubuntu 22.04 and I also need to define the Firefox home page. The first problem is that under ...
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installation ubuntu subiquity wo snaps and wo firefox ? with ubuntu-desktop

For the last 4 days, our Ubuntu installations via subiquity have been interrupted due to a package that absolutely wants to go online: This package: ubuntu-desktop (ubuntu-desktop-minimal) The ...
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Kubuntu X11 focus follows mouse Firefox doesn't play nicely

I started using Unix (Solaris) in the mid '90s and, as a researcher, I found the focus follows mouse without bringing the window I was typing in fantastic for making notes while reading papers. in the ...
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Unknown Error:' <class 'KeyError'> '("The cache has no Package named "firefox:amd64')

today morning when i log in my vm(ubuntu 22.04),i found myself Can't connect to the Internet,and it gives me an error notification: Unknown Error:' <class 'KeyError'> '("The cache has no ...
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Enable TLS tracing / logging in Firefox Snap 115

I am trying to diagnose some TLS bug/feature in Firefox (snap), specifically about mutual authentication while using HTTP/3. Getting it to print some useful data has been challenging for some time. I ...
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Firefox crashes when trying to upload or browse a file

On some websites (like Facebook), there are buttons to select and upload a file. Clicking on them crashes Firefox. AppArmor seems to be involved. dmesg | tail gives me this: [ 2935.306465] audit: ...
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Why is firefox running in background even when uninstalled?

I have uninstalled firefox and also removed .mozilla dir from home dir. These processes come up instantly even after they are killed. How to determine what is creating these processes? They keep using ...
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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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Why can't Firefox snap open other apps or downloads?

I am having an issue whereby Firefox is unable to open other apps. If I have an app that requires a browser to do an SSO login (e.g. Element), Firefox will not prompt to redirect back to the app after ...
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