Questions tagged [firefox]
A free and open source web browser created by Mozilla.
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Launching Browser in Wayland/Cosmic w/ bash script as "non-steam" game in steam doesn't transfer ownership of controller or allow for the overlay
The situation: I've been converting my family to Linux for quite some time now. I'm currently in the process of replacing their Roku with a Media PC (in this specific case, Pop_OS! 24.04 using Wayland ...
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Make Firefox restore minimized windows as minimized
When I use Firefox on latest Ubuntu for the last couple of years (currently 25.10) I quit the browser with many minimized windows, but always when I start it again all my windows are restored ...
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Why does Firefox 'copy as cURL' not download any file not download anything here?
I tried to do this: curl "https://imslp.org/wiki/Goldberg-Variationen%2C_BWV_988_(Bach%2C_Johann_Sebastian)" | perl -nle 'print "$1" while /<span id="num-of-ratings-[0-9]{6}...
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Why is a drag-and-drop screen shown persistently after copying some items?
I'm using Firefox on KDE on Wayland. When I copy or drag-and-drop some texts or files from anywhere, suddenly various websites like Google Drive, Facebook or Claude display a full-screen drag-and-drop ...
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How to add a Firefox context menu option/entry for "Profile Select", "Choose User Profile" on startup with KDE, XFCE or GNOME?
How can I add a separate context menu option/entry to start Firefox ESR with the "Choose User Profile" window dialog, in Debian with KDE, GNOME or XFCE? This is a follow-up question/answer ...
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How to add a Firefox context menu option/entry for a private window in Debian 12/13 with KDE or XFCE?
How can I add a separate context menu option/entry to start Firefox ESR in a private window, in Debian 12/13 with KDE or XFCE? This is a follow-up question/answer to: Missing Firefox Context Menu ...
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Missing Firefox Context Menu Options in Debian 13 with Gnome
After installing Debian 13 with GNOME, I've noticed that the Firefox ESR launcher doesn't have the option to open a window in a private mode. How to add that option to the launcher's context (right-...
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Browser polkitd pkla-check-authorization spam
I have a U2F yubikey device that works as expected, i.e. I can use it in Firefox and Chromium for U2F style authentication, and it even works on the command line with key-located/bound gpg and ssh sk ...
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Linux/KDE: Emojis not rendered in Firefox and Thunderbird when monospace font is used
Despite my best effort thus far, Unicode emoji characters (see, e.g., here) are not rendered in Firefox and Thunderbird on my Debian/KDE machine when monospace font is used. By that I mean that they ...
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Reuse the profile of apt Firefox in Flatpak version through a symbolic link?
The answers in the question How do I install and migrate to the official Firefox flatpak? show that when running Firefox through Flatpak, it saves profiles in the ~/.var/app/org.mozilla.firefox/....
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Hiragana won't show in Firefox but it works in other Ubuntu programs
I need some help with using the Japanese keyboard setting (Mozc) on Firefox. It works in other programs like notepad or a Terminal, but the characters never show in Firefox. How can I solve this issue?...
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Firefox on RISCV-64 fails to detect GPU and falls back to software rendering
I have built Firefox for RISCV-64 architecture on Wayland in Ubuntu 22. sudo apt-get update Dependency packages:- sudo apt-get install -y curl libnspr4 libgtk-3-dev python3-dev llvm-14 llvm-dev ...
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Firefox freezes when using “save as” (glib issue?)
When trying to save anything in Firefox, using “save as” to do so, when the dialog box starts to show up, everything turns gray for a moment and then Firefox freezes permanently. Running firefox on ...
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Open HTML file in Firefox from terminal
I made this script to open three HTML files in Firefox from a subdirectory: #!/bin/bash firefox ./web/*.html 2>/dev/null & disown; I call the bash script from the terminal. Which seems to work ...
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How do I get rid of the "accept cookies" prompt in Stack Exchange
Each time I go to Stack Exchange I get a "Accept Cookies" choice in the lower left corner. How can I set up my browser (Firefox) to automatically either accept the cookies, or automatically ...
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