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Somehow I cannot type an apostrophe, whenever I do it just shows whats between the brackets ( ).

What I do: 1. Press the apostrophe button 2. Press space

Expected result: '

Actual result:

I m on Firefox Linux and my keybord is set on INTL

A recent set of system updates appears to have made most website videos not play in Firefox.

When I inspect the Developer Tools - > Console tab the most detail Firefox gives are an error line similar to: Media resource URL could not be decoded, error: Error Code: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_METADATA_ERR (0x806e0006)

Internet searches for the error name and error hex do not appear yield any applicable troubleshooting, nor any methods of collecting additional problem data.

How can I obtain more detail on where the error is happening and how Firefox might be interacting with other packages present on my system?

Arch Linux has some older ffmpeg-compat packages, but those don't appear to match any of the web results, in that they're even older versions of ffmpeg.

yay -Ss ffmpeg-compat aur/ffmpeg-compat-55 2.3.6-4 (+24 0.00)

   Compatibility package for ffmpeg to provide versions 55 of libavcodec, libavdevice and libavformat, not anymore provided by the ffmpeg package

aur/ffmpeg-compat-54 1.2.12-4 (+87 0.00)

   Compatibility package for ffmpeg to provide versions 54 of libavcodec, libavdevice and libavformat, not anymore provided by the ffmpeg package

So I have an issue where I am unable to reorder or detach tabs after having detached one tab. When I start Firefox I am able to reorder my tabs as much as I want, but once I detach one tab both functionalities do not work anymore.

- Firefox version 126.0 on Kubuntu 24.04 - After restarting Firefox I am able to do it again once - After rebooting I am also able to do it again once - The same issue in private window - I have refreshed Firefox through Help -> More troubleshooting information - Disabled all my add-ons - Tried it in Troubleshoot mode

I cannot seem to find a real answer online. Does somebody here have a solution for me :-)?

When I do right mouse click on page, depending on the mouse cursor position, context menu appears and I need to scroll up or down to access appropriate item. I thought I need to try and fix size and position of a page context menu. Is it possible? I believe it may depend on the screen size and resolution and how many entries add-ons add to right click menu. Examples: https://imgur.com/nocb5kK.png https://i.imgur.com/yNeNJQh.png

Hello, maybe someone else seen the same issue. When trying to establish a webrtc connection with the Firefox browser, my server sends a following message (video H264): ``` 0:00:01.701967159 90 0x7fc2a0002030 LOG webrtcsrc-signaller net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs:172:gstrswebrtc::signaller::imp::Signaller::connect::{{closure}}::{{closure}}: Sending websocket message Peer(PeerMessage { session_id: "56a17f8d-2585-4d4b-9f2e-3009450a19e9", peer_message: Sdp(Offer { sdp: "v=0\r\no=- 9144757257615355393 0 IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\ns=-\r\nt=0 0\r\na=ice-options:trickle\r\na=group:BUNDLE video0 audio1 application2\r\nm=video 9 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 96 98 99 100 101\r\nc=IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\na=setup:actpass\r\na=ice-ufrag:uOJFtPAyRCKX4NDQcU3VExzLsFcfCWYc\r\na=ice-pwd:jRots1p0FnmxmwLoVqAq7lK84rAwBk/4\r\na=rtcp-mux\r\na=rtcp-rsize\r\na=sendonly\r\na=rtpmap:96 H264/90000\r\na=rtcp-fb:96 nack\r\na=rtcp-fb:96 nack pli\r\na=rtcp-fb:96 ccm fir\r\na=rtcp-fb:96 transport-cc\r\na=fmtp:96 packetization-mode=1;profile-level-id=42001f;level-asymmetry-allowed=1\r\na=rtpmap:98 red/90000\r\na=rtpmap:99 ulpfec/90000\r\na=rtpmap:100 rtx/90000\r\na=fmtp:100 apt=96\r\na=rtpmap:101 rtx/90000\r\na=fmtp:101 apt=98\r\na=ssrc-group:FID 2834502081 1415006916\r\na=ssrc:2834502081 msid:user1488703113@host-437c139 webrtctransceiver0\r\na=ssrc:2834502081 cname:user1488703113@host-437c139\r\na=ssrc:1415006916 msid:user1488703113@host-437c139 webrtctransceiver0\r\na=ssrc:1415006916 cname:user1488703113@host-437c139\r\na=mid:video0\r\na=fingerprint:sha-256 9E:33:DF:EB:63:72:42:77:49:8D:0C:0E:FC:61:51:C1:56:53:AF:05:D9:F7:61:8F:95:DD:7D:FF:99:1A:64:E8\r\na=rtcp-mux-only\r\nm=audio 0 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 97\r\nc=IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\na=setup:actpass\r\na=ice-ufrag:uOJFtPAyRCKX4NDQcU3VExzLsFcfCWYc\r\na=ice-pwd:jRots1p0FnmxmwLoVqAq7lK84rAwBk/4\r\na=bundle-only\r\na=rtcp-mux\r\na=rtcp-rsize\r\na=sendonly\r\na=rtpmap:97 OPUS/48000/2\r\na=rtcp-fb:97 transport-cc\r\na=fmtp:97 sprop-stereo=1;sprop-maxcapturerate=48000\r\na=ssrc:1127273264 msid:user1488703113@host-437c139 webrtctransceiver1\r\na=ssrc:1127273264 cname:user1488703113@host-437c139\r\na=mid:audio1\r\na=fingerprint:sha-256 9E:33:DF:EB:63:72:42:77:49:8D:0C:0E:FC:61:51:C1:56:53:AF:05:D9:F7:61:8F:95:DD:7D:FF:99:1A:64:E8\r\na=rtcp-mux-only\r\nm=application 0 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel\r\nc=IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\na=setup:actpass\r\na=ice-ufrag:uOJFtPAyRCKX4NDQcU3VExzLsFcfCWYc\r\na=ice-pwd:jRots1p0FnmxmwLoVqAq7lK84rAwBk/4\r\na=bundle-only\r\na=mid:application2\r\na=sctp-port:5000\r\na=fingerprint:sha-256 9E:33:DF:EB:63:72:42:77:49:8D:0C:0E:FC:61:51:C1:56:53:AF:05:D9:F7:61:8F:95:DD:7D:FF:99:1A:64:E8\r\n" }) }) ``` and Firefox responds with VP8 inactive message: ``` 0:00:02.007638187 90 0x7fc2a0002030 TRACE webrtcsrc-signaller net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs:324:gstrswebrtc::signaller::imp::Signaller::handle_message:<GstWebRTCSignaller@0x563ce91ed190> Received message {"type": "peer", "sessionId": "56a17f8d-2585-4d4b-9f2e-3009450a19e9", "sdp": {"type": "answer", "sdp": "v=0\r\no=mozilla...THIS_IS_SDPARTA-99.0 2114996636650547664 0 IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\ns=-\r\nt=0 0\r\na=sendrecv\r\na=fingerprint:sha-256 16:EC:66:ED:36:A1:D4:E0:CB:95:24:4A:E2:40:CA:53:E5:AB:D5:FF:F5:9C:5C:81:EB:83:F8:E4:BD:89:9F:03\r\na=ice-options:trickle\r\na=msid-semantic:WMS *\r\nm=video 0 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 120\r\nc=IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\na=inactive\r\na=mid:video0\r\na=rtpmap:120 VP8/90000\r\nm=audio 9 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 97\r\nc=IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\na=recvonly\r\na=fmtp:97 maxplaybackrate=48000;stereo=1;useinbandfec=1\r\na=ice-pwd:d5a493a07b92e452116a851e083e1c78\r\na=ice-ufrag:721f69a3\r\na=mid:audio1\r\na=rtcp-mux\r\na=rtpmap:97 opus/48000/2\r\na=setup:active\r\na=ssrc:3561002322 cname:{bb14ec44-0966-49c0-bccb-5e6242dd83d7}\r\nm=application 9 UDP/DTLS/SCTP webrtc-datachannel\r\nc=IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\na=sendrecv\r\na=ice-pwd:d5a493a07b92e452116a851e083e1c78\r\na=ice-ufrag:721f69a3\r\na=mid:application2\r\na=setup:active\r\na=sctp-port:5000\r\na=max-message-size:1073741823\r\n"}} ``` which leads to: ``` 0:00:02.007849785 90 0x7fc2a0002030 WARN webrtcsink net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs:3238:gstrswebrtc::webrtcsink::imp::BaseWebRTCSink::handle_sdp_answer: consumer from session 56a17f8d-2585-4d4b-9f2e-3009450a19e9 refused media 0: Some("m=video 0 UDP/TLS/RTP/SAVPF 120\r\nc=IN IP4 0.0.0.0\r\na=inactive\r\na=mid:video0\r\na=rtpmap:120 VP8/90000\r\n") ``` and a connection close.

Why Firefox could respond with VP8 to the H264 request?

There is (IMHO) some missing functionality / unwanted feature or call it what you like (bug?).

History -> Manage History

select e.g. Last 7 days, right click on Name and select at least two attributes (you can choose from: Tags, Location,Most Recent Visit, Added and Last Modified)

Select the first entry of the list, all displayed fields are selected/highlighted.

Copy (either with the menu or with Ctrl-C) and paste it in your favourite text editor.

Why is only the URL copied? Other fields were also highlighted. Why are they not included?

This is WYSINWYG (what you see is not what you get).

It is possible to export bookmarks as an html file, so why is this not possible with history?

OK, it is possible to query the sqlite3 database directly to get some history info but it's a bit cumbersome.

To do so,

  copy the sqlite (places.sqlite) database to some safe place then open the database (with 'sqlite3 places.sqlite')
  get the history info you are interested in with a sqlite query,
  e.g. select title,visit_count,site_name,url,description,last_visit_date from moz_places where url like '%support%';

But there is no simple (AFAIK) way to convert 'last_visit_date' (an integer) to something human readable.

So either include the whole selection when something is copied (WYSIWYG) or provide export history as an html file.

Any suggestions?

TIA

S. Claes

I'm trying to load a jsonlz4 backup of 88.4 mb with 1 146 851 items. When creating a new places.sqlite, the majority of the bookmarks inside Other Bookmarks don't have a location url. Like this:

Name_____________| Location

Normal bookmark | site.com My problem_______|

I tried using https://www.jeffersonscher.com/ffu/bookbackreader.html to convert it into html and json. Importing the html into firefox puts everything into the Bookmarks Menu and everything is missing their location url. Opening the html in writer I see that every bookmark does have its location url but as hyperlinks on the names. Restoring the json, 1 time after not clicking the Check/Repair JSON button and another time after clicking it, gives me all the bookmarks in their correct place but the majority are still missing their location urls.

I also tried creating another places.sqlite with my jsonlz4 backup and exporting as html and json through the bookmarks Library. Importing them, separately, into new firefox profiles just gives me the bookmarks that weren't missing links.

Also tried creating a places.sqlite in windows but it stopped before the Other Bookmarks folder, I guess.

I don't know if its relevant but between restarts and shutdows I always have 18 kmozillahelper processes before even starting firefox. I don't know since when they haven been there or if they have increased.

Any ideas on how to restore correcly my bookmarks?

Recently, I switched to Fedora 39. At first, Firefox was working fine, but after I logged into my Firefox account, the fonts of some languages stopped rendering, and this started happening with almost every site that was using system fonts.

Version 126.0 (64 bit) Mozilla Firefox for Linux Mint mint-001 - 1.0

I use a wireless keyboard and mouse via a USB connector. History - I have had to reboot to clear the mouse interface error when it occurs for many months. I've had a open issue in the linux mint forums as I thought it may be a driver issue. Things worked tolerable until 5-29-2024 as my wireless mouse has been deactivated. I opened a second window(tab) in a new window and my wireless mouse permanently no longer works. It was quite startling. The wireless keyboard is fine. A wired USB mouse works. My HP laptop mousepad works. However, once the error occurs mouse clicks are no longer responded to and the active area remains the partial window where the mouse was last active. Currently the mouse cursor does not respond to movement inputs from the wireless mouse, so seriously worse.

Have the mouse settings or driver have been tampered with?

Since the latest update, when I right-click on a bookmark or an item in the history list (from the menu or the bookmarks toolbar), I still get the menu that has items like "Open in new tab" or "Edit Bookmark".

However, the focus for the mouse stays on the previous menu, so that I can't click on anything in the "right-click menu", instead it is interpreted as a click in some random item in the previous menu.

Going into troubleshoot mode didn't help, so I don't think it's my configuration causing this.

Hi. Randomly, but very often, I cannot drag and drop move tabs. Other moving (p.e. "move to beginning") does work. After restart of Firefox, it works again - till it randomly does not.

Current Firefox (126.0) Kubuntu Installed via Snap

Firefox spawn too many child processess, with cause the browser to freeze.

Proposed solution:

Reduce to absolute minimum the spawn child processess. The value should be set according to the device performance and additionally show allow the user to set manually the limits.

Example: 1 (maximal 3) child process per tab/window

Hey,

I have previously exported my bookmarks in an HTML file. When reinstalling Firefox, I tried to import them using the HTML backup file. It says that 309 bookmarks have been found, but nothing changes on the bookmarks bar, still showing the "Import bookmarks" bookmark. These are very important bookmarks I would really like to get back, can you help me please ?

Hello, I have a problem: After an automatic update of the language packs, parts of the Firefox menu (version 126.0) are displayed in EN. Parts in DE. Seems to be related to the update... how can I change this again? I have already changed the language settings. Didn't help...it appeared after an automatic update on May 28. Thanks for an idea :)

I was in the middle of asking this question when I fixed (worked around) the problem so I'm posting more as a informative post as there is a lot of old misdirection out there now.

I am(was) unable to drag any URLs from the URI drop down field in the main interface to my bookmarks toolbar. Nor was any drag and drop functionality working in the "Customise Firefox" screen (right click space on url bar -> Customise Toolbar).

I have now found that resetting my zoom setting in preferences to 100% restores this functionality. The problem arose when I was using 120% zoom, NOT text only.

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Hello,

I'm developing a web application. Yesterday I could access it with http://localhost:8000, then, I implemented https and it worked too. Today I needed to use http again for my tests, but everytime I type http://localhost:8000, Firefox changes it to https://localhost:8000.

I already tried to clear everything in the history, even the cookies, but it didn't work.

What should I do?

Also, could you fix this bug? I've found articles from 5 years ago reporting this issue, but the bug hasn't been fixed yet

Sometimes drag functionality stops working. I can't grab a tab to move it to another position or to a new window. (Holding left click on the tab and moving the cursor does nothing). Also, re-merging the tab with another firefox window stops working. (Dragging a tab to a firefox window from another firefox window doesn't merge them. It does nothing) I can right click on the tab and select Move to move it to a new window but dragging stops working. I have to close Firefox and start it again (sometimes twice), then dragging starts working again. This happens multiple times a day. I am on Linux Mint and the version is 126.0 (64-bit). This problematic behavior has only recently began.

Here is my crash report. https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/ac6dbca9-a495-4b78-a72f-8102b0240528#tab-details

Based on https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues/2833, I gather that this crash happens when you have some malformed xdg-mime data. I'm trying to figure out what data that is and where it's stored so I can fix it.

The crash report doesn't show me the arguments, so I can't tell what mime type it's trying to load. Maybe it's not available due to the way the library is built, or maybe it's not available due to the crash report hiding potentially private data. Or both. Can anyone tell me how to see what mime type it's looking up? Or do you know what mime type it would be looking up when saving a PDF? `xdg-mime query default application/pdf` works fine so it's not just looking for a handler, there must be some sort of weird "MIME type" for "file browser" that it's trying to use.