Problem with latest Firefox from the official repo

rado84 · 2020-01-17 11:32:46

I wanted to update my Firefox to the latest, so using my favorite command "get" (it's an alias for sudo pacman -S) I installed firefox. But after installation (even with a clean profile - .mozilla directory removed) nothing on the browser worked - settings wouldn't open in new tab, clicking different tabs didn't work either, clicking on the "about" menu to check for the version didn't open the version dialog... So I thought that version 72 is bugged. But then users on the internet told me they never had any problems with it. So I did something else - I downloaded Firefox 72 from this address for Linux: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/a … op-release , removed "firefox" from /usr/lib and put the new one (v72) in its place. And suddenly it all worked perfectly, even my customized profile.
The point of this topic is to tell whoever maintains the firefox package on the repo that there's something wrong with it. At least it seems to be that way, otherwise I can't explain why firefox 72 from the repo gets bugged with a clean profile and the one I downloaded from mozila's page works flawlessly both with and without custom profile.

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V1del · 2020-01-17 11:44:48

As there are no threads claiming this other than yours, It stands to reason it actually works for most people, and you are an outlier.

Post the terminal output when running the repo version of firefox.

WorMzy · 2020-01-17 11:49:54

'pacman - S firefox' should never update Firefox unless you are doing partial updates. Please post your full pacman.log (upload it to a pastebin).

progandy · 2020-01-17 11:51:09

I wanted to update my Firefox to the latest, so using my favorite command "get" (it's an alias for sudo pacman -S) I installed firefox.

If you wanted to update firefox, why would you use your "get"? It should be included in the full system update ("sudo pacman -Syu") if it was already installed. In that case you might have done a partial upgrade.

rado84 · 2020-01-17 13:25:28

progandy wrote:

I wanted to update my Firefox to the latest, so using my favorite command "get" (it's an alias for sudo pacman -S) I installed firefox.
If you wanted to update firefox, why would you use your "get"? It should be included in the full system update ("sudo pacman -Syu") if it was already installed. In that case you might have done a partial upgrade.

Because updating it lead to the same bugged result. So I uninstalled firefox first and then tried with the "get" alias which still resulted in a bugged firefox. When that didn't fix it either, I downloaded the new version from mozilla's website.

V1del wrote:

As there are no threads claiming this other than yours

That's why I said "it seems to be that way".

Last edited by rado84 (2020-01-17 13:34:18)

archimboldo · 2020-01-17 14:28:01

Package is ok. Your configs are messed up.

rado84 · 2020-01-18 06:02:42

archimboldo wrote:

Package is ok. Your configs are messed up.

I know nothing of compiling, so whatever config Arch has made for compiling, that's it. Considering the pre-compiled package runs without any problems whereas the compiled package ESR from AUR and the official release of Firefox get bugged, I really don't know what could have gone wrong. Any suggestions how to find out?

jasonwryan · 2020-01-18 06:12:02

rado84 wrote:

Any suggestions how to find out?

WorMzy: several posts earlier wrote:

Please post your full pacman.log (upload it to a pastebin).

rado84 · 2020-01-18 11:38:45

Where is that log located? I can't find it /etc/pacman.d/ and it's not in home either.

WorMzy · 2020-01-18 13:22:03

/var/log/pacman.log

archimboldo · 2020-01-18 16:37:58

Oh man, you should cutomize yourself with pacman package manager. It's obvious from your responses that your skipping some mandatory reading in order to run Arch. I support it if it's a part of learning process, but anyway, READ more ... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ge … al_support

Last edited by archimboldo (2020-01-19 19:22:38)

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Problem with latest Firefox from the official repo

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