Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite.
Questions tagged [firefox]
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Not able to run firefox in a head-less Ubuntu server 9.10
I need to run Firefox in my server in order to execute some Selenium tests from Hudson. I would love no to have to install a complete gui. So I installed Xvfb in order to fake the Gui (I understand it this way correct me if my assumptions are…

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Firefox hangs waiting for ssl.google-analytics.com
It seems that FF has a problem with 403 Access Denied responses from proxies, at least for ssl.google-analytics.com. I've found this post which describes my problem. I'm posting my workaround as an answer, but would also welcome any more…

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FirefoxADM not applying settings - Using Group Policy
I've followed the deployment instructions on:
http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/mcs/FirefoxADM/ADM_Deploy.pdf
I've applied some settings to a GPO:
settings http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/1c1ac4e777.png
However,
When I do GPUPDATE, log out, log back…

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How to set Firefox and Thunderbird as default browser and mail client through script
Which are the registry settings to set Firefox an Thunderbird as defaults?
It can be done with any script or little program or firefox/thunderbird command line?
The target is do it for all the users on a computer not just the current.

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Single Sign on (SSO) not working on Firefox
Could it be that Firefox doesn’t support all windows NTLM SSO scenarios on a Sharepoint Site via adfs? Login attempts into Sharepoint site just gets stuck on the login page and nothing happens afterwards… I enabled Windows SSO gpo, not sure if that…

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Firefox using Google Apps Email performance issue on a Terminal Server
On a terminal server, are the values for the following two Firefox user preferences per user or per terminal server?
network.http.max-connections-per-server (15 is the default value)
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server (6 is the…

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Transparent url redirection for https site
I'm hosting two new wordpress VM on my network. (on one computer)
see this diagram on imgur
I would like to access them by different url/domain name
for example WP1.mydomain.com & WP2.mydomain.com
or myfirstDomain.com & MysecondDomain.io
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Those…

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Pre-Configuring Firefox for users on a Citrix Desktop Environment
Is there a way to pre-configure firefox with the necessary bookmarks, configurations, and security settings for all users when they open it for the first time? If I could get a detailed guide or a link to an existing one that would be amazing.
Also…

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Performance Profiling for Firefox on Terminal Server
I have a problem with high CPU load, caused by Firefox (60.6.2 ESR) sessions on a Windows Server 2016 Terminal Server I'm maintaining.
However, in Windows Task manager, I can only see the firefox instances, but not what in firefox causes the high…

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How to prevent Firefox extensions/add-ons from being disabled/uninstalled
I'd like to know if there is a way to prevent me or others from disabling or uninstalling Firefox extensions/add-ons (I'm on 66.0.3).
(Am using Leechblock but I catch myself every so often just disabling it an mindlessly indulging).
Thank you for…

N. Mercer
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Mozilla Firefox - SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER - Let's encrypt certificate via Certbot - CentOS 7
I have installed Let's Encrypt's SSL certificate for my website using Certbot (CentOS 7).
Every major web browser successfully makes https connection with my web server, except Mozilla Firefox. This is what i get as an warning in Mozilla Firefox…

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ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH with Chrome and Firefox
I have an ASP.NET application deployed in IIS on Windows Server 2012 R2, with an HTTPS binding configured. The SSL certificate is valid and up-to-date.
When connecting to the web site from multiple Windows 7 and Windows 10 clients with Chrome and…

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Firefox no sound Windows Server 2016 RDS
No sound in Firefox version 57 and up in Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services. Which means none of the users of RDS have sound when browsing with Firefox. Audio works, Google Chrome browser has sound just fine.
Problem is, Chrome is quirky on…

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Apache logs you off as soon as you load a PDF
We have an odd problem with an intranet. If a user views a PDF they get logged off. They all use Firefox PDF viewer.
Apache 2.4.18 Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, Firefox 57.0.3 32 bit on Windows 7.
Authentication with mod_auth_form, session is stored with a…

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Why are some people getting a connection-not-secure page when accessing my server, even though most people are getting a secure connection?
I have a server containing just media (images). The media server has an SSL certificate purchased from GoDaddy.
If I go to
https://media.mydomain.com/media/SiteImages2/KHeadshot.jpg
it opens a page containing only the JPG image mentioned. I see the…

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