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Date:      Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:46:36 -0500
From:      Greg Balfour <greg.bal4@gmail.com>
To:        henrichhartzer@tuta.io
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 13.2-RELEASE and firefox
Message-ID:  <CAOYYArKUf6faH6CS9%2B-iOnQLPe_osJ3r4hbgv4585Quviwircw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 2:14=E2=80=AFPM <henrichhartzer@tuta.io> wrote:
>
> Apr 13, 2023, 16:42 by greg.bal4@gmail.com:
>
> > I installed 13.2-RELEASE in a VMware VM and can't get firefox to
> > start.  Everything (xorg, vmware, firefox, etc.) is installed with
> > packages.  There are error messages about "Can't find profile
> > directory." but Firefox does create the usual config directories
> > with appropriate permissions.  Interestingly, if I install
> > www/tor-browser that does work.
> >
> > $ ls ~/.mozilla/firefox/
> > ./                              installs.ini
> > ../                             irt0vtne.default/
> > bka4pgd6.default-release/       profiles.ini
> >
> > $ firefox
> > console.error: ({})
> > JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.jsm, line 58: Error:
> > Can't find profile directory.
> > JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.jsm, line 58: Error:
> > Can't find profile directory.
> > console.error: (new TypeError("Cc[aContract] is undefined",
> > "resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.sys.mjs", 137))
> > JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XPCOMUtils.sys.mjs, line 137:
> > TypeError: Cc[aContract] is undefined
> > [ERROR glean_core] Error setting metrics feature config:
> > Json(Error("EOF while parsing a value", line: 1, column: 0))
> > JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/XULStore.jsm, line 58: Error:
> > Can't find profile directory.
> > console.error: (new SecurityError("Navigator.requestMIDIAccess: Access
> > not allowed", (void 0), 3012))
> > JavaScript error: resource://gre/modules/TelemetrySession.sys.mjs,
> > line 747: NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE: Component returned failure code:
> > 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)
> > [nsITelemetry.msSinceProcessStartExcludingSuspend]
> >
> Hi Greg,
>
> firefox-esr is working fine for me under 13.2 on bare metal. I have not t=
ried the non-ESR package. tor-browser also works fine for me.
> -Henrich

Turns out it was a problem with my window manager, ctwm.  If
SloppyFocus is defined then virtual screens (workspaces) seem to stop
working when Firefox is running which was causing me not to see the
Firefox window.



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