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Re: Debian 11.1 Firefox ESR 78.15.0esr add-on icons

From David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Debian 11.1 Firefox ESR 78.15.0esr add-on icons
Date 2021-12-25 21:50 +0100
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On 12/5/21 2:46 AM, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/5/21 05:47, David Christensen wrote:
>> debian-user:
>>
>> I installed debian-live-11.1.0-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso on a Dell Latitude
>> E6520 today:
>>
>> 2021-12-04 19:28:18 dpchrist@laalaa ~
>> $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a ; dpkg-query -W firefox-esr
>> 11.1
>> Linux laalaa 5.10.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.70-1 (2021-09-30) x86_64
>> GNU/Linux
>> firefox-esr    78.15.0esr-1~deb11u1
>>
>>
>> Firefox is not displaying icons for my add-ons in the toolbar -- HTTPS
>> Everywhere, NoScript, and Privacy Badger.  I am unable to configure the
>> extensions without their icons (?).
>>
>>
>> Firefox on Debian 9 correctly displays icons for add-ons:
>>
>> 2021-12-04 19:32:16 dpchrist@tinkywinky ~
>> $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a ; dpkg-query -W firefox-esr
>> 9.13
>> Linux tinkywinky 4.9.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.272-2 (2021-07-19)
>> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> firefox-esr    78.15.0esr-1~deb9u1
>>
>>
>> I tried customizing the toolbar, but the add-on icons are not available.
>>
>>
>> I tried deleting compatibility.ini, extension-preferences.json, and
>> extensions.json as recommended by FredMcD, but the icons are still missing:
>>
>>      https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1311859
>>
>>
>> Suggestions?
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> do you have reasons to use Firefox ESR?
> 
> I have been using Mozilla's builds for Forefox and I have been happy
> with them. On the other hand, builds form Linux distributions lack of
> support for non-free parts of Firefox like DRM and these builds don't
> allow users to watch protected content like video and video streams.
> 
> So my advice is - use the builds from Mozilla.org, it seems that you use
> AMD64 architecture which is supported architecture by Mozilla.org


I downloaded and installed firefox-95.0.1.tar.bz2 from Mozilla.  The 
Firefox extensions are working as expected, and the Firefox / Xfce 
desktop stability problems seem to have gone away.


David

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Debian 11.1 Firefox ESR 78.15.0esr add-on icons David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-12-05 04:50 +0100
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