Firefox stopped working after upgrading Clear Linux from version 34900 to 34930 and I can’t access any website or Firefox settings.
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I was about to post the same
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Here’s the console output when launching from terminal in my case:
Firefox Error
###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x39007A,name=PContent::Msg_LoadURI) Channel error: cannot send/recv
###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x39003E,name=PContent::Msg_UpdateSharedData) Channel error: cannot send/recv
[Parent 11538, Main Thread] WARNING: FileDescriptorSet destroyed with unconsumed descriptors: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/file_descriptor_set_posix.cc:19
###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x39003E,name=PContent::Msg_UpdateSharedData) Channel error: cannot send/recv
[Parent 11538, Main Thread] WARNING: FileDescriptorSet destroyed with unconsumed descriptors: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/file_descriptor_set_posix.cc:19
###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x39003E,name=PContent::Msg_UpdateSharedData) Channel error: cannot send/recv
[Parent 11538, Main Thread] WARNING: FileDescriptorSet destroyed with unconsumed descriptors: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/file_descriptor_set_posix.cc:19
###!!! [Parent][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x39003E,name=PContent::Msg_UpdateSharedData) Channel error: cannot send/recv
[Parent 11538, Main Thread] WARNING: FileDescriptorSet destroyed with unconsumed descriptors: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/chromium/src/chrome/common/file_descriptor_set_posix.cc:19
Same issue, clearlinux boxes with default install firefox with latest nouveau & nvidia drivers returns same screen. Clear Linux 34930, Gnome 40.3.0
Brave browser will not start, reinstall with latest stable brave doesn’t fix issue, but Chrome spyware has no issues. Uninstall/install/restart of latest nouveau/nvidia doesn’t fix the issue either with firefox or brave.
Does clearlinux dev have any unit tests of default firefox with nouveau/nvidia drivers before releases? For a distro targeting machine learning shops, isn’t it self defeating to have regular issues with video drivers, when drivers are one of the cournerstones of ML.
Clearlinux: Accelerate ML jobs, but the trade off is, you deaccelerate ML developers, a finite and very expensive resource.
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I don’t have nvidia card but facing this issue
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev e3)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev e3)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev e3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller (rev 03)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 07)
0d:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun XT [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8690M / R5 M330 / M430 / Radeon 520 Mobile] (rev 83)
13:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)
Yes, it’s a disappointing situation. I have Firefox installed but don’t use it as it is incredibly slow. Brave is (or at least was) my preferred browser up until yesterday when I updated the system.
Unfortunately I currently have no other option at this stage but to use Chrome - which works normally.
After updating the system yesterday I was able to install the dev preview of Microsoft’s Chromium based Edge browser. Like Chrome, Edge runs quite well.
Another option is Vivaldi, based on Chromium.
So do I Firefox does not work anymore …
swupd repair, swupd bundle-remove Firefox and swupd bundle-add Firefox does not fix anything
Funny as Firefox is on the core of Linux 
I have updated manually Clear Linux OS only on my Notebook : I’ll simply re-install old Clear Linux OS version and wait for fixing ( All my Rolling release are auto update off )
BR
Vivaldi was also not working for me.
Github Issue: https://github.com/clearlinux/distribution/issues/2416
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Issue resolved for firefox by
/bin/rm -rf ~/.firefox
firefox
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the crashing was fixed but now video playback doesn’t work anymore
using instructions here: How-to: h264 etc. Support for Firefox (including ffmpeg install)
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For me I’m able to watch most of the videos. Can you post a non working video link ?
i have yet to find a working video on any site. audio plays fine, video is blank (black).
edit: videos work in troubleshooting mode but not in normal mode with all add-ons & hw acceleration disabled. what could i try?
I’m using in normal mode with hw acceleration and all videos are working.
I used method mentioned https://github.com/lebensterben/awesome-clear-linux/blob/83bec611da8b6bb0ec9b85eafb969e8e45dd6800/h264-firefox/install.bash for installing ffmpeg.
I’m not a power user. Only recommendation I can give is try launching firefox via terminal and check for any errors and try troubleshooting those.
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thank you for responding, really appreciate it. i un-did my previous ffmpeg install and tried the script you posted but the result is the same (it’s pretty much exactly the same procedure). unfortunately firefox doesn’t post anything on terminal.
i’ll keep an eye on this thread but most likely i’ll just end up installing another distro soon. chromium is out of the question…
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There is a flatpak version for firefox as well. You can try that if it suits your need.
Try enabling the add-ons one by one in troubleshooting mode and refreshing the page with the video until it doesn’t play the video
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