91.0 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 20.02 cannot pin bookmarks
Fresh snap install of Firefox. No addons or anything. Right out of the box. I cannot drag a URL and pin it into a folder - it does not produce that usual line indicating where the bookmark will be placed. Show your Bookmarks displayed on bookmarks.
Application Basics
Name: Firefox Version: 91.0 Build ID: 20210804193234 Distribution ID: canonical-002 Update Channel: release-cck-ubuntu User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 OS: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic #27~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 13 17:41:23 UTC 2021 Multiprocess Windows: 1/1 Fission Windows: 0/1 Disabled by safe mode Remote Processes: 6 Enterprise Policies: Active Google Location Service Key: Found Google Safebrowsing Key: Found Mozilla Location Service Key: Found Safe Mode: true
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
Firefox Features
Name: DoH Roll-Out Version: 2.0.0 ID: [email protected]
Name: Firefox Screenshots Version: 39.0.1 ID: [email protected]
Name: Form Autofill Version: 1.0.1 ID: [email protected]
Name: Picture-In-Picture Version: 1.0.0 ID: [email protected]
Name: Web Compatibility Interventions Version: 24.2.0 ID: [email protected]
Name: WebCompat Reporter Version: 1.4.2 ID: [email protected]
Remote Features
Remote Processes
Type: Web Content Count: 3 / 8
Type: Extension Count: 1
Type: Privileged About Count: 1
Type: Preallocated Count: 1
Add-ons
Name: Amazon.com Type: extension Version: 1.3 Enabled: true ID: [email protected]
Name: Bing Type: extension Version: 1.3 Enabled: true ID: [email protected]
Name: DuckDuckGo Type: extension Version: 1.1 Enabled: true ID: [email protected]
Name: eBay Type: extension Version: 1.3 Enabled: true ID: [email protected]
Name: Google Type: extension Version: 1.1 Enabled: true ID: [email protected]
Name: Wikipedia (en) Type: extension Version: 1.1 Enabled: true ID: [email protected]
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Graphics
Features Compositing: Basic Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: wheel input enabled; scrollbar drag enabled; keyboard enabled; autoscroll enabled; smooth pinch-zoom enabled WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info: - WebGL 1 Driver Renderer: WebGL is currently disabled. WebGL 1 Driver Version: - WebGL 1 Driver Extensions: - WebGL 1 Extensions: - WebGL 2 Driver WSI Info: - WebGL 2 Driver Renderer: WebGL is currently disabled. WebGL 2 Driver Version: - WebGL 2 Driver Extensions: - WebGL 2 Extensions: - Window Protocol: wayland Desktop Environment: gnome Target Frame Rate: 60 GPU #1 Active: Yes Description: Mesa DRI Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x5917 Driver Vendor: mesa/i965 Driver Version: 20.0.8.0 RAM: 0 GPU #2 Active: No Vendor ID: 0x10de Device ID: 0x1d10 Diagnostics AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: skia AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: skia CairoUseXRender: 0 CMSOutputProfile: Empty profile data Display0: 1920x1080 DisplayCount: 1 Decision Log HW_COMPOSITING: available by default disabled by user: Disabled by pref blocked by runtime: Acceleration blocked by safe-mode OPENGL_COMPOSITING: unavailable by default: Hardware compositing is disabled WEBRENDER: available by default unavailable-in-safe-mode by runtime: Safe-mode is enabled WEBRENDER_QUALIFIED: available by default WEBRENDER_COMPOSITOR: disabled by default: Disabled by default blocklisted by env: Blocklisted by gfxInfo WEBRENDER_SHADER_CACHE: disabled by default: Disabled by default unavailable by runtime: WebRender disabled WEBRENDER_OPTIMIZED_SHADERS: available by default unavailable by runtime: WebRender disabled WEBRENDER_ANGLE: available by default unavailable by env: OS not supported WEBRENDER_DCOMP_PRESENT: available by default disabled by user: User disabled via pref unavailable by env: Requires Windows 10 or later unavailable by runtime: Requires ANGLE WEBRENDER_SOFTWARE: available by default unavailable-in-safe-mode by runtime: Safe-mode is enabled OMTP: disabled by default: Disabled by default blocked by runtime: OMTP blocked by safe-mode WEBGPU: disabled by default: Disabled by default unavailable-no-webrender by runtime: WebGPU can't present without WebRender X11_EGL: available by default blocklisted by env: Blocklisted by gfxInfo DMABUF: available by default
Media
Audio Backend: pulse-rust Max Channels: 2 Preferred Sample Rate: 48000 Roundtrip latency (standard deviation): 51.37ms (4.73) Output Devices Name: Group Built-in Audio Analog Stereo: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0 Input Devices Name: Group Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0 Built-in Audio Analog Stereo: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.3/sound/card0
Enumerate database
Environment Variables
DISPLAY: :0 GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE: /home/js/snap/firefox/common/.cache/gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR: /snap/firefox/574/gnome-platform/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders GDK_BACKEND: wayland MOZ_ASSUME_USER_NS: 1 MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_EVENTS_DIRECTORY: /home/js/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox/xqxt20fs.default-1628993400544/crashes/events MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_RESTART_ARG_0: /snap/firefox/574/firefox MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_RESTART_ARG_1: MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_DATA_DIRECTORY: /home/js/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_PING_DIRECTORY: /home/js/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox/Pending Pings MOZ_CRASHREPORTER_STRINGS_OVERRIDE: /snap/firefox/574/browser/crashreporter-override.ini MOZ_LAUNCHED_CHILD: XRE_PROFILE_PATH: XRE_PROFILE_LOCAL_PATH: XRE_START_OFFLINE: XRE_BINARY_PATH: XRE_RESTARTED_BY_PROFILE_MANAGER: MOZ_SAFE_MODE_RESTART: MOZ_APP_RESTART: 1
Experimental Features
about:home startup cache (browser.startup.homepage.abouthome_cache.enabled): false Cookies: SameSite=Lax by default (network.cookie.sameSite.laxByDefault): false Cookies: SameSite=None requires secure attribute (network.cookie.sameSite.noneRequiresSecure): false Cookies: Schemeful SameSite (network.cookie.sameSite.schemeful): false CSS: Constructable Stylesheets (layout.css.constructable-stylesheets.enabled): false CSS: Masonry Layout (layout.css.grid-template-masonry-value.enabled): false Developer Tools: Color Scheme Simulation (devtools.inspector.color-scheme-simulation.enabled): true Developer Tools: Compatibility Panel (devtools.inspector.compatibility.enabled): false Developer Tools: Execution Context Selector (devtools.webconsole.input.context): false Developer Tools: Service Worker debugging (devtools.debugger.features.windowless-service-workers): false Fission (Site Isolation) (fission.autostart): false Media: AVIF (image.avif.enabled): false Media: JPEG XL (image.jxl.enabled): false Multiple Picture-in-Picture Support (media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.allow-multiple): true Address Bar: show results during IME composition (browser.urlbar.keepPanelOpenDuringImeComposition): false Web API: inputmode (dom.forms.inputmode): false Web API: WebGPU (dom.webgpu.enabled): false WebRTC Global Mute Toggles (privacy.webrtc.globalMuteToggles): false Win32k Lockdown (security.sandbox.content.win32k-disable): false
Remote Experiments
Important Modified Preferences
browser.contentblocking.category: custom browser.privatebrowsing.autostart: true browser.search.region: US browser.search.suggest.enabled: false browser.startup.homepage: https://dnsleaktest.com browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20210804193234 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 91.0 browser.urlbar.placeholderName: Google browser.urlbar.placeholderName.private: Google browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmark: false browser.urlbar.suggest.engines: false browser.urlbar.suggest.history: false browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage: false browser.urlbar.suggest.topsites: false doh-rollout.balrog-migration-done: true doh-rollout.doneFirstRun: true doh-rollout.home-region: US doh-rollout.skipHeuristicsCheck: true dom.forms.autocomplete.formautofill: true dom.push.userAgentID: c1c44d217cfa4338b6de5e04843e5600 extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 91.0 idle.lastDailyNotification: 1628994015 layers.acceleration.disabled: true media.gmp-manager.buildID: 20210804193234 media.gmp-manager.lastCheck: 1628993829 media.gmp.storage.version.observed: 1 media.videocontrols.picture-in-picture.video-toggle.enabled: false network.trr.blocklist_cleanup_done: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1628994015 privacy.purge_trackers.date_in_cookie_database: 0 privacy.purge_trackers.last_purge: 1628994015838 privacy.sanitize.pending: [{"id":"newtab-container","itemsToClear":[],"options":{}}] security.remote_settings.crlite_filters.checked: 1628993809 security.remote_settings.intermediates.checked: 1628993809 security.sandbox.content.tempDirSuffix: ecf7d2a9-30fc-4ef9-9929-6872e4e3b2ee services.sync.declinedEngines: services.sync.engine.addresses.available: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 0
Important Locked Preferences
fission.autostart.session: false
Places Database
Accessibility
Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.32 Version in use: 4.32
NSS Expected minimum version: 3.68 Version in use: 3.68
NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.68 Version in use: 3.68
NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.68 Version in use: 3.68
NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.68 Version in use: 3.68
Sandbox
Seccomp-BPF (System Call Filtering): true Seccomp Thread Synchronization: true User Namespaces: true Content Process Sandboxing: true Media Plugin Sandboxing: true Content Process Sandbox Level: 4 Effective Content Process Sandbox Level: 4 Win32k Lockdown State for Content Process: Win32k Lockdown disabled -- Operating system not supported
Rejected System Calls
Startup Cache
Disk Cache Path: /home/js/snap/firefox/common/.cache/mozilla/firefox/xqxt20fs.default-1628993400544/startupCache/startupCache.8.little Ignore Disk Cache: false Found Disk Cache on Init: false Wrote to Disk Cache: true
Internationalization & Localization
Application Settings Requested Locales: ["en-US"] Available Locales: ["en-US"] App Locales: ["en-US"] Regional Preferences: ["en-US"] Default Locale: "en-US" Operating System System Locales: ["en-US"] Regional Preferences: ["en-US"]
Remote Debugging (Chromium Protocol)
Accepting Connections: false URL:
Printing
Modified print settings
All Replies (8)
When I drag a url to a folder, here's what I get. see screenshot Can you show us something?
What you show is what normally happens - or should happen. I only see the mouse hand with no underline and I can't get the link to "snap" into place.
Can you download Firefox to a folder, run it and see if you have the same issue? https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
Thank you but I don't understand: Firefox is already installed in the /snap/firefox/574/firefox-bin folder on my Ubuntu Desktop.
Are you rather suggesting that I install it not as a snap?
Yes, just download to a folder and run it from there.
Well it runs fine as a separate download but when I tried to bring over the logins.json and key4.db files so I could start working again, the new install shows no passwords or usernames.
Digging deeper I found that the old version of Firefox running as a snap even when shutdown has the following entry in its directory:
rwxrwxrwx 1 xs xs 16 Aug 15 20:19 lock -> 127.0.1.1:+19082
and I am unable to remove that lock which is maybe why I am unable to copy over the logins.json and key4.db files.
Do you use Sync? Let Sync do all the work instead of moving files around.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sync-logins-firefox-desktop
Thank you @jonzn4SUSE
I cold be wrong about this but doesn't using sync upload - even if briefly - ones encrypted password files?