Unable start Firefox

Support & Help Requests Raspberry Pi
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Hi all,

Just installed ubuntu-mate-16.04.2-desktop-armhf-raspberry-pi.img on microSD card

I can boot up Ubuntu-Mate desktop and run Firefox. After rebooted I couldn’t start Firefox.

“Mozilla Crash Reporter” started
-> click [Restart Firefox]
restarts “Mozilla Crash Reporter”

On terminal run;
$ firefox -safe-mode
with the same result.

Please help. Thanks

Regards
satimis

2

Yeah, Firefox is currently broken.

There is no fix, you can only roll back and hold the version for now.

3

The new version of firefox (55 or above) is not competible for Rasp- Ubuntu Mate 16.04, , not properly working. The fix is to roll back to the older version. Follow the steps given below…

  1. Remove the existing firefox first :

sudo apt-get purge firefox

  1. Run following command to download firefox :

wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/f/firefox/firefox_52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_armhf.deb

  1. Now Install the .deb file

sudo dpkg -i firefox_52.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_armhf.deb

  1. now launch the firefox either from terminal or Ubuntu Menu :smile:
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Oh, I have this same problem too but on Parrot Linux. Same error but I have not tried safe mode yet or ArunKumar_Sap’s method. I even got Chromium instead still crashes.

P:S Parrot Linux is the same desktop interface as Ubuntu Mate.