(In reply to Alexandru Trif, Desktop QA [:atrif] from comment #13) > Hello! I tried to reproduce/ verify this today but it seems that I am not able to. From what I understand I need to create a file named `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref` anywhere on Ubuntu 22. Unfortunately, I am not able to create such a file because the character `/` is not accepted in a file name on my Ubuntu 22 machine. I tried doing that online but downloading the file will change the `/` character to `_`. Also, I tried using Unicode but I cannot reproduce the issue. Sorry, what I meant by that was: "create a file named `pref` inside of the `/etc/firefox/defaults/` directory. (That file's fully-qualified path is `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref`, which means it's a file called `pref` that lives in `/etc/firefox/defaults/`.) In particular: (1) Ensure that /etc/firefox/defaults/ is a directory that exists (if not, `sudo mkdir /etc/firefox` and then `sudo mkdir `/etc/firefox/defaults` (2) Step into that directory: `cd /etc/firefox/defaults` (3) Be sure there isn't an existing folder there called `pref`. If there is, delete it. (4) Create an empty file named pref: `touch pref` Does that help and reproduce the issue for you, in affected builds? (e.g. Firefox 112 release candidates)
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(In reply to Alexandru Trif, Desktop QA [:atrif] from comment #13) > Hello! I tried to reproduce/ verify this today but it seems that I am not able to. From what I understand I need to create a file named `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref` anywhere on Ubuntu 22. Unfortunately, I am not able to create such a file because the character `/` is not accepted in a file name on my Ubuntu 22 machine. I tried doing that online but downloading the file will change the `/` character to `_`. Also, I tried using Unicode but I cannot reproduce the issue. Sorry, what I meant by that was: "create a file named `pref` inside of the `/etc/firefox/defaults/` directory. (That file's fully-qualified path is `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref`, which means it's a file called `pref` that lives in `/etc/firefox/defaults/`.) In particular: (1) Ensure that `/etc/firefox/defaults/` is a directory that exists (if not, `sudo mkdir /etc/firefox` and then `sudo mkdir `/etc/firefox/defaults` (2) Step into that directory: `cd /etc/firefox/defaults` (3) Be sure there isn't an existing folder there called `pref`. If there is, delete it. (4) Create an empty file named pref: `touch pref` Does that help and reproduce the issue for you, in affected builds? (e.g. Firefox 112 release candidates)
(In reply to Alexandru Trif, Desktop QA [:atrif] from comment #13) > Hello! I tried to reproduce/ verify this today but it seems that I am not able to. From what I understand I need to create a file named `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref` anywhere on Ubuntu 22. Unfortunately, I am not able to create such a file because the character `/` is not accepted in a file name on my Ubuntu 22 machine. I tried doing that online but downloading the file will change the `/` character to `_`. Also, I tried using Unicode but I cannot reproduce the issue. Sorry, what I meant by that was: "create a file named `pref` inside of the `/etc/firefox/defaults/` directory. (That file's fully-qualified path is `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref`, which means it's a file called `pref` that lives in `/etc/firefox/defaults/`.) In particular: (1) Ensure that `/etc/firefox/defaults/` is a directory that exists (if not, `sudo mkdir /etc/firefox` and then `sudo mkdir /etc/firefox/defaults` (2) Step into that directory: `cd /etc/firefox/defaults` (3) Be sure there isn't an existing folder there called `pref`. If there is, delete it. (4) Create an empty file named pref: `touch pref` Does that help and reproduce the issue for you, in affected builds? (e.g. Firefox 112 release candidates)
(In reply to Alexandru Trif, Desktop QA [:atrif] from comment #13) > Hello! I tried to reproduce/ verify this today but it seems that I am not able to. From what I understand I need to create a file named `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref` anywhere on Ubuntu 22. Unfortunately, I am not able to create such a file because the character `/` is not accepted in a file name on my Ubuntu 22 machine. I tried doing that online but downloading the file will change the `/` character to `_`. Also, I tried using Unicode but I cannot reproduce the issue. Sorry, what I meant by that was: "create a file named `pref` inside of the `/etc/firefox/defaults/` directory. (That file's fully-qualified path is `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref`, which means it's a file called `pref` that lives in `/etc/firefox/defaults/`.) In particular: (1) Ensure that `/etc/firefox/defaults/` is a directory that exists (if not, `sudo mkdir /etc/firefox` and then `sudo mkdir /etc/firefox/defaults` (2) Step into that directory: `cd /etc/firefox/defaults` (3) Be sure there isn't an existing folder there called `pref`. If there is, delete it. (4) Create an empty file named pref: `sudo touch pref` Does that help and reproduce the issue for you, in affected builds? (e.g. Firefox 112 release candidates)
(In reply to Alexandru Trif, Desktop QA [:atrif] from comment #13) > Hello! I tried to reproduce/ verify this today but it seems that I am not able to. From what I understand I need to create a file named `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref` anywhere on Ubuntu 22. Unfortunately, I am not able to create such a file because the character `/` is not accepted in a file name on my Ubuntu 22 machine. I tried doing that online but downloading the file will change the `/` character to `_`. Also, I tried using Unicode but I cannot reproduce the issue. Sorry, what I meant by that was: "create a file named `pref` inside of the `/etc/firefox/defaults/` directory. (That file's fully-qualified path is `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref`, which means it's a file called `pref` that lives in `/etc/firefox/defaults/`.) In particular: (1) Ensure that `/etc/firefox/defaults/` is a directory that exists (if not, `sudo mkdir /etc/firefox` and then `sudo mkdir /etc/firefox/defaults` (2) Step into that directory: `cd /etc/firefox/defaults` (3) Use `ls` to be sure there isn't an existing folder there called `pref`. If there is, delete that folder. (4) Create an empty file named pref: `sudo touch pref` Does that help and reproduce the issue for you, in affected builds? (e.g. Firefox 112 release candidates)
(In reply to Alexandru Trif, Desktop QA [:atrif] from comment #13) > Hello! I tried to reproduce/ verify this today but it seems that I am not able to. From what I understand I need to create a file named `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref` anywhere on Ubuntu 22. Unfortunately, I am not able to create such a file because the character `/` is not accepted in a file name on my Ubuntu 22 machine. I tried doing that online but downloading the file will change the `/` character to `_`. Also, I tried using Unicode but I cannot reproduce the issue. Sorry, what I meant by that was: "create a file named `pref` inside of the `/etc/firefox/defaults/` directory. (That file's fully-qualified path is `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref`, which means it's a file called `pref` that lives in `/etc/firefox/defaults/`.) In particular: (1) Ensure that `/etc/firefox/defaults/` is a directory that exists. If not, create it: `sudo mkdir -p /etc/firefox/defaults/` (2) Step into that directory: `cd /etc/firefox/defaults` (3) Use `ls` to be sure there isn't an existing directory there called `pref`. If there is, delete it (or move it elsewhere). (4) Create an empty file named pref, inside that directory: `sudo touch /etc/firefox/defaults/pref` Does that help and reproduce the issue for you, in affected builds? (e.g. Firefox 112 release candidates)
(In reply to Alexandru Trif, Desktop QA [:atrif] from comment #13) > Hello! I tried to reproduce/ verify this today but it seems that I am not able to. From what I understand I need to create a file named `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref` anywhere on Ubuntu 22. Unfortunately, I am not able to create such a file because the character `/` is not accepted in a file name on my Ubuntu 22 machine. I tried doing that online but downloading the file will change the `/` character to `_`. Also, I tried using Unicode but I cannot reproduce the issue. Sorry, what I meant by that was: "create a file named `pref` inside of the `/etc/firefox/defaults/` directory. (That file's fully-qualified path is `/etc/firefox/defaults/pref`, which means it's a file called `pref` that lives in `/etc/firefox/defaults/`.) In particular: (1) Ensure that `/etc/firefox/defaults/` is a directory that exists. If not, create it: `sudo mkdir -p /etc/firefox/defaults/` (2) Step into that directory: `cd /etc/firefox/defaults` (3) Use `ls` to be sure there isn't an existing directory there called `pref`. If there is, delete it (or move it elsewhere). (4) Create an empty file named pref, inside that directory: `sudo touch /etc/firefox/defaults/pref` Does that help and reproduce the issue for you, in affected builds? (e.g. Firefox 112 release candidate 1)