On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 08:57:59 BST Olaf Hering wrote:

Am Tue, 28 Sep 2021 07:51:47 +0100 schrieb Ianseeks :

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I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it makes no difference.

I have seen such statement a couple times recently (independent from the "failed" package).

Did that ever work? What was the expected outcome of "reinstalling" a rpm? In other words: what do you think does "uninstalling" actually do to your system?

It uninstalled and reinstalled fine using Yast2 as I was just wondering if it was a broken install. I didn't delete any mozilla files/folders before that, i have since deleted all files and rerun firefox, i can now paste with the scroll wheel but still no right click operations

Olaf

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On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 08:57:59 BST Olaf Hering wrote:

Am Tue, 28 Sep 2021 07:51:47 +0100 schrieb Ianseeks :

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I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it makes no difference.

I have seen such statement a couple times recently (independent from the "failed" package).

Did that ever work? What was the expected outcome of "reinstalling" a rpm? In other words: what do you think does "uninstalling" actually do to your system?

It uninstalled and reinstalled fine using Yast2 as I was just wondering if it was a broken install. I didn't delete any mozilla files/folders before that, i have since deleted all files and rerun firefox, i can now paste with the scroll wheel but still no right click operations update (since my reply to you went to someone else) I deleted all mozilla/firefox files/folders, "zypper rm" and then "zypper in" and the result is the same, maybe i'm going mad.

Olaf

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On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 14:53:08 BST Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Ianseeks [09-28-21 07:15]:

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On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 08:57:59 BST Olaf Hering wrote:

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Am Tue, 28 Sep 2021 07:51:47 +0100 schrieb Ianseeks :

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I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it makes no difference.

I have seen such statement a couple times recently (independent from the "failed" package).

Did that ever work? What was the expected outcome of "reinstalling" a rpm? In other words: what do you think does "uninstalling" actually do to your system?

It uninstalled and reinstalled fine using Yast2 as I was just wondering if it was a broken install. I didn't delete any mozilla files/folders before that, i have since deleted all files and rerun firefox, i can now paste with the scroll wheel but still no right click operations update (since my reply to you went to someone else) I deleted all mozilla/firefox files/folders, "zypper rm" and then "zypper in" and the result is the same, maybe i'm going mad.

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Olaf

Thanks for the reply

your configuration files are contained within ~/.mozilla/firefox unless you move/remove them, expect firefox to act basically the same for user configurable actions on reinstall/update.

I did remove everything i could find in my user directory before my last attempt to uninstall and reinstall with no change.

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On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:41:25 BST Simon Becherer wrote:

Am 28.09.21 um 17:37 schrieb Ianseeks:

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I did remove everything i could find in my user directory before my last attempt to uninstall and reinstall with no change.

please try with a new, clean user.

yes, i'll do that next and report back

and of course your mouse is ok, checked in another program? Its fine in other programs, but its wearing out as the buttons occasionally need a stronger push to work and sometimes I get 2 launches of a program with one click.

simoN

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Am 29.09.21 um 15:52 schrieb Ianseeks:

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please try with a new, clean user.

Struggling to login to a new user, get an Xsession error saying its disabled but i can login via terminal session. The only way to clear that Xsession error is to Ctrl Backspace Backspace, it does have an "okay" button on the message but its unclickable and un-escapeable or any key. Anyway, thats a digression.

should not happend, you have used yast to create? if yes, i have no idea what went wrong.

I tried firefox in an old existing account I've not used for a few years and it works fine. But with the other accounts i use regularly, right-click doesn't work.

so it is definitely your config. you have missed to delete some config and or cache. you could try to use the software "BleachBit" to clear your personal cache and config's but i highly recommend to backup your complete config and cache, bleachbit could be very extreme. - i am not sure, but it could be a different using beachbit with installed and without installed firefox. maybe run it twice. (you will be surprised how many gb you could clear inside a old, long used user dir.....) simoN -- www.becherer.de/AGB

On Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:41:55 BST Simon Becherer wrote:

Am 29.09.21 um 15:52 schrieb Ianseeks:

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please try with a new, clean user.

Struggling to login to a new user, get an Xsession error saying its disabled but i can login via terminal session. The only way to clear that Xsession error is to Ctrl Backspace Backspace, it does have an "okay" button on the message but its unclickable and un-escapeable or any key. Anyway, thats a digression.

should not happend, you have used yast to create? if yes, i have no idea what went wrong.

Yes i did. i found that the "Defaults for New Users" was missing a default shell and skeleton value and the new user was not in the "users" group (even though thats the default) I've added some defaults to "Defaults for New Users", deleted the user and created a new one and firefox works fine in that new user. But the xsession error seems "broken" as i couldn't clear it. Thanks for the help.

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I tried firefox in an old existing account I've not used for a few years and it works fine. But with the other accounts i use regularly, right-click doesn't work.

so it is definitely your config.

you have missed to delete some config and or cache.

you could try to use the software "BleachBit" to clear your personal cache and config's but i highly recommend to backup your complete config and cache, bleachbit could be very extreme. - i am not sure, but it could be a different using beachbit with installed and without installed firefox. maybe run it twice.

(you will be surprised how many gb you could clear inside a old, long used user dir.....)

simoN

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On Wednesday, 29 September 2021 17:59:45 BST Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 29/09/2021 15.52, Ianseeks wrote:

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On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:41:25 BST Simon Becherer wrote:

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Am 28.09.21 um 17:37 schrieb Ianseeks:

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I did remove everything i could find in my user directory before my last attempt to uninstall and reinstall with no change.

please try with a new, clean user.

Struggling to login to a new user, get an Xsession error saying its disabled but i can login via terminal session. The only way to clear that Xsession error is to Ctrl Backspace Backspace, it does have an "okay" button on the message but its unclickable and un-escapeable or any key. Anyway, thats a digression.

That's very strange.

The normal procedure is to fire up YaST, select "user and group management", and in the window that appears, click on the "add" button.

Yep, thats what i did in Yast. After the problem i went back into yast and the user wasn't in the goup. i checked the group config, and it said default group is "user" but other defaults were missing like a skeleton directory and a default shell - I haven't used the add user for a long time but i thought Yast always had sensible defaults set up.

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I tried firefox in an old existing account I've not used for a few years and it works fine. But with the other accounts i use regularly, right-click doesn't work.

This is what "try a new user" advice tries to find out if it happens: it means it is your own configuration the problem, not a system problem.

Of course, we are assuming that the new user has the same desktop as your normal user.

Yes, all the same desktop. The problem is in a couple of the logins i have set up.

I can't say what, as I'm using FF 78

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On Thursday, 30 September 2021 08:36:43 BST Carlos E. R. wrote:

On 30/09/2021 08.02, Ianseeks wrote:

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On Wednesday, 29 September 2021 17:59:45 BST Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 29/09/2021 15.52, Ianseeks wrote:

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On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:41:25 BST Simon Becherer wrote:

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Am 28.09.21 um 17:37 schrieb Ianseeks:

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I did remove everything i could find in my user directory before my last attempt to uninstall and reinstall with no change.

please try with a new, clean user.

Struggling to login to a new user, get an Xsession error saying its disabled but i can login via terminal session. The only way to clear that Xsession error is to Ctrl Backspace Backspace, it does have an "okay" button on the message but its unclickable and un-escapeable or any key. Anyway, thats a digression.

That's very strange.

The normal procedure is to fire up YaST, select "user and group management", and in the window that appears, click on the "add" button.

Yep, thats what i did in Yast. After the problem i went back into yast and the user wasn't in the goup. i checked the group config, and it said default group is "user" but other defaults were missing like a skeleton directory and a default shell - I haven't used the add user for a long time but i thought Yast always had sensible defaults set up.

Maybe that's a new bug in YaST, so you should report it in bugzilla. Bug 1191189.

Thanks. Not sure where to log the xsession error though or against what program - maybe ssdm?

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On 2021-09-29 08:52:48 Ianseeks wrote:

|On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:41:25 BST Simon Becherer wrote: |> Am 28.09.21 um 17:37 schrieb Ianseeks: |> > I did remove everything i could find in my user directory before my |> > last attempt to uninstall and reinstall with no change. |> |> please try with a new, clean user. | |Struggling to login to a new user, get an Xsession error saying its | disabled but i can login via terminal session. The only way to clear that | Xsession error is to Ctrl Backspace Backspace, it does have an "okay" | button on the message but its unclickable and un-escapeable or any key. | Anyway, thats a digression. | |I tried firefox in an old existing account I've not used for a few years | and it works fine. But with the other accounts i use regularly, | right-click doesn't work. | |I'll go back to Vivaldi and Opera. | |> and of course your mouse is ok, checked in another program? |> |> |> |> simoN

If you run Firefox in Safe mode (with plugins, etc. disabled), does it work better? Leslie -- Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.3 x86_64

On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 16:41:25 BST Simon Becherer wrote:

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I did remove everything i could find in my user directory before my last attempt to uninstall and reinstall with no change.>

Am 28.09.21 um 17:37 schrieb Ianseeks: please try with a new, clean user.

Struggling to login to a new user, get an Xsession error saying its disabled but i can login via terminal session. The only way to clear that Xsession error is to Ctrl Backspace Backspace, it does have an "okay" button on the message but its unclickable and un-escapeable or any key. Anyway, thats a digression.

I tried firefox in an old existing account I've not used for a few years and it works fine. But with the other accounts i use regularly, right-click doesn't work.

I'll go back to Vivaldi and Opera.

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and of course your mouse is ok, checked in another program?

simoN Did you copy your homedir to the new user? Without changing the ownership

Op woensdag 29 september 2021 15:52:48 CEST schreef Ianseeks: perhaps? -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board openSUSE Forums Team

On Tuesday, 28 September 2021 09:20:41 BST Simon Becherer wrote:

Am 28.09.21 um 08:51 schrieb Ianseeks:

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Hi

Does anyone have any issues using Firefox? I'm not sure when this happened as i haven't used it for a while. I can no longer right click for a menu, paste anything into the address field, restore the menus. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it makes no difference.

regards

Ian

Re-installing mostly (maybe always) did not delete your config. if your config is the problem (i think so) you have to delete it first.

It didn't delete anything from what i can see. I have tried deleting anything with mozilla/firefox in the name, rerun firefox and scroll wheel paste seems to work but still no right click or access to the "hamburger" menu

this could for a lot of "end user programs" easily tested: 1)set up a new user. 2) start firefox from the new generated user.

if running, then search for the config files for firefox inside (i think) your home/youruser/.config/. directory delete it. (maybe also you have to delete .../cache/.... ... if not sure, make backups of the files you like to delete

simoN i'll delete everything again and uninstall/install again.

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