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Webgl works in the stable version, but not aurora or nightly

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Today, I decided to use the stable version and when i tried Webgl, it was working. When I use aurora or the nightly version, it says it can't initialize webgl. All along I thought my graphics card was being blocked. I also have the stable version in a different profile then the nightly and aurora versions which is in the default one. I don't know if this will help. Can this be fixed???

Today, I decided to use the stable version and when i tried Webgl, it was working. When I use aurora or the nightly version, it says it can't initialize webgl. All along I thought my graphics card was being blocked. I also have the stable version in a different profile then the nightly and aurora versions which is in the default one. I don't know if this will help. Can this be fixed???

Modified by R Ze

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Are there any error messages at the bottom of the Help > Troubleshooting Information page about WebGL?

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It looks like the graphics section for both of them are different for some reason. You can check. I put images for aurora/nightly and firefox. I have 3d plugins in the stable version. I don't know if that helps though. I have so many plugins and extensions that I only put the 3d plugins since that may have an effect. But then, I installed the google 3d plugin and that didn't help at all.

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Could you reattach the second image?

I deleted it by accident by not paying enough attention where I clicked to view it (oops).

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Sure. Here you go.

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Thanks.

Are there any webgl preference that are bold user set like webgl.disabled or does it work if you force webgl (webgl.force-enabled -> true)?

You can also check the gfx and layers prefs. Filter: /gfx|layers/


To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

  • Use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a preference more easily.
  • Preferences that have been modified show as bold(user set).
  • Preferences can be reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.

Modified by cor-el

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The webgl.force-enabled is true. I change all the settings and stuff. I just checked the /gfx|layers/ . I marked all them true, but I still don't know what the problem is. It doesn't work.

Modified by R Ze