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Mistakes after update Firefox to 48.0 in Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64 bit

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Nikolai_Aleksandrovich
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After updating to Firefox 48 in Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64 bit, all search engines had disappeared. Downgrade have fixed this, but i would like use latest version of Firefox. Please, fix this problem.

After updating to Firefox 48 in Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon 64 bit, all search engines had disappeared. Downgrade have fixed this, but i would like use latest version of Firefox. Please, fix this problem.

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Hello Nikolai, please try to change in about:config the next preference

  • distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale

from "data:text/plain,distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale=YOUR LOCALE" to "YOUR LOCALE"

YOUR LOCALE is ru ?

any luck ?

thank you

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Hello Nikolai, please try to change in about:config the next preference

  • distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale

from "data:text/plain,distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale=YOUR LOCALE" to "YOUR LOCALE"

YOUR LOCALE is ru ?

any luck ?

thank you