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Firefox won't Save As, won't allow me to change the location of Downloads folder, doesn't prompt to Save...

user239a
user239a
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I am running Lubuntu 22.04LTS (have been for months now), with Firefox 130.0.1 installed via the normal vanilla apt.

It was working fine until a few days ago (perhaps after an update, but I can't recall specifically), and then just stopped being able to save anything.

For example, right clicking on an image will bring up "Save As..." as an option, but when I choose that, nothing happens. No prompt to save, nor does the file appear anywhere.

When I choose "Save" as a pulldown on cloud XLSX files...similarly, nothing happens.

When I download something, Firefox is supposed to open up a prompt asking me where I want to save the file but that never opens...nor does the file download.

I am totally baffled.

I am running Lubuntu 22.04LTS (have been for months now), with Firefox 130.0.1 installed via the normal vanilla apt. It was working fine until a few days ago (perhaps after an update, but I can't recall specifically), and then just stopped being able to save anything. For example, right clicking on an image will bring up "Save As..." as an option, but when I choose that, nothing happens. No prompt to save, nor does the file appear anywhere. When I choose "Save" as a pulldown on cloud XLSX files...similarly, nothing happens. When I download something, Firefox is supposed to open up a prompt asking me where I want to save the file but that never opens...nor does the file download. I am totally baffled.

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user239a
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It seems this is an issue pertaining only to 130.0.1, as I on a hunch, rolled my install back to 130.0.0 and that restored my Save functionality. Hoping this is fixed soon in a future update.

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jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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Interesting... Did you try Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode? What desktop? X11 or Wayland?

Try downloading Firefox from Mozilla, run firefox-bin from the folder and see if you have the same issue. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release

No issues for me with my distro nor Mozilla version. see screenshot


Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240923 KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 Kernel Version: 6.10.11-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 62.1 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: HP Product Name: HP ProBook 455 15.6 inch G9 Notebook PC

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