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awesome bar not working with bookmarks

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using firefox 40.0, as stated above i start typing in a bookmark and get no type down suggestions or autocomplete options. Interesting things i have done, 1: restarted browser w/ all plugins disabled. then turned them back on. Also noticed that i seem to have to make a change to the new gooey clicky preferences interface, to make a change persistent between browser sessions. & before anyone parrots the defaults, yes i have went to preferences and said i want to use bookmarks (ala preferences privacy, when using location bar suggest). I even have christmas treed / applied a binary solution to the options,,,, use bookmarks, use bookmarks & history, use boookmarks & open tabs, etc etc, even up to and including use nothing). The only other caveat is i have imported old bookmarks, irregardless i can not type down old bookmarks or new ones, with the odd exception of it now typing down google.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wtaf btw google.com is not a bookmark???? i am really curious where this rabbit hole goes too. currently running lubuntu 14.02 lts 64bit, - i am using addons no script, ubuntu modification & places maintenance (incase my current problem was due to a corrupted sqlite database) yada yada , see information below for a complete picture

Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 40.0 Build ID: 20150819100600 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (default: false)

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


All Crash Reports

Extensions


Name: NoScript Version: 2.6.9.36 Enabled: true ID: {73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}

Name: Places Maintenance Version: 1.3.1-signed Enabled: true ID: places-maintenance@bonardo.net

Name: Ubuntu Modifications Version: 3.1 Enabled: true ID: ubufox@ubuntu.com

Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945G Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none Device ID: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945G Driver Version: 1.4 Mesa 10.3.2 GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1 Basic (OMTC) Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues. Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: false Vendor ID: Intel Open Source Technology Center WebGL Renderer: Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues. windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: cairo AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

Important Modified Preferences


accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 4 browser.download.importedFromSqlite: true browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 7 browser.privatebrowsing.autostart: true browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20150819100600 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 40.0 browser.urlbar.default.behavior: 2 browser.urlbar.maxRichResults: 0 browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete: true dom.apps.reset-permissions: true dom.ipc.plugins.asyncInit: false dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 40.0 gfx.blacklist.direct2d: 4 gfx.blacklist.direct3d11angle: 4 gfx.blacklist.hardwarevideodecoding: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d10: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d10-1: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d11: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d9: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.opengl: 4 gfx.blacklist.stagefright: 4 gfx.blacklist.webgl.angle: 4 gfx.blacklist.webgl.msaa: 4 gfx.blacklist.webgl.opengl: 4 gfx.blacklist.webrtc.hw.acceleration: 4 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled: false media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate: 1440373427 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.version: 1.4 media.gmp-manager.buildID: 20150819100600 media.gmp-manager.lastCheck: 1440664366 network.cookie.cookieBehavior: 1 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.http.atsvc.enabled: false network.http.atsvc.oe: false network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1440378064 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 91855 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.flash: 0 privacy.cpd.offlineApps: true privacy.cpd.siteSettings: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1440378064

Important Locked Preferences


JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.8 Version in use: 4.10.8

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.2 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.2 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.2 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Version in use: 3.19.2

Experimental Features


Sandbox


Seccomp-BPF (System Call Filtering): true Seccomp Thread Synchronization: true User Namespaces: true Media Plugin Sandboxing: true

using firefox 40.0, as stated above i start typing in a bookmark and get no type down suggestions or autocomplete options. Interesting things i have done, 1: restarted browser w/ all plugins disabled. then turned them back on. Also noticed that i seem to have to make a change to the new gooey clicky preferences interface, to make a change persistent between browser sessions. & before anyone parrots the defaults, yes i have went to preferences and said i want to use bookmarks (ala preferences privacy, when using location bar suggest). I even have christmas treed / applied a binary solution to the options,,,, use bookmarks, use bookmarks & history, use boookmarks & open tabs, etc etc, even up to and including use nothing). The only other caveat is i have imported old bookmarks, irregardless i can not type down old bookmarks or new ones, with the odd exception of it now typing down google.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wtaf btw google.com is not a bookmark???? i am really curious where this rabbit hole goes too. currently running lubuntu 14.02 lts 64bit, - i am using addons no script, ubuntu modification & places maintenance (incase my current problem was due to a corrupted sqlite database) yada yada , see information below for a complete picture Application Basics ------------------ Name: Firefox Version: 40.0 Build ID: 20150819100600 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (default: false) Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days --------------------------------- All Crash Reports Extensions ---------- Name: NoScript Version: 2.6.9.36 Enabled: true ID: {73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232} Name: Places Maintenance Version: 1.3.1-signed Enabled: true ID: places-maintenance@bonardo.net Name: Ubuntu Modifications Version: 3.1 Enabled: true ID: ubufox@ubuntu.com Graphics -------- Adapter Description: Intel Open Source Technology Center -- Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945G Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none Device ID: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945G Driver Version: 1.4 Mesa 10.3.2 GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1 Basic (OMTC) Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues. Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: false Vendor ID: Intel Open Source Technology Center WebGL Renderer: Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues. windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: cairo AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: none AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 Important Modified Preferences ------------------------------ accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 4 browser.download.importedFromSqlite: true browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 7 browser.privatebrowsing.autostart: true browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20150819100600 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 40.0 browser.urlbar.default.behavior: 2 browser.urlbar.maxRichResults: 0 browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete: true dom.apps.reset-permissions: true dom.ipc.plugins.asyncInit: false dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 40.0 gfx.blacklist.direct2d: 4 gfx.blacklist.direct3d11angle: 4 gfx.blacklist.hardwarevideodecoding: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d10: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d10-1: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d11: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.direct3d9: 4 gfx.blacklist.layers.opengl: 4 gfx.blacklist.stagefright: 4 gfx.blacklist.webgl.angle: 4 gfx.blacklist.webgl.msaa: 4 gfx.blacklist.webgl.opengl: 4 gfx.blacklist.webrtc.hw.acceleration: 4 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled: false media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate: 1440373427 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.version: 1.4 media.gmp-manager.buildID: 20150819100600 media.gmp-manager.lastCheck: 1440664366 network.cookie.cookieBehavior: 1 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.http.atsvc.enabled: false network.http.atsvc.oe: false network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1440378064 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 91855 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.flash: 0 privacy.cpd.offlineApps: true privacy.cpd.siteSettings: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1440378064 Important Locked Preferences ---------------------------- JavaScript ---------- Incremental GC: true Accessibility ------------- Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions ---------------- NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.8 Version in use: 4.10.8 NSS Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.2 Basic ECC NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.2 Basic ECC NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.2 Basic ECC NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.19.2 Version in use: 3.19.2 Experimental Features --------------------- Sandbox ------- Seccomp-BPF (System Call Filtering): true Seccomp Thread Synchronization: true User Namespaces: true Media Plugin Sandboxing: true

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Ubuntu may have made these changes as part of the modifications it adds to Firefox via extensions (Ubuntu Modifications) or by using the version from the Ubuntu repositories.

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Your System Detail list shows that browser.urlbar.maxRichResults is set to 0, so that will prevent any suggestions from showing. You can reset this pref via the right-click context menu to the default value.

  • browser.urlbar.maxRichResults: 0

Also check the browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled pref.

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.


Note that you are currently in permanent Private Browsing mode.

  • browser.privatebrowsing.autostart: true
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First, yes it is set to 0, and i reset it, now things work. Now for the weird part, I never altered in the first place, same for private browsing mode (both were set by default upon initial clean install) . marking this as fixed

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Ubuntu may have made these changes as part of the modifications it adds to Firefox via extensions (Ubuntu Modifications) or by using the version from the Ubuntu repositories.

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I'm getting this problem now. All of a sudden it's stopped working. It's happened on both my PCs: a portable (WIN 8.1) and a desktop (WIN XP SP). I'm running latest version FF 43.0.2 on both devices. I've never had this problem before (been using FF for many years). I'm not sure if this problem has appeared with this latest version, or in the previous one.

The portable seems to have fixed itself a few days after giving up on trying to fix it. Now I'm getting the same thing with my desktop.

My settings are as follows.

In Tools > Options:

Search tab -Verified "Provide search suggestions" is selected -Verified "Show search suggestions in location bar results" is selected

Privacy tab -Verified all options are selected -Verified "Firefox will:" Remember history

Any advice would be welcome.