I just applied a bunch of updates to my CentOS 7 system yesterday, one
of which was a Firefox update to 68.0.1esr.
Now when I bring up sites I would log in to -- my bank, credit cards,
etc., the Password box is wonky and shakes and doesn't display
successive dots? for characters I type, nor does it accept what I type.
My work around currently is to type the password first, then my userid
but ???!!!!! Using either a <tab> to get to the Password box or just a
click in the Password box causes the same results.
Previous Firefox version which worked fine
--firefox-60.8.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64
HELP!
--
"And in the end, only kindness matters."
-- Jewel, "Hands"
______
MzK
Apparently, this is a "known" FF issue...
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1264837
"And in the end, only kindness matters."
-- Jewel, "Hands"
______
MzK
On 10/24/19 10:19 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:> I just applied a bunch of updates to my CentOS 7 system yesterday, one
> of which was a Firefox update to 68.0.1esr.
>
> Now when I bring up sites I would log in to -- my bank, credit cards,
> etc., the Password box is wonky and shakes and doesn't display
> successive dots? for characters I type, nor does it accept what I
> type. My work around currently is to type the password first, then my
> userid but ???!!!!! Using either a <tab> to get to the Password box
or
> just a click in the Password box causes the same results.
>
> Previous Firefox version which worked fine
> --firefox-60.8.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64
>
> HELP!
>
Problem solved from kuna236 on Reddit discussion...(see comments)
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/cbnesc/firefox_68_password_field_blinks/
FYI. For just testing, I copied my new firefox.desktop from
/usr/local/share/applications to my local Desktop folder, and gave it a
new name. Did not do the update-desktop-database yet. (Original
firefox.desktop file in /usr/share/applications.) All good!
--- details from kuna236---
For anyone else out there trying to modify their |.desktop| file, I
copied my |/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop| to
|/usr/local/share/applications/| and prepended |env GTK_IM_MODULE=xim|
to the |Exec=| lines.
|Exec=env GTK_IM_MODULE=xim firefox %u |
Then ran |sudo update-desktop-database|.
I struggled for a little while because I forgot to include |env| in my
|Exec|, and Firefox stopped showing up in my applications menu. Figured
I'd post it here in case anyone else was making the same mistake.
-- end details --
"And in the end, only kindness matters."
-- Jewel, "Hands"
______
MzK
On 10/26/19 3:09 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:>
> Apparently, this is a "known" FF issue...
>
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1264837
>
> "And in the end, only kindness matters."
> -- Jewel, "Hands"
> ______
> MzK
>
>
> On 10/24/19 10:19 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> I just applied a bunch of updates to my CentOS 7 system yesterday,
>> one of which was a Firefox update to 68.0.1esr.
>>
>> Now when I bring up sites I would log in to -- my bank, credit cards,
>> etc., the Password box is wonky and shakes and doesn't display
>> successive dots? for characters I type, nor does it accept what I
>> type. My work around currently is to type the password first, then my
>> userid but ???!!!!! Using either a <tab> to get to the Password
box
>> or just a click in the Password box causes the same results.
>>
>> Previous Firefox version which worked fine
>> --firefox-60.8.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64
>>
>> HELP!
>>
A short update on this problem. I just applied patches to bring FF to 68.3.0esr. The flickering is still there, a bit, but at least I can input COMPLETE passwords when prompted. Oddly the flickering now seems to be more site dependent than previously. On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 10:19 AM Kay Schenk <kay.schenk at gmail.com> wrote:> I just applied a bunch of updates to my CentOS 7 system yesterday, one > of which was a Firefox update to 68.0.1esr. > > Now when I bring up sites I would log in to -- my bank, credit cards, > etc., the Password box is wonky and shakes and doesn't display > successive dots for characters I type, nor does it accept what I type. > My work around currently is to type the password first, then my userid > but ???!!!!! Using either a <tab> to get to the Password box or just a > click in the Password box causes the same results. > > Previous Firefox version which worked fine > --firefox-60.8.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 > > HELP! > > -- > > "And in the end, only kindness matters." > -- Jewel, "Hands" > ______ > MzK > > >-- "And in the end, only kindness matters." -- Jewel, "Hands" ________________________________________ MzK