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Background: I need to disable firefox's auto-update feature because my selenium tests fails on my headless server when firefox decides to update before selenium supports that version. I am also not the one who installed firefox on to this server. I believe it was through yum install firefox

Server:

  • Fedora 19 Schrödinger’
  • Linux
  • kernel-release: 3.11.6-201.fc19.i686.PAE
  • processor: i686
  • platform: i386

Actions Taken:

$ cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/

(could not find a Profiles dir do I create one?)

$ firefox -v

(process:11171): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed

Links I went to for info: I must be doing something wrong. I can't seem to understand how to do what I want from these links:

  • developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Command_Line_Options
  • support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data#w_finding-your-profile-without-opening-firefox
  • kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager#Linux
  • support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/877235
AJC
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  • If the browser has been installed using the systems package management system then the browser cannot update itself. It has no file system permissions to do so. – arkascha Jun 16 '16 at 09:43

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There may have been a more direct method, but I created a "No Updates" profile which has all auto-updating turned off, and rewrote the shortcut to:

firefox.exe -P "No Updates"

Source:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/768901

Pedro Lobito
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    Good god. The OP is talking about a _Linux_ system. And you refer to `firefox.exe`. Wow. – arkascha Jun 16 '16 at 09:43
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    Sorry, maybe I miss something here. But I have no Linux system where a `firefox.exe` command does not lead to an error. Would you care to explain why I am wrong there? Thanks! – arkascha Jun 16 '16 at 09:49
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    But why did you write that `.exe` then, if it does not make any sense in the answer? And why don't you fix that? – arkascha Jun 16 '16 at 09:52