Firefox 63 Update problem [Solved]

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Firefox 63 Update problem [Solved]

Post#1 by Ed_P » 29 Jan 2020, 04:51

I recently downloaded firefox-63.0.3-i686-1.xzm from http://dl.porteus.org/i586/Porteus-v4.0/modules/ for an old netbook that I've upgraded to 4.0. While it works it constantly is looking to update and displaying a warning window. Anyone know how to disable this in 63? The

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1. Type "about:config" in the address bar
2. Change "app.update.doorhanger" to false
and policies.json file in a distribution directory option didn't work.
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Firefox 63 Update problem

Post#2 by burdi01 » 29 Jan 2020, 10:11

Possibly this:

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# Fight the "It looks like you have'nt started Fireforx in a while" message
touch /root/.mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock
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Firefox 63 Update problem

Post#3 by Ed_P » 29 Jan 2020, 17:41

:(

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guest@porteus:~$ su
Password: 
root@porteus:/home/guest# touch /root/.mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock
touch: cannot touch '/root/.mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock': No such file or directory
root@porteus:/home/guest# 
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Post#4 by burdi01 » 30 Jan 2020, 10:12

Hmm, I always run my live CDs as root. But of course I meant:

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# Fight the "It looks like you have'nt started Fireforx in a while" message
touch ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock
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Post#5 by Ed_P » 30 Jan 2020, 15:56

Thank you.

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guest@porteus:~$ touch ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/.parentlock
guest@porteus:~$
Time will tell. :)

--update--

And there's the Software Update window. :wall:

--update--

Fixed!! :Yahoo!:

63fix.sh

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#!/bin/bash

# https://winaero.com/blog/disable-updates-firefox-63-above/
# https://superuser.com/questions/1325421/how-do-i-stop-firefox-from-notifying-me-about-updates
# Disable Auto Updates in Firefox 63 and up.

# Color definitions
txtbld=$(tput bold)               # Bold
txtred=${txtbld}$(tput setaf 1)   # Red
rst=$(tput sgr0)                  # Reset

function redpswd() {
echo -e "$1" $txtred  
}

if [ `whoami` != "root" ]; then
    redpswd "Enter root's password"
    su -c "sh $0 $1"
    exit
fi
echo $rst

cp          /home/guest/firefox/policies.json  \
            /usr/lib/firefox-63.0.3/distribution/         # Adjust "lib" and "63.0.3" to fit the environment
echo "Restart Firefox and go to about:policies" 
echo "  You should see:"
echo "  Policy Name     Policy Value"
echo "  DisableAppUpdate    true"

read
policies.json

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{
"policies": 
   {
     "DisableAppUpdate": true
    }
}
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