bin wrote: ⤴Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:41 am
OK, nothing obvious there.
So, what version FF are you using and is it flatpak or deb install?
What I would be tempted to try is:-
1. Close FF then rename. ~/.mozilla to ~/.mozilla.bak
2. Start FF and see if the PDF output is still bad.
If it is then I would download a .tar.bz2 file from
https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/a ... op-release
Delete the fresh ~/.mozilla created by 2. and then extract and run the tar file locally.
Again, any difference?
I sat down with a gin and tonic with the intent to walk through your suggestions. Honestly, I know you had no idea what would happen and I had lost hope...but damned if it didn't work! I was shocked that it worked after the first try - only 2 minutes in!
What I did:
I renamed the profile directory, restarted and tried a PDF print. It worked!
Then, I restored my bookmarks and tried a PDF again...worked!
Then, I walked through all my FF settings changes (since I tend to neuter all telemetry and history settings) and tried again....worked!
So, Firefox appears to work just fine.
Moving on to Librewolf with renewed hope..
It's a Flatpak but since I got Firefox working with the system package, I did a search to find the DEB install since it isn't in the repos. They have one that you can get from their project site and so I did that and went through the same steps as with FF and it's working too!
NICE!! Thanks much for your engagement! I have no idea why only my FF browsers had this issue but I'm not looking back since it's solved and I can move on now.