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18 Nov 2015, 7:10 pm

I've noticed recently, maybe it's done this for awhile, not sure, that when I start Firefox, I get some kind of space on the right side for about a second and then it goes away.

I have the exact same profile on another computer, same bookmarks and add-ons, instead on the other computer, the bar at the top goes white for a split second or a 1 second at most.

One interesting thing I've noticed, that I've did a fresh start, moved the old by rename the Firefox folder .mozilla.old.

It didn't do that until I imported the bookmarks. This is what I see:
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19 Nov 2015, 1:13 am

Run Firefox in safe mode. If the issue is not occurring, it most likely means your extensions were causing it.



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20 Nov 2015, 3:07 am

Freedoomed wrote:
Run Firefox in safe mode. If the issue is not occurring, it most likely means your extensions were causing it.


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20 Nov 2015, 3:16 pm

If running it in safe mode does not work, uninstall and reinstall. Good advice as a first or early step for troubleshooting any software. If that does not work go back to an earlier version of the software.


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22 Nov 2015, 8:35 pm

I haven't used Ubuntu since forever but try this,

Code:
sudo apt-get purge firefox


You might want to backup your bookmarks before this next step, either backup your entire profile folder in ~/.mozilla/firefox or backup only the file containing your bookmarks which is places.sqlite in your profile folder. Once you have backed up your data in a way that satisfies you, delete the following folders in your home directory.

.mozilla
.macromedia
.adobe

The files are hidden, please make sure you can view hidden files.

then

Code:
sudo apt-get install firefox