Ubuntu 22.04 and Firefox woes! Now resolved for me after upgrading to Ubuntu 22.10 OS version!!



I originally installed Ubuntu 22.04 when it came out in April 2022, and I noticed that there was a time lag after clicking the firefox icon before firefox came up; it worked ok as I remember after the time lag start.

Next, the symptom was after a new install of 22.04, then when first clicking the firefox icon, the cursor would go around and the firefox app was in the top app bar indicator; but nothing happened; no firefox; this was my experience two times on two different installs.

Thus, I completely removed firefox from snap and downloaded the latest FF*.deb package and installed it to /opt/firefox. Copied one of the /user/share/applications .desktop icons to the desktop, edited it to point to and open this /opt/firefox/firefox app. 

So I always had to start firefox from this desktop icon. And FF would not auto-update nor manually update. I had to download the latest .deb package from mozilla and install it to the /opt/firefox folder, copying over the earlier ff version, which preserved my links/favorites, saved passwords, etc.

I think this is the case because when I first started /opt/firefox/firefox app from my desktop icon, it creates a /home/<username>/.mozilla folder, within which is the active ff session.

But as of now (Oct 21st, 2022), having installed the latest Ubuntu 22.10 version, Firefox is working just fine in the default snap installation.

I'm a happy camper!! (even though my idea of camping is to find the nearest hotel closest to my kids and the grandkids when they are actually camping in the woods!!!)