firefox
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Mozilla Firefox or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser
developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.
Firefox uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages. [0]
Upstream: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox
[000] Index
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* Installation ........................................................... [001]
* Runtime Dependencies ................................................. [002]
* Privacy Package ...................................................... [003]
* Setup .................................................................. [004]
* Enable VAAPI Acceleration ............................................ [005]
* Usage .................................................................. [006]
* References ............................................................. [007]
[001] Installation
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| $ kiss b firefox |
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--[002] Runtime Dependencies ---------------------------------------------------
Firefox needs a few additional things to be fully functional. One is an icon
theme and the other is a font. If you have already installed the fonts and
icon theme of your choosing, this step can be skipped.
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| $ kiss b [hicolor-icon-theme|adwaita-icon-theme] |
| $ kiss b ttf-croscore |
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--[003] Privacy Package --------------------------------------------------------
Provided is also an optional privacy package which makes Firefox perform zero
unsolicited network requests. More information can be found in the
documentation (@/firefox-privacy) Expect some website breakage when using this
privacy package YMMV.
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| $ kiss b firefox-privacy |
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[004] Setup
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As of Firefox 91. There is no need to set special environment variables to
enable Wayland support (in a Wayland only environment like ours). The browser
should start with no further configuration.
--[005] Enable VAAPI Acceleration ----------------------------------------------
Make sure that the following are set in your about:config page.
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| about:config |
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| gfx.webrender.all=true |
| media.av1.enabled=false |
| media.ffmpeg.dmabuf-textures.disabled=false |
| media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled=true |
| media.ffvpx.enabled=false |
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If using AMDGPU, the following kernel option must be enabled. [1]
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| .config |
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| CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y |
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You may also need to set the following environment variable.
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| .profile |
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| export MOZ_WAYLAND_DRM_DEVICE=/dev/dri/renderD128 |
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To verify that VAAPI is working, launch Firefox with the following argument and
attempt to watch a video. Pay attention for errors in the output.
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| $ firefox --MOZ_LOG=PlatformDecoderModule:4 |
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[006] Usage
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Refer to the browser's help output and online documentation for further
information.
[007] References
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[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox
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