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That version is no more supported

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  Firefox 13.0.1 in Lucid - problem with "Awesome bar"/"URL
  bar"/"Location bar" autocomplete/autofill: dropdown window not
  rendered/dissapears

Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  On a PC that I use (but has no keyboard), I have (currently)

  $ cat /etc/issue
  Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS \n \l

  Because it has no keyboard - I use "onboard" on it, and heavily rely
  on the URL/"Location"/"Awesome"/Address bar autocomplete; which is why
  I noticed the problem immediately. Just to make sure - here is the
  drop down window I'm talking about (even if the picture is from
  Firefox 3):

  http://blog.mozilla.org/files/2008/04/2421200414_77674b14a4_o1.png
  http://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2008/04/21/a-little-something-awesome-about-firefox-3/

  
  I first updated the 'standalone' version of Firefox that I use (download from Mozilla) to 13.0.1. Upon first start, autocomplete did work; soon after that though, if you type say "y" in the bar, you would get no dropdown window with results (even if I know, that for that letter, at least 'youtube.com' should show) - and indeed, no dropdown for whatever you type. 

  
  At this point, I had an older version of Firefox 12 installed by Ubuntu (hereafter `ubufox`) - so I could compare:  ubufox Firefox 12 had no problem with dropdowns. 

  Then I did sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade; this updated
  the ubufox to Firefox 13 (and possibly bumped Ubuntu version to
  10.04.4, cannot recall). Then I tried ubufox 13 - same behavior with
  missing autocomplete dropdown window when you start typing. Now the
  ubufox version on the Lucid machine is (just brief, 'cause I'm
  retyping):

  $  apt-cache policy firefox
  firefox:
    Installed: 13.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1

  As an experiment, I tried changing "browser.urlbar.autoFill" in
  about:config from its default false to 'true' - the result of this is
  now that there is still no dropdown - but autocomplete will react on
  typing; except it will fill the address bar with the first URL it
  finds (that is, as there is no dropdown, it will not show alternative
  matches) .. However this feature is not really useful for me - I'd
  rather keep it on false, and have the dropdown instead.

  Another thing I tried is System/Preferences/Appearance/Visual Effects
  in Lucid, and change from "Normal" (my default settings) to "None".
  I'm guessing, this goes down to metacity as window manager - and in
  this case, when you start typing in address bar, you can see that a
  box starts being rendered right below the address/url bar  - and then
  immediately disappears! If you then go back to Normal, the dropdown
  box again is back to not being rendered at all.

  I managed temporarily to get the dropdown back on the Mozilla version,
  when I also updated all addons and restarted - but that lasted for
  only a couple of tries; and then a few new tabs opened, it was back to
  not rendering the autocomplete dropdown at all. I've also tried all
  kinds of things like minimizing then restoring the firefox window;
  raising the firefox About dialog window; doubleclicking on the firefox
  window topbar so the whole window "compacts" and "uncompacts" - none
  of this seems to have any effect on the appearance of the dropdown.

  
  My guess is firefox doesn't talk to Gnome (window manager?) right, but there's no way for me to confirm that, as I cannot tell where are actual firefox logs - **not** firefox extensions logs - saved; I simply cannot find any webpages that mention Firefox logs but this: 

  Location of Firefox log files • mozillaZine Forums -
  http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2773483

  ... and that one is not helpful, as most posters there don't see a
  difference between an application log and extensions loading logfile;
  and the '-console' switch mentioned there doesn't exist on Firefox 13
  for linux.

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