[gentoo-user] unable to login some websites using www-client/firefox-68.9.0

[gentoo-user] unable to login some websites using www-client/firefox-68.9.0

[Valmor F. de Almeida]

Hello list:
I have emerged www-client/firefox-68.9.0 and I am able to log in to, say 
google email accounts, etc. However at some other websites that require 
username/password, I am not able to log in. I have cleared the cache, 
deleted all cookies, etc. Still problematic. I don't get any errors upon 
login. Just get straight back to the original site prompting for the 
username and password.

Just checking on this list whether I used all USE flags correctly when 
emerging firefox:
bindist, gmp-autoupdate, pulseaudio, screenshot, system-av1, 
system-harfbuzz, system-icu, system-jpeg, system-libevent, 
system-libvpx, system-sqlite, system-webp.

I only have two add-ons: flag and dark background loaded.

Inputs appreciated.
Thanks,
--
Valmor

Re: [gentoo-user] unable to login some websites using www-client/firefox-68.9.0

[Серега Филатов]

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Maybe "do not track" causes this issue?
Are you able to log in on firefox-bin? Another browser? Another system in
your network?

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020, 20:36 Valmor F. de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Hello list:
> I have emerged www-client/firefox-68.9.0 and I am able to log in to, say
> google email accounts, etc. However at some other websites that require
> username/password, I am not able to log in. I have cleared the cache,
> deleted all cookies, etc. Still problematic. I don't get any errors upon
> login. Just get straight back to the original site prompting for the
> username and password.
>
> Just checking on this list whether I used all USE flags correctly when
> emerging firefox:
> bindist, gmp-autoupdate, pulseaudio, screenshot, system-av1,
> system-harfbuzz, system-icu, system-jpeg, system-libevent,
> system-libvpx, system-sqlite, system-webp.
>
> I only have two add-ons: flag and dark background loaded.
>
> Inputs appreciated.
> Thanks,
> --
> Valmor
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] unable to login some websites using www-client/firefox-68.9.0

[Matt Connell (Gmail)]

On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:36 -0500, Valmor F. de Almeida wrote:
> However at some other websites that require 
> 
> username/password, I am not able to log in. I have cleared the
> cache, 
> 
> deleted all cookies, etc. Still problematic. I don't get any errors
> upon 
> 
> login. Just get straight back to the original site prompting for the 
> 
> username and password.

This is almost certainly a problem with your cookie or privacy
settings, rather than with how FF is built.

Try launching FF with a new profile to see if that fixes it. From a
terminal, like this: firefox -p

Then try making a new profile with default settings, and see if you can
log in with that profile.  If you can, then something in the settings
on your original profile is to blame.

(Disclaimer, there may be easier ways to manage profiles in FF but
launching it with -p is what has always worked for me, YMMV).

Re: [gentoo-user] unable to login some websites using www-client/firefox-68.9.0

[Valmor F. de Almeida]

On 7/5/20 7:36 PM, Серега Филатов wrote:
> Maybe "do not track" causes this issue?
> Are you able to log in on firefox-bin? Another browser? Another system 
> in your network?
> 
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2020, 20:36 Valmor F. de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com 
> <mailto:val.gentoo@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Hello list:
>     I have emerged www-client/firefox-68.9.0 and I am able to log in to,
>     say
>     google email accounts, etc. However at some other websites that require
>     username/password, I am not able to log in. I have cleared the cache,
>     deleted all cookies, etc. Still problematic. I don't get any errors
>     upon
>     login. Just get straight back to the original site prompting for the
>     username and password.
> 
>     Just checking on this list whether I used all USE flags correctly when
>     emerging firefox:
>     bindist, gmp-autoupdate, pulseaudio, screenshot, system-av1,
>     system-harfbuzz, system-icu, system-jpeg, system-libevent,
>     system-libvpx, system-sqlite, system-webp.
> 
>     I only have two add-ons: flag and dark background loaded.
> 
>     Inputs appreciated.
>     Thanks,
>     --
>     Valmor
> 

Yes I am able to log in from a Mac OS using FF. I have not tried 
firefox-bin; I should do it.
Thanks,
--
Valmor

Re: [gentoo-user] unable to login some websites using www-client/firefox-68.9.0

[Matt Connell (Gmail)]

On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:36 -0500, Valmor F. de Almeida wrote:
> However at some other websites that require 
> 
> username/password, I am not able to log in. I have cleared the
> cache, 
> 
> deleted all cookies, etc. Still problematic. I don't get any errors
> upon 
> 
> login. Just get straight back to the original site prompting for the 
> 
> username and password.

This is almost certainly a problem with your cookie or privacy
settings, rather than with how FF is built.

Try launching FF with a new profile to see if that fixes it. From a
terminal, like this: firefox -p

Then try making a new profile with default settings, and see if you can
log in with that profile.  If you can, then something in the settings
on your original profile is to blame.

(Disclaimer, there may be easier ways to manage profiles in FF but
launching it with -p is what has always worked for me, YMMV).