Doesn't work on Link Gopher extension page

[masterofobzene]

Hi there,

It seems the extension stopped working or at least for me, in linux mint 22.1. Using librewolf 141.0.3-1

The extension loads but clicking on "open selected links" doesn't do anything.

[dveditz]

What changed around the time it stopped working? Mint 22.1 has been out since January so presumably you had been running that for while already? Or did you switch machines?

[masterofobzene]

No, I'm just a new (very repentant, lacks software a lot) linux mint user. I don't know what changed but it is not working 😞. I don't know if it works on windows now either.

The thing is that it doesn't do anything but the menus are there. Is there any log I can get?

[dveditz]

No explicit logging -- it's too simple -- but you might see exceptions thrown in the multi-process view of the Browser Console (separate menu item from Web Developer Tools, different console).

It fails on all pages, like even if you select chunks of this issue page? There is a known problem on "text" pages because the current algorithm assumes there's an ancestor element.

[masterofobzene]

It fails on all links passed to it. I use it to open a list of links in tabs at once. Not sure about your indications...

2025-08-26-12.44.14.468246153.mp4

ps: it worked while in windows 10.

[dveditz]

Thanks for the video. That is a Web Extension page which raises permission issues and might also run into the known bug with formatting. Have you tried it on a regular https:// web page, and does it work or not work? You could select a bunch of comments on this very page and try it out.

If it's completely broken for you I want to start with that as a more fundamental problem before seeing if there's anything that can be done about web extension pages. The extension also doesn't work on "about:" pages or the "restricted Mozilla domains" that are protected from add-ons (like addons.mozilla.org itself).

When it worked in Windows 10 was that also on the Link Gopher page?
Was that using the new version of the add-on that has been available since June, or was it before then?

[dveditz]

I've tested with the Link Gopher extension and yes, the problem is a permission problem.

1. I need to catch the exception and tell the user. The error can be seen on the Browser Console but that's not helpful to most people.
2. Since Link Gopher duplicates the URL as the link text I may be able to figure out a workaround.

[dveditz]

I filed issue #3 to deal with the first item

[masterofobzene]

When it worked in Windows 10 was that also on the Link Gopher page?
Was that using the new version of the add-on that has been available since June, or was it before then?

1. Yes
2. I suppose, since I was still on win back then and extensions have autoupdate enabled.

[masterofobzene]

Hi there. I'm back on Windows since linux is crap in general (no software, no support).
It seems it doesn't work on Windows neither.