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LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 5:44 pm
by luigi lins
LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google
I installed librewolf, the browser does not connect to any Google service.
It only connects when you disable security in the privacy settings: Query OCSP responder servers to confirm the current validity of certificates
And there is no place to open an exception and connect to Google services with security enabled in the box: Query OCSP responder servers to confirm the current validity of certificates
Can someone help me connect to YouTube and Google services?
Thanks
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:00 pm
by CharlesV
What addon's are you running?
And QSI please.
I have no issue connecting to google voice, gmail, google drive or youtube when I am in a stock librewolf (mx package installer - enabled repos )
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:15 pm
by luigi lins
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System:
Kernel: 6.1.0-31-amd64 [6.1.128-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1.0-31-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=14235648
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_x64 Libretto Jan 12 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
(bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A515-51G v: V2.02 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: KBL model: Charmander_KL v: V2.02 serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde
v: 2.02 date: 01/03/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 16.6 Wh (56.5%) condition: 29.4/48.9 Wh (60.0%) volts: 16.7 min: 15.2
model: LG 004B384234314341 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check
gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 400/2700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave
cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 bogomips: 23199
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5916 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:134d class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Quanta HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 0408:a060
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x06ba built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142
gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-31-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.1
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Lite-On
driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:4
chip-ID: 04ca:3015 class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
software: yes address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1024:8 sco-mtu: 50:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 172.62 GiB (38.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37480G size: 447.13 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61K1 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 104.96 GiB size: 102.76 GiB (97.90%) used: 34.52 GiB (33.6%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: luks-<filter>
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 5.96 GiB size: 5.78 GiB (96.99%) used: 279.8 MiB (4.7%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-3: /home raw-size: 104.96 GiB size: 102.76 GiB (97.90%) used: 40.04 GiB (39.0%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/dm-2 maj-min: 253:2 mapped: luks-<filter>
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.99 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1
maj-min: 253:1 mapped: luks-<filter>
ID-2: swap-2 type: file size: 23.41 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -3 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2192 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2184 libs: 1091 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 8
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
Processes: 250 Uptime: 6h 44m wakeups: 2 Memory: 19.41 GiB used: 4.55 GiB (23.4%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)
LibreWolf Version : 136.0-2 , installed in the MX Linux store, browsers
All Google services are deactivated on Librewolf, just works by disabling security.
I need to use with the safety on, I do not find an excess place to use Google services
Thanks for the answers
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:23 pm
by CharlesV
Again, mine works fine and my Query OSCP is checked. Everything is default and I have no additional addons. ( only ublock Origin)
Save your data. Close Librewolf. remove the configuration and then try it again.
And is this librewolf installed from MX Package Installer or from some place else?
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:35 pm
by luigi lins
CharlesV wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:23 pm
Again, mine works fine and my Query OSCP is checked. Everything is default and I have no additional addons. ( only ublock Origin)
Save your data. Close Librewolf. remove the configuration and then try it again.
And is this librewolf installed from MX Package Installer or from some place else?
I have consulted several topics with the same thing, it tells me to disable security to connect to Google.
With security enabled, it does not connect to Google services.
How do I reset the browser, or do I install it again from the mx Linux store, the normal repository
Thank you
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:53 pm
by CharlesV
In your home folder there is a .librewolf folder ( ~/.librewolf ) Save everything from that folder, just in case and then remove it.
If you installed librewolf from some other location, then uninstall it, clear cache and then install from mx package installer (search for librewolf, change to the enabled repos tab, check it and then install )
Depending upon where you installed it from, you should be able to
If you are running a VPN, this too can cause google services not to connect. But, I have four or five people that use gmail and get to both youtube and gmail with no issue using librewolf.
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:15 pm
by user101
I just tested the latest Librewolf appimage
https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/ ... -/releases
If you
Right-click > Properties... > Permissions > Allow this file to run as a program & then run it you can check to see if it connects to Google / YouTube. It works for me. Also worth a shot to double-check that your date & time are accurate.
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:23 pm
by towwire
on Wildflower MX-21.3 Librewolf 136.0-2
I have Browser Privacy set to Strict.
Noted
You’re using Resist Fingerprinting (RFP), which replaces some of LibreWolf’s fingerprinting protection settings. This might cause some sites to break.
I also have 6 extensions beside uBlock.
My Certificates box is checked
No trouble with youtube, most of the time I use freetube.
Otherwise I stay away from Google.
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 8:57 pm
by luigi lins
towwire wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 7:23 pm
on Wildflower MX-21.3 Librewolf 136.0-2
I have Browser Privacy set to Strict.
Noted
You’re using Resist Fingerprinting (RFP), which replaces some of LibreWolf’s fingerprinting protection settings. This might cause some sites to break.
I also have 6 extensions beside uBlock.
My Certificates box is checked
No trouble with youtube, most of the time I use freetube.
Otherwise I stay away from Google.
I installed the librewolf browser again with new settings.
and the problem persists, Google services are blocked.
it only works with security disabled, Google services do not work with security enabled.
I have tried everything, Google services do not work.
everything worked perfectly in Firefox, I am thinking of going back to Firefox.
There is a Mullvad browser, I will test it, it is open source
Re: LibreWolf Browser Does Not Connect to Google!
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:05 pm
by siamhie
Close LibreWolf. Open your file manager and delete ~/.librewolf and ~/.cache/librewolf, then restart LibreWolf.
Any extensions installed will have to be reinstalled.