There's some platform-specific code in firefox itself that's trying to detect the display name using the environment, but it's only been done for x11, wayland, and broadway. It needs to be fixed in upstream firefox:
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla- central/file/f7e1982a2582/toolkit/xre/nsAppRunner.cpp#l2896 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart-app-launch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1660450 Title: Firefox crashes unity8 zesty Status in Canonical System Image: New Status in upstart-app-launch package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I believe this is a different bug than bug 1627311 using a fresh zesty install, logging into unity8 deb session I installed libertine manager Since FF is installed as part of the original image - it shows up automagically in the app drawer. Clicking on the icon, a unity8 app window with a splash appears, but eventually fails. The only real error i see is in ~/.cache/upstart/application-legacy-firefox-blah.log Error: GDK_BACKEND does not match available displays To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1660450/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp