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Firefox geolocation does not work

Bug #1281158 reported by futwick
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Bug Description

The ability for websites to detect location does not work in the Ubuntu version of Firefox.

For example: http://noc.to/geoloc

The call to the Geolocation API will wait indefinitely or time out.

This is because Ubuntu's Firefox packagers need to include a key for the Google Maps Geolocation API.

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1231273/comments/7 and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1231273/comments/8

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In , Michael-besteck (michael-besteck) wrote :

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0 (Beta/Release)
Build ID: 20130911164256

Steps to reproduce:

1. Browse https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation?hl=de
2. When asked (pop-up box) allow access to geo location data

Actual results:

The google map does not show up.

Expected results:

The google map should show up like it does in other browsers.

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In , Epinal99-bugzilla (epinal99-bugzilla) wrote :

WFM with old and new versions of Firefox. After allowing to share my geoloc, the GG map displays my position.

Could you try with a clean profile, please.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

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In , Josh Matthews (joshmatthews) wrote :

If this is a distro build, instead of a Mozilla one, this is likely a result of the changes in bug 882485 (see bug 883233 for sample build config changes). Each distro making their own build will need to acquire a key.

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In , Michael-besteck (michael-besteck) wrote :

(In reply to Loic from comment #1)
> WFM with old and new versions of Firefox. After allowing to share my geoloc,
> the GG map displays my position.
>
> Could you try with a clean profile, please.
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-
> firefox-profiles

Started FF with a new profile, set all in about:config to standard values, diabled all extensions and plugins but the result remains the same: Google maps are not visible.

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In , B-mozilla (b-mozilla) wrote :

Please see:

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1231273

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In , Josh Matthews (joshmatthews) wrote :

Nothing we can do here. This needs to be solved by the people who package Firefox for Ubuntu.

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In , Josh Matthews (joshmatthews) wrote :

*** Bug 953207 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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In , Michael-besteck (michael-besteck) wrote :

It is true that this bug is Ubuntu specific. After installing the actual Firefox version from http://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/ that Firefox displays the Google geoloaction maps correctly. Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1231273.

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Changed in firefox:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Won't Fix
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futwick (futwick) wrote :

Geolocation is now working (see test page http://noc.to/geoloc), this bug can be closed.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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