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''' What is iceweasel? '''

Iceweasel is a fork [from [[WikiPedia:Mozilla_Firefox|Firefox]]] with the following purpose :
 1. backporting of security fixes to declared [[DebianStable|Debian stable]] version.
 2. no inclusion of trademarked Mozilla artwork (because of #1 above)
Beyond that, they will be basically identical.
(quoting Roberto C. Sanchez post in [[http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/10/msg00665.html|debian-devel]] mailing list)


== How to install Iceweasel (Firefox) ==

To install Iceweasel, simply do:
 {{{
aptitude install iceweasel #(it provides mozilla-firefox)
}}}


Native language versions are also available (like {{{iceweasel-l10n-fr}}}).

The [[http://mozilla.debian.net/|Debian Mozilla team]] also provides newer Iceweasel versions that are not yet in the official repositories.

== Plugin ==
The plugin directory is
 {{{
 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
}}}

while Debian-based plugins can be found at
 {{{
 /usr/lib/mozilla/extensions
}}}

for more info on iceweasel plugins, refer to the plugins section of the [[Mozilla]] page.

== User Agent String ==
!IceWeasel's user agent strings (at the time of writing... ) is :
 * {{{Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20110323 Iceweasel/3.5.16)}}} ''DebianSqueeze''
 * {{{Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009061212 Iceweasel/3.0.6 (Debian-3.0.6-1)}}} ''DebianLenny''
 * {{{Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; ja; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080129 Iceweasel/2.0.0.12 (Debian-2.0.0.12-0etch1)}}} ''DebianEtch''
 * {{{Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060830 Firefox/1.5.0.7 (Debian-1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.7-2)}}} ''DebianSarge''

Some application are checking the browser's user agent string, which prevent you from accessing the site. You can change the user agent string manually or with the User Agent Switcher plugin.

You can use the [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59|User Agent Switcher]] plugin, then download a UA profile :
 
 * [[attachment:uaswitcher_Firefox-Linux_Debian_v3.0.6_en-US_lenny.xml|Firefox 3.0.6 - Lenny]]
 * [[attachment:uaswitcher_Firefox-Linux_Debian_v3.5.16_en-US_squeeze.xml|Firefox 3.5.16 - Squeeze]]

''or''

To change the user agent string manually so that your browser is identified as 'Firefox' instead of 'Iceweasel'. Do the following.
 * In your address bar, type {{{about:config}}}.
 * Click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button.
 * Find the Preference Name "general.useragent.extra.firefox".
 * Right click the current value that's set for this preference and click "Modify".
 * Change "Iceweasel" to "Firefox", leaving the rest of the text alone, and click OK.
 * Check that your browser is now identified as "Firefox" by going to {{{about:}}} in your browser. The Build Identifier should resemble something like this:
  ''Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009020409 Firefox/3.0.6 (Debian-3.0.6-1)''


 {i} [[http://www.geticeweasel.org/useragent/|geticeweasel.org]] has more information on Iceweasel user agent string.

== Debian-Mozilla site ==

This is a resource where you can get the latest iceweasel release which would eventually make it way into Debian's experimental, unstable and finally to testing and then stable. You can connect with the Debian-mozilla maintainers via the mailing list too. http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-mozilla-maintainers

== SSL / Secure Connection warning ==
The message :
 {{{
  Secure Connection Failed
  XXXX uses an invalid security certificate.
  The certificate is not trusted because it is self signed.
  The certificate is only valid for 00:16:b6:82:73:60
  (Error code: sec_error_untrusted_issuer)
}}}
Can be disabled. see :
http://changetheworldwithyourpassion.blogspot.com/2008/07/turn-off-secure-connection-failed-in.html

== Troubleshooting ==
 1. My iceweasel is consistently crashing on a website
 * First run iceweasel without loading any extensions and see if the problem persists. This can be done by using the -safe-mode option
{{{
    iceweasel -safe-mode
}}}
 * If the problem goes away, then it means that one of the installed extensions is the root cause of the problem. If not then read on!
 * Create a new user and try to reproduce the problem on the new user's account.
 * If there is no problem with iceweasel on new user's account, chances are that your ~/.mozilla/iceweasel/ directory is corrupt.
 * In order to see if the ~/.mozilla/iceweasel is infact corrupt or not, move it to some other directory and start iceweasel again
{{{
    mv ~/.mozilla/iceweasel ~/old_iceweasel
    iceweasel &
}}}
 * If the problem goes away, well and good. Otherwise you can ask for help on debian-user mailing list by providing all the relevant information like "the way to reproduce the crash", "the version of iceweasel you are using", and "the distribution you are using" etc., Finally, if you are confident that it is a bug in the iceweasel package please consider filing a bug against iceweasel package.

=== Unsupported Browser Error ===
 *In order to browse websites like mlsni.net which allows firefox but not iceweasel, you'll need to change the user agent string of your browser. Look at the section "User Agent String" on how to change the user agent string.

##== Icons ==
##If you would prefer a different icon for Iceweasel than the one that comes in the Debian package, you can use a script at [http://alphapapa.net/debian/iceweasel/] to replace them.
##That one is funny, but not useful.

== See also ==
 * [[Acid3]] result for Debian
 * [[WebBrowsers]] under Debian.
 * [[Mozilla]]
 * [[FlashPlayer]]
 * [[http://mozilla.debian.net/|Debian Mozilla team]] - Packages for newer versions of Iceweasel
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