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'''TODO:''' merge with legacy section of [[Firefox]]


== User-Agent string ==

Iceweasel's User-Agent strings are currently:
 * [[DebianWheezy]]
  * {{{Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20140429 Firefox/24.0 Iceweasel/24.5.0}}}

Some websites will serve different content depending on this string, or prevent access. You can change the User-Agent string manually (about:config, {{{general.useragent.override}}} preference) or via the [[DebianPkg:xul-ext-useragent|User Agent Switcher]] plugin.

By default, {{{general.useragent.compatMode.firefox}}} is set to true, which includes "Firefox" in the 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. Usually the releases make their way to Debian unstable and then go downwards while the beta versions are released to experimental. Most of the aurora releases can be found at the mozilla.debian.net repo.

You can also connect with the Debian-mozilla maintainers via the [[http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-mozilla-maintainers|mailing list]] as well as on IRC via #debian-mozilla on irc.oftc.net.

== 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

== Customizing the default profile ==
The files that are copied to {{{~/.mozilla/firefox/}}} when creating a new Iceweasel profile (when the browser is run the first time, or by using the {{{-P}}} command-line option) may be found in {{{/etc/iceweasel/profile/}}}. These files will populate the new profile with default settings, extensions and much more.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox


== Troubleshooting ==
=== Iceweasel is consistently crashing on a website ===
 * First run Iceweasel without loading any extensions or plugins and see if the problem persists. This can be done by using the -safe-mode option
{{{
    MOZILLA_DISABLE_PLUGINS=1 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/firefox/ directory is corrupt.
 * In order to see if the ~/.mozilla/firefox/ is infact corrupt or not, move it to some other directory and start Iceweasel again
{{{
    mv ~/.mozilla/firefox/ ~/old_firefox
    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 the 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.

=== No H.264 support in youtube ===
 *In order to watch 720p videos in youtube using HTML5, Gstreamer libav and Gstreamer plugins from the good set must be installed. To install execute the following command.
{{{
apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
}}}
 *Make sure about:config settings have ''media.peerconnection.video.h264_enabled'' set to true
 *After installing these codecs the HTML5 player must be requested on the [[https://www.youtube.com/html5|youtube HTML5 website.]]


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

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