How to disable Firefox add-ons update check on start
automation, cron, firefox, firefox-addon
Solution
Unless the linux version is very different, under settings > advanced > updates, there are settings you can disable, that are concerned with the automatic searching for updates for firefoxx and its add ons.
In "about:config" you can set "Browser.sessionstore.enabled" to false, in which case firefox will not restore your tab state after a crashed browsing session.
Problem
I start Firefox (Linux) via command line using a cron-job. When there is no update for the add-ons, it starts up normally, then I can tell it what to do. However if there is an update for an add-on, then it ask whether to take that update or not. I don't have the ability to detect the pop up window and choose no. So, how can I disable all questions upon startup of Firefox? Questions like: - Do you want to update add-ons? - Do you want to upgrade Firefox? - Do you want to open previous tabs or new session? I pretty much would like to keep my version of Firefox the way it is and not have any questions asked. When I start Firefox, I would like to have it start nice and clean without any questions.