A problem with logging in to Yahoo mail

yacer71 · 09-03-2021, 09:24 AM

Hi Linux guys, Hi Guys, I have installed Linux Mint Cinnamon a while ago on my laptop (Lenovo G550), it worked well, except for I couldn't log in into my Yahoo mail, the page doesn't response for the click on (Next) button, no response at all. Can anyone please tell me why ?

maw_walker · 09-03-2021, 09:47 AM

What browser are you using and do you have Javascript enabled or any addons that may disable Javascript? Have you tried a different browser to see if the behavior is the same?

fatmac · 09-03-2021, 09:57 AM

I'm using Devuan & have no problems logging in.

Do you use a browser, or something else?

(I'm using Firefox.)

yacer71 · 09-03-2021, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maw_walker

What browser are you using and do you have Javascript enabled or any addons that may disable Javascript? Have you tried a different browser to see if the behavior is the same?

First of all I have to thank you in advance, my browser is Firefox, and yes I tried chromium and got the same trouble

yacer71 · 09-03-2021, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by fatmac

I'm using Devuan & have no problems logging in.

Do you use a browser, or something else?

(I'm using Firefox.)

Thank you also for contributing, so you suggest the problem is due to the browser itself?

yacer71 · 09-03-2021, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maw_walker

What browser are you using and do you have Javascript enabled or any addons that may disable Javascript? Have you tried a different browser to see if the behavior is the same?

Would you please let me know how to detect if the browser is using Java or not ?

maw_walker · 09-03-2021, 10:11 AM

Javascript, not Java. Probably 90% of the web site out there use Javascript. I just looked through my Firefox settings and couldn't find where Javascript can be disabled or enabled. Perhaps someone else can shed some light. Not sure that is the issue but thought I'd ask.

pan64 · 09-03-2021, 10:15 AM

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...tive-web-pages

maw_walker · 09-03-2021, 10:54 AM

OP: to be clear, the concept here is we are checking to see if you have Javascript disabled, which may be preventing the "next" button from functioning. Addons disabling Javascript would do the same thing.

Thanks for the link pan64.

Disabling Javascript breaks most web sites so I wouldn't disable it in your main browser. For searches, it can be useful to have it disabled so what I do for searching/research is use a completely different browser with different settings.

yacer71 · 09-05-2021, 09:22 AM

I changed the javascript to true, and honestly many options other than this, but nothing happened but some changes in the colour of the fields

fatmac · 09-05-2021, 12:51 PM

(Irrelevant reply, sorry).

lovemeslk · 09-05-2021, 10:10 PM

This is a group permissions problem I believe.
make sure you are in these groups.

Code:

users
lp
floppy
audio
video
cdrom
input
plugdev
power
netdev
scanner

open a terminal
type.

Code:

getent group

wish you luck. Last but not least you may need to update your system first.
if this is still happening .This may be a certificate situation.

Code:

apt install --reinstall ca-certificates

maw_walker · 09-06-2021, 11:35 AM

Not seeing at all how OS level permissions or group membership have anything to do with the ability to click an html button on a web page served to a client. If anything, Content Security Policy could prevent a button from being clicked but that is set on the web server and has nothing to do with the client.

lovemeslk · 09-06-2021, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maw_walker

Not seeing at all how OS level permissions or group membership have anything to do with the ability to click an html button on a web page served to a client. If anything, Content Security Policy could prevent a button from being clicked but that is set on the web server and has nothing to do with the client.

Well Maw Walker I was making sure the user was in "users" group and "net device" group. I was just getting ahead of things OK.
hate to do all this to find out some how your not in the "users" group.
This will cause all the issues.

This happened to me couple times with a fresh install with ubuntu and once with fedora. Drove me nuts.
create a user you have to put that user in the users group. other wise causes ton of issues with the internet.
Just a bug in the useradd script.

maw_walker · 09-06-2021, 03:23 PM

No user permission or group will ever affect web page usage. All web pages are served through the browser and the browser is just rendering html or JavaScript. The only permission that would ever have any effect is if the user did not have write permission to the browser cache directory.

Not going to argue about it, just stating facts.