I found an upstream bug report https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=885920 Does the workaround listed in it's description work for you?
It seems like we just need to wait for Firefox 59 for Wayland support. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #885920 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=885920 ** Also affects: firefox via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=885920 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747276 Title: Firefox/Thunderbird/Libreoffice suite busy wait at startup on Wayland Status in Mozilla Firefox: Unknown Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in thunderbird package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Package firefox: i 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 bionic 500 << offending (main) p 58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 bionic-proposed 500 << maybe offending p 59.0~b6+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 bionic 500 << offending (PPA) Package firefox:i386: p 57.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1 bionic 500 p 58.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1 bionic-proposed 500 p 59.0~b6+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 bionic 500 Firefox waits forever without a GUI at startup. I can not even start the profile manager. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1747276/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
