Public bug reported: When setting the home page to "about:newtab" under about:preferences, the setting works until exit, and restarting Firefox, at which in time the home page value is overwritten to the distribution default of value "https://start.ubuntu-mate.org".
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: firefox 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-14.16-generic 4.10.3 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 BuildID: 20161213225349 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Sun Apr 2 11:40:04 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-08 (1059 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 16 "petra" - Release amd64 20131126 SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-03-15 (18 days ago) ** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1678630 Title: Firefox resets homepage to https://start.ubuntu-mate.org when trying to use about:newtab as homepage. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1678630/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs