[SOLVED] What do I have to put in my agent string for this site to recognise me as a Slackware user?

3rensho · 02-02-2020, 04:10 AM

Test from Chromium (just for grins)

chrisretusn · 02-02-2020, 05:32 AM

The add-on I mentioned in my post above can also be installed in Chrome. Using Chromium to post this.

In Opera too, but I can't test that one.

hazel · 02-02-2020, 07:16 AM

OK Let's try it. Nar! Still got the penguin.

Maybe I need to put the exact FF/Gecko version: 68.4 instead of 68.0. I'll try that.

bitfuzzy · 02-02-2020, 08:49 AM

Badges?
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BADGES?!?!?
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We don't need no stinking BadGES!

allend · 02-02-2020, 08:49 AM

My general.useragent.override that I need to remember to update when Firefox updates. I keep the rv- and Firefox versions in sync.

Quote:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Slackware; Linux x86_64; rv-68.4) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.4

teckk · 02-02-2020, 09:06 AM

Let me give that a try. I'm on arch linux, I'll use dillo.

~/.dillo/dillorc

Code:

http_user_agent="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Slackware; Linux x86_64; rv-68.4) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.4"

vtel57 · 02-02-2020, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitfuzzy

Badges?
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BADGES?!?!?
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We don't need no stinking BadGES!

Heh! Reminds me of THIS.

hazel · 02-02-2020, 09:40 AM

OK, trying again with updated version and new FF process.

Still doesn't work! Why does it work for everyone else and not for me?

bathory · 02-02-2020, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazel

OK, trying again with updated version and new FF process.

Still doesn't work! Why does it work for everyone else and not for me?

I'm using the following in ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>/user.js:

Code:

user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Slackware/Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/72.0.2");

hazel · 02-02-2020, 10:39 AM

OK, Bathory. I'm trying that string but still in a separate general.useragent.override.

Nope! Try again: Nope!

bathory · 02-02-2020, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazel

OK, Bathory. I'm trying that string but still in a separate general.useragent.override.

Nope! Try again: Nope!

Doh, I'm using this way to set my Slackware FF User-Agent and it always worked. I guess you're closing all open FF sessions before testing.
BTW what is your UA here

cwizardone · 02-02-2020, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeebizz

Not really, even a few years back prior to jumping over to Palemoon from Firefox, it stopped working - Palemoon doesn't work either so I gave up and stopped caring about something so inconsequential anyways.

This works. It is quoted, but I don't remember who was kind enough to provide the instructions.

Quote:

"If you're wondering, you can set a single user agent in Pale Moon. In version 28, you have to add the key yourself.
Just go to "about:config", right-click "Preference Name", navigate to "New > String", type "general.useragent.override",
and enter the user agent you want.
E.g., Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Slackware Linux x86_64; rv:4.1) Goanna/20170101 PaleMoon/28.2.2

This is how Pale Moon is set up,
general.useragent.override.linuxquestions.org

is the prerence name.

The rest is the string,
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Slackware Linux x86_64; rv:4.1) Goanna/20170101 PaleMoon/28.2.2

colorpurple21859 · 02-02-2020, 01:49 PM

this is test, haven't tried to change useragent in a while, this is using the about:config option, I had stopped using it when I started to get web browser not updated warnings, even through the web browser was up to date.

vtel57 · 02-02-2020, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hazel

OK, Bathory. I'm trying that string but still in a separate general.useragent.override.

Nope! Try again: Nope!

Hazel,

Please post what the output of this website states regarding your useragent:

http://whatsmyuseragent.org/

I'm just curious...

colorpurple21859 · 02-02-2020, 03:36 PM

you can also find your useragent from firefox help>troubleshooting information, I copy this as the general.useragent.override string and add Slackware to it in the appropiate place.