Dashboard empty and non-manageable after update from 24.7 to 24.7.1

[rackenthogg]

After installing 24.7 and restoring my config backup everything seemed to be OK. But after update from 24.7 to 24.7.1 my dashboard is now empty and options "Restore default layout" and "Add Widget" do nothing, i.e. after clicking on "Restore default layout" nothing happens and after clicking on "Add Widget" pull-down menu which should contain list of widgets is not opening and contains only "Nothing selected" line. I rebooted box after update to 24.7.1.
Edit: yes, I cleared cache/cookies in browser and tried different "fresh" browser.

[chemlud]

Upgrade one instance of 24.1.10 to 24.7.1 from GUI, all went well, confirmed kernel (uname -a) and base system updated well and health check shows no problems.

However, the Lobby is completely empty, no reaction if I reset to default and no widgets to select from "Add" drop-down.

Little lost here. Tried 3 different clients with palemoon browser. Only success in Firefox...

[doktornotor]

Little lost here. Tried 3 different clients with palemoon browser. Only success in Firefox...

Probably helps to use a browser someone else is actually using. Downloaded the latest version from their website, after installing on W11 it only produces a nifty crash on launch. Good luck.

[chemlud]

No windows here ;-)

[doktornotor]

Ok, the 32bit version actually "works". That is, it runs. Now, I can see a heap of javascript errors in the F12 console and that's it.

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"Error resolving module specifier: widget-base-table"

Failed initializing Widgets Error: No widgets loaded
Stack trace:
_initializeWidgets@https://gw.example.com/ui/js/opnsense_widget_manager.js?v=caa0760339baa1dd:153:19
initialize@https://gw.example.com/ui/js/opnsense_widget_manager.js?v=caa0760339baa1dd:110:18


Afraid you are on your own attempting to fix this.

[chemlud]

I guess palemoon times are over for opnsense. have to move to FF, the browser that smells a little like an old used-car salesman. However, the others smell purely rotten :-D

[Patrick M. Hausen]

What about a Chromium based browser without Google's surveillance - like e.g. Brave?

[chemlud]

Had a look

https://brave.com/linux/#release-channel-installation

What I really like(d) about palemoon: No installation, no repo needed, simply run from directory after download/unpack. Do update from time to time from running browser.

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

I have just talked to the Palemoon core dev (yeah I know them, quite random that Palemoon pops up here) and the browser does not support this feature:

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<script type="importmap">

It was added by the OPNsense in this commit:

https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/c73f63c3fa7271f28192d66f8a6f1280e0ca0c2c

This makes the Dashboard totally incompatible with Palemoon in 24.7.1.

They lack funds to implement this feature since it is very complex and tricky. They need more monetary support. They have added an issue to their core repo. I'll link it here soon.

Please support this browser if you use and like it, there are not many alternatives out there anymore.

https://repo.palemoon.org/MoonchildProductions/UXP/issues/2556

[chemlud]

Hi and thanks Frankfurt! ;-)

What are we talking about? 50, 500 or 5000 bucks? ;-)

In the last months the logs for some opnsense didn't load in palemoon, too. But worked well in FF.

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

I dont know the money amount but they said it would take around 40-80 hours to implement.

The import maps are a google sponsored spec for chrome to give them a competetive advantage over other browser engines. They do these things whenever they can to hurt Mozilla based browsers.

If you disagree with this import map implementation in OPNsense you can also open an issue on the opnsense github and link this thread.

[chemlud]

Don't disagree, not an expert at all and your analysis sounds plausible to a non-expert. ;-)

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

I mean like, if you would like to signal that you have an issue, open it on github.

Maybe this change can be reverted for better browser compatability.

But without somebody raising the issue who uses alternative browsers, its harder to justify the need for it. So please raise your hand.

[chemlud]

Hi, tickets are not my world, how about you raising the issue and link it with this thread? :-)

Have no paypal (and don't trust it), so have to find adifferent way to support palemoon project...

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/7777