Ubuntu: XModule does not show as installed on Firefox, works in Chrome

[anselm.scholz]

Hi
I posted the in an old thread, but it appears on all my Ubuntu machines now (without downgrade)

Please find my posts below:

Why the status of RealUser XModule is not Installed at setting after installing XModules

Hi I run uiVision on an ubuntu 22.04 vm in firefox(122.0 (64-bit)) and it shows the licence (Player Edition active) in the pro tab. Even so I installed xFiles successfully it shows as not installed. When clicking Test it does not find them and when running a xfiles demo I get this error: 01: RealUser Simulation XModule is not installed yet Could you please help me to fix this? Best wishes Anselm

Why the status of RealUser XModule is not Installed at setting after installing XModules

As a quick hack on ubuntu you can revert 121.0.1 with sudo snap revert firefox, but you need to create a new profile. You also need to reinstall the RealUser XModule and re-add your licence… Interestingly in ff 121.0.1 the vision module (shutter is installed) and the DesktopAutomation XModule - Visual Desktop Automation is not recognized. (Even with player license) [Screenshot 2024-01-25 at 10.50.42] [Screenshot 2024-01-25 at 10.44.30] @admin is there a fix coming soon? Thanks for your h…

Could you please help?

Best wishes

Anselm

[admin]

Hello,

I have two questions:

(1) What version of Ubuntu are you using?

(2) And as a test: Does Ui.Vision in Chrome detected the XModule app?

[anselm.scholz]

Hello,

Thank you for your response
I am using:

Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy

As for Chrome it does recognize the xFiles on the machine:

The old Version of Firefox 121.0.1 recognizes it as well, but after updating to 122.0 it does not work anymore.
Same machine on Firefox 122.0:

And same machine on Firefox 121.0.1 (after downgrade):

Does that help?

Best wishes

Anselm

[admin]

Hello, here is an update on XModules for Linux/Ubuntu and Ui.Vision:

Ui.Vision on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

On Ubuntu 24.04 browser automation with Ui.Vision for Chrome Versions works fine, including the XModules

Here is a video of Ui.Vision installation on Ubuntu and a computer vision macro test run:

Another video of XClickRelative in action on Ubuntu:

Known issues with Ui.Vision on Ubuntu:

Ubuntu 24 was released with significant changes to the desktop screenshot functionality compared to previous versions. That is why (at the moment) the desktop screenshot command captureDesktopScreenshot does not work on Ubuntu. And without desktop screenshots all commands that use them e. g. XClick | image.png fail in desktop mode. But in browser mode, screenshots and all computer vision commands work fine, as shown in the videos above.

Ui.Vision for Firefox has some additional issues with the XModules on Ubuntu 24, see the next post below.

[admin]

Summary of known Firefox issues on Ubuntu 24.04:

All browser automation that does not need the XModules works fine in Firefox, too. But there are some XModules related problems:

• Regular Firefox V138: Computer Vision XModule not found
• Firefox 128 ESR (Extended Release): All XModules detected ok, but XModules mouse clicks are not executed.

These bugs are Firefox specific. So for now, please use Chrome on Ubuntu for RPA automation.