Firefox search not working and search tab does not load in settings

[Eugene]

After upgrading Firefox from 47 to 48 on Mint 18 Cinnamon this morning, I realized searching from the URL bar does not work.
Single word queries result in the browser trying to turn them into 'fixed up' URLs (eg adding .com the the word), multiple word queries result in nothing happening. I press Enter and the URL contents return to what they were before (e.g. 'Search or enter address' for a blank tab).
I then went into preferences, clicked on the search settings tab and it did not load.
I then tried adding back the dedicated search box to the interface and that didn't work either.
What I expected to happen was obviously for non-URL inputs to be submitted to a search engine and the results returned on screen and - obviously - for the search preferences tab to load.
Happens on a fresh Firefox user profile as well.
I did already submit a bug to Mozilla, but I thought it might have something to do with Ubuntu/Mint enhancements to the browser.

[kewal gill (kewalgill44)]

i also tried reinstalltion and complete remove and reinstallationn of firefox through synaptic but it did not solve the issue

[bluevector (ballifatih)]

I observe the same problem. Tried using build of mozilla.com but the problem remains.

[Konstantin (konstantin123)]

I also had this problem, but in addiction I had a huge dialog menu while rightclicking on any highlighted word.

This helps
sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox/xenial firefox-locale-ru/xenial

[Konstantin (konstantin123)]

Change firefox-locale-ru to the one you need.

[atlanto (atlanto)]

afaict, in about:config, the value of distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale is "data:text/plain,distribution.searchplugins.defaultLocale=en-US" on LM18.
It should be just "en-US".

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Fix released in mint-artwork-common 2.0.7.

[Bepo (gforgolf)]

I have the same issue. I tried to update mint-artwork-common, but it tells me that I have 2.0.6 and that is the newest.

[Benchrest (benchrest)]

Bepo, you will receive the mint-artwork-common fix as a normal update through the update manager. I received mine yesterday. See if update manager has updates for you.