The WidevineCdm plugin has crashed

[Joe Barnett]

Watching Widevine content (eg netflix, hbomax, etc) on the .deb package of firefox in impish has recently stopped working. Get a "The WidevineCdm plugin has crashed" message at the top of the browser window. Get the same thing when running in --safe-mode as well.

Appears to work fine on the snap package though.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: firefox 92.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-16.16-generic 5.13.13
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: jbarnett 52134 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20210922161155
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Sep 29 10:56:50 2021
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-17 (774 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Alpha amd64 (20190305.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.4.1 dev wlp2s0 proto dhcp metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev docker0 scope link metric 1000 linkdown
 172.17.0.0/16 dev docker0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.0.1 linkdown
 192.168.4.0/22 dev wlp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.4.240 metric 600
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
MostRecentCrashID: bp-76c5697a-ecec-48ea-b09a-9db310190506
PrefErrors: Unexpected character ',' before close parenthesis @ /usr/lib/firefox/omni.ja:greprefs.js:358
PrefSources:
 /usr/lib/firefox/defaults/pref/all-ubuntu-gnome.js
 prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=92.0.1/20210922161155
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
SubmittedCrashIDs: bp-76c5697a-ecec-48ea-b09a-9db310190506
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-09-16 (13 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/25/2021
dmi.bios.release: 1.15
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.15.1
dmi.board.name: 0N338G
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 31
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.15.1:bd03/25/2021:br1.15:svnDellInc.:pnXPS159575:pvr:sku080D:rvnDellInc.:rn0N338G:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct31:cvr:
dmi.product.family: XPS
dmi.product.name: XPS 15 9575
dmi.product.sku: 080D
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.