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Ubuntu 22.04 unable to upload files using chrome or firefox

I am currently using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

When I try to upload files using any browser the website does nothing.

screenshot of file upload

In the above image if I click on Add file then "select files from your device".

My file manager does not open.

Drag and drop is working but not a lot of sites support that feature.

When I tried using chrome, the file manager window would launch but after selecting a file the browser would freeze.

I have tried a few fixes:

  • Refreshing the browser (firefox)
  • Downloading java plugin add-on
  • Installing xdg-desktop-portal , xdg-desktop-portal-gtk , ubuntu-restricted-extras through terminal.

These are the links which I used to try resolving this problem:

  1. Ubuntu 10.10 , I tried this fix but couldn’t find iced-tea plugin

  2. This is the exact problem I face

  3. I tried this fix

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  1. 0

    I ran into the same issue, and noticed that when I tried it with Chrome this would cause it to hang. Searching for that brought me to https://askubuntu.com/questions/1404550/google-chrome-freeze-uploading-a-file
    which suggests:

    sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome

    This did the trick for me, seems to be a known issue in 22.04 right now.

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  2. 0

    I had the same problem.

    I fixed it disabling hardware acceleration in Google Chrome

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