Inactive 'Start a conversation' button in Firefox Hello in desktop PC running Linux behind proxy

I have tried it in Ubuntu 14.04 and Archlinux. It works fine on Windows (with and without a mic or camera) and a laptop running Archlinux both behind the same proxy.
(I'm not sure if this is related, but the about:home snippets also don't load; again this works fine in Windows).

Do you have any add ons like Noscript or one that might be keeping scripts from loading?
This requires javascript to be active in order to start a conversation,

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