Googlemaps on Firefox is broken

coltree · 02-12-2018, 04:39 PM

Hi,
For a few weeks I've had a problem with Linux completely freezing.
Caused when I move around Googlemaps satellite or street view using the Firefox browser.
Doesn't happen in Opera or Google Chrome.
Doesn't happen in OpenBSD
using Devuan Linux, Firefox 58.0.2

AwesomeMachine · 02-12-2018, 05:56 PM

It sounds like it's firefox. Maybe you need the 64-bit version. Also, try disabling all add-ons.

ondoho · 02-13-2018, 01:21 AM

could also be a performance bottleneck.
depending on your GPU, on devuan you might not have any hardware accelaration at all.

also, isn't ff 58 still some sort of beta/nightly?

also, opera and chrome on devuan? that's just so inconsistent...

frankbell · 02-13-2018, 07:44 PM

Two suggestions:

Try starting Firefox from the command line. Maybe it will throw some helpful error messages to the terminal.

Try running top or htop in a terminal while you are browsing with Firefox and watching the memory usage.

coltree · 02-14-2018, 02:22 AM

Yep should have tried a bit more testing

and the cred goes to ondoho

version 58 is the version offered by mozilla.org to download
so I assume it is stable, but I'll say it's not perfect for me.

But going back to the esr v52 which came with Devuan - problem gone.

thanks guys
closed

RandomTroll · 02-14-2018, 02:46 PM

I just looked at Jacobs Well AU in Google maps with Firefox 58.0.2; seems like a nice spot!

coltree · 02-14-2018, 03:09 PM

It's more likely a problem between my system and libraries installed with firefox
as I said in my previous reply - it's not perfect for me
yeah it's a nice place, not too many trolls

RandomTroll · 02-14-2018, 11:52 PM

I've gotten much better Firefox support on their own fora.

'not too many trolls'
Not even under the bridges? With all that water, I'd expect a lot.