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Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
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my computer freezes in firefox
I just installed Fedor Core 11-x86_64 and like the snappy boot time (30 seconds) and it seems stable when I browse the internet with konqueror. However, when I open up a couple tabs in Firefox the entire system freezes...no mouse and no keys-all I can do is hit the power button. I haven't found threads about this, so maybe it's just me. Would there be error messages outputted by Firefox?
I believe that this is a known problem with the FF beta version.
I have had the problem since i installed F11. However in the latest update of FF the problem seems to be fixed.
Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
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nice! Which version is beta?
EDIT:
you're right...FC11 put a beta version of firefox in their release-firefox 3.5Beta4. Strange!! I'm going to install firefox 3.0.11 and that should fix it. Oh-distrowatch gives the specs on the packages installed to FC11.
Last edited by linuxhippy; 06-24-2009 at 11:25 AM.
Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
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Firefox 3.5 stable is in yum now for x86_64. It was stable till I started adding extensions or add ons to it. I found that firefox has options if started from the terminal which helped me uninstall addons that froze my pc. Type firefox --help at a terminal to see the options. The ad block add on froze my pc. Right now I just have no script, flash block and the noia extreme extension.
Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
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I'm seeing that. But its' scary to know that addons and themes can freeze your entire system. Aren't those additions user preferences-you should need root priveleges to mess up the system.
Distribution: Xubuntu, Mythbuntu, Lubuntu, Picuntu, Mint 18.1, Debian Jessie
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disable all addons and themes...do firefox --help to find the exact command. A menu should pop up before firefox fully loads that asks you what to enable/disable
-h or -help print this message
-v or -version print firefox version
-P <profile> start with <profile>
-Migration start with migration wizard
-profilemanager start with profile manage
-no-remote new instance no window in running instance
-UTLocale <locale> start with <locale> resources as UI locale
-safe-mode run in safe mode disable extensions and themes for this session
-jsconsole Error console
This is all, except Safemode, as clear as mud to me.
And I'm still having Issues. any suggestions on downgrading to 3.0.11? That worked so well for me.
Last edited by RodneyPhoenix; 07-07-2009 at 04:04 PM.
Reason: Still having Issues.
I'm not sure how to downgrade firefox with yum. You could go to getfirefox.com and download the bunzip2 package.
Thanks on that. I'm still having problems. Anywho I've got the 3.0.11 file on my desktop, however I've got no clue about what to do with it after that. I'm pretty much a Linux noob, and I was amazed when I figured out how to use the yum command.
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