On Mon, 2018-01-01 at 13:08 -0500, Stephen Perkins wrote:
I had the same problem with FF 57 on Fedora 26; found solution on FF
forum:
go to about:config
and set accessibility.force_disabled = 1 (it's 0 by default)
worked for me.
On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 11:29 AM, Terry Barnaby <terry1(a)beam.ltd.uk>
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> On 01/01/18 15:07, George N. White III
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> > On 1 January 2018 at 09:27, Fred Smith <fredex(a)fcshome.ston
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> > > Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 12:00:59PM +0000, Terry
> > > Barnaby
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> > > > Is anyone else seeing issues with Firefox
> > > freezing
> > > up for 30secs or
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> > > > more when web pages are opened in TABS ?
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> > I had problems with Firefox freezes (very long delays
> > responding to any mouse
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> > click) on several systems (linux and macOS).
> > Removing
> > the Mr. Robot add-on
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https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/16/firefox-mr-robot
> > -extension/)
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> > to have restored normal operation.
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> > > > Since the latest Firefox 57 this is happening
> > > a lot
> > > for me (every 10
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> > > > mins or so). Seems to lockup while
> > > downloading the
> > > page. You can
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> > > > still operate Firefox by clicking on
> > > menu's/Tab's
> > > etc, but no tab
> > >
> > > > windows have thier web content updated.
> > > Normally
> > > the new tabs
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> > > > content are blank, but sometimes a small
> > > amount of
> > > the web page is
> > >
> > > > rendered before the freeze. No obvious high
> > > CPU
> > > usage when it
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> > > > happens. Its as if the network has stopped,
> > > but
> > > other applications
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> > > > such as google-chrome are still working.
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> > > > This is with Fedora27, KDE Plasma and with an
> > > NFS
> > > mounted home directory.
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> > > I see something similar with FF57 on Centos-7. it
> > > tends to go on for
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> > > much longer than 30 seconds, and the HD activity
> > > light is
> > > pegged ON
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> > > for the duration. I'm guessing it may be a swap
> > > storm, but
> > > I don't see
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> > > unusually high memory usage in top.
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> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma
> > > .us
> > > -----------------------------
> > >
> > > The Lord is like a
> > > strong
> > > tower.
> > >
> > > Those who do what is right can
> > > run to him
> > > for safety.
> > >
> > > --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10
> > > (niv)
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> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > George N. White III <aa056(a)chebucto.ns.ca>
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> > Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
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> > _______________________________________________
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> Terry
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MY FF had not frozen or stopped, but it had gotten slow. making this
setting:go to about:config
and set accessibility.force_disabled = 1 (it's 0 by default)
As recommended did change the apparent speed of loading pages. Thanks.
Les H