Kai Krakow wrote:
> Am Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:35:36 +0200
> schrieb Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>:
>
>> This post is rather vague, sorry about that in advance.
>>
>> I've spent much time on this and gotten absolutely nowhere. So I
>> conclude all my thoughts and assumptions are wrong and not worth even
>> sharing (on account of them being so wrong).
>>
>> I have firefox like this:
>>
>> [I] www-client/firefox
>> Available versions: 45.7.0^d 45.8.0^d (~)51.0.1^d {bindist
>> custom-cflags custom-optimization dbus debug ffmpeg +gmp-autoupdate
>> +gstreamer gtk2 hardened hwaccel jack +jemalloc +jemalloc3 +jit neon
>> pgo pulseaudio rust selinux +skia startup-notification system-cairo
>> system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg system-libevent system-libvpx
>> system-sqlite test wifi L10N="ach af an ar as ast az be bg bn-BD
>> bn-IN br bs ca cak cs cy da de dsb el en-GB en-ZA eo es-AR es-CL
>> es-ES es-MX et eu fa ff fi fr fy ga gd gl gn gu he hi hr hsb hu hy id
>> is it ja ka kk km kn ko lij lt lv mai mk ml mr ms nb nl nn or pa pl
>> pt-BR pt-PT rm ro ru si sk sl son sq sr sv ta te th tr uk uz vi xh
>> zh-CN zh-TW"} Installed versions: 51.0.1^d(21:30:20 21/02/2017)(dbus
>> gmp-autoupdate jemalloc pulseaudio skia startup-notification
>> system-harfbuzz system-icu system-jpeg system-libevent system-libvpx
>> system-sqlite wifi -bindist -custom-cflags -custom-optimization
>> -debug -gtk2 -hardened -hwaccel -jack -neon -pgo -rust -selinux
>> -system-cairo -test L10N="en-GB en-ZA -ach -af -an -ar -as -ast -az
>> -bg -bn-BD -bn-IN -br -bs -ca -cak -cs -cy -da -de -dsb -el -eo
>> -es-AR -es-CL -es-ES -es-MX -et -eu -fa -ff -fi -fr -fy -ga -gd -gl
>> -gn -gu -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -hy -id -is -it -ja -ka -kk -km -kn -ko
>> -lij -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mr -ms -nb -nl -nn -or -pa -pl -pt-BR
>> -pt-PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -son -sq -sr -sv -ta -te -th -tr -uk
>> -uz -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW") Homepage:
>> http://www.mozilla.com/firefox Description: Firefox Web
>> Browser
>>
>> with these plugins:
>> - adblockplus
>> - flashblock
>> - foxyproxy standard
>> - restart browser
>> - user agent switcher
>> - youtube all html5
>>
>> Occasionally, according to no discernable pattern, all my tabs on all
>> some/most/all Firefox windows stop responding. Clicking and scrolling
>> in the content has no effect. Can't open new tabs, can't close tabs,
>> can't switch to existing tabs. Sometimes it affects only one firefox
>> window, sometimes all firefox windows.
>>
>> Imagine if you will that firefox is coded with one global loop that
>> gets user actions and responds, then that loop gets stuck somewhere.
>> The firefox window will not be affected (controlled by KDE), and
>> neither is the X-server but the tabs can all do nothing till the loop
>> unsticks. It's an effect like that.
>>
>> Sometimes it does work after a delay >30s.
>> The sysadmin in me says 30s? Hah, check DNS resolver timeouts.
>> Checked, found nothing unusual. Proxy looks OK, VPN looks OK, Chrome
>> never has this problem so it's firefox specific.
>>
>> Firefox itself is up, it responds correctly to moving around the
>> menus, just can't do some of the actions like open the Addons page
>> (that is regular content in a tab).
>>
>> The issue ALWAYS goes away if I restart firefox, either with the
>> restart addon or Alt-F4 and start from KDE menu. I have "load
>> previous tabs" set to true so those actions are pretty equivalent.
>>
>> DE is Plasma 5, and the problem isn't from a recent upgrade, I've
>> been battling with this for ages through MANY kde and firefox updates.
>>
>> My question:
>> Where the hell do I start to figure out what's really going on?
>> I used up all my sysadmin troubleshooting knowledge and have had to
>> revert back to n00b status on this one.
> I didn't use Firefox in a long time but remember similar effects until
> I stopped using AdBlock Plus (Chrome showed similar stalls with it,
> just not completely blocking, only one tab blocking). If this is what
> affects you, maybe try Ghostery instead (which is what I am using with
> Chrome now).
>
> If it doesn't help, deactivate the next addon. Every addon hooking into
> web site rendering can create such problems easily, so start with those
> addons first.
>
Ublock is another option as well. I use it on some Firefox profiles.
It does seem to respond better than Adblock but some things I don't like
about Ublock.
I may look into that Ghostery too. See if it is available for Firefox
and Seamonkey.
Dale
:-) :-)
