On 21/03/2017 21:57, Dale wrote:
Alan McKinnon wrote:
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.
Mine does something like that too. Sometimes mine will pop up and say
script so and so is not responding and then have a option to stop or
continue. What I did that helped some, installed noscript which stops
all the scripts except the ones I allow. So far, that has helped a
lot. You may want to try that and see if it helps you any. If it does,
then it is likely a script hanging up Firefox. If not, uninstall and
look for something else I guess.
I might add, I've also had this happen on Seamonkey where I have far
fewer tabs open. Usually it is a site that has a Disqus comment
section. Those hang a lot especially if there is a lot of comments.
I've had those type 10, 15 and even 20 seconds behind me and I'm a slow
typer. I'm typing along and when I look up, it can be a whole sentence
behind me but it slowly fills in if I wait.
Yours may be a browser problem only but for me, I think it is more
websites than anything else. Some just suck.
Hope that helps. It's not like you haven't ever helped me before. lol
Yeah, Disqus is a beast and then some. No Disqus tabs here though.
That's not to say I don't have something else just as beasty going on
Sometimes I think we internet ninjas shoot ourselves in the foot telling
folks to use HTML...
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Alan McKinnon
alan.mckin...@gmail.com
