knuckle Firefox has crashed 4 times since the update

For a long time now I've wondered why Firefox users put up with the frequent crashes. Vivaldi is positively boring in comparison. I can't remember the last time there was a serious problem with it.

      Lucien_Lachance my firefox hasnt crashed since 2006

      Congrations! Based on the problems that are being reported after nearly every update, it seems there are lots of others who would like to be able to say the same thing.

      I have nothing in particular against Firefox. It might surprise you that I contribute monthly to Mozilla.

        We just downgraded the Nvidia drivers to fix user-reported issues causing no display output. Apologies to anyone who was excited about explicit sync but having users be able to use their system is more important.

          knuckle These are just a few examples to find the reason for the FF error.

          1. Does it crash with acceleration enabled and disabled?
          2. Check if it crashes without extensions. In terminal: firefox --safe-mode.
          3. Check the logs after freezing and rebooting. E.g.: 
            journalctl -p err -b -1
journalctl -b -1 | grep firefox
journalctl -b -1 | grep error
          4. Start FF with debugging (install gdb). Type
            firefox -g -> r -> press Ctrl+c -> bt and see if it displays any errors.
          5. See if FF does crash on linux-lts.
            I suggest opening a new thread because maybe more people have or had this error or have more experience to fix it.

            WetGeek

            Who could have guessed that a simple comment like mine would evoke such intelligent and thoughtful responses.

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              @ermo Nvidia driver rolled back. I don't seem to be having mouse problems anymore.

              edit: I was wrong, I'm still having mouse problems.

              edit 2: Oh, great, now my video player is stuttering as well. : (

              edit 3: Games are stuttering as well. : )

              edit 4: My system information is:
              Operating System: Solus 4.5
              KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.2
              KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
              Qt Version: 6.7.2
              Kernel Version: 6.8.12-293.current (64-bit)
              Graphics Platform: Wayland
              Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-10300H CPU @ 2.50GHz
              Memory: 15.4 GiB of RAM
              Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics
              Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
              Product Name: GF65 Thin 10SDR
              System Version: REV:1.0

              Solus is up to date.

                [deleted] Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics

                ^Are you sure your system is using the Nvidia GPU?

                [deleted] @ermo Nvidia driver rolled back. I don't seem to be having mouse problems anymore.

                Do you mean you manually rolled it back? Because it was rolled back in general anyway (to the 550.x version). So you can just fully update to get it.

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                      Staudey

                      Operating System: Solus 4.5
                      KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.2
                      KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
                      Qt Version: 6.7.2
                      Kernel Version: 6.8.12-293.current (64-bit)
                      Graphics Platform: X11
                      Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i5-10300H CPU @ 2.50GHz
                      Memory: 15.4 GiB of RAM
                      Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
                      Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
                      Product Name: GF65 Thin 10SDR
                      System Version: REV:1.0

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                        Staudey

                        Rolled back, downgraded by you. ReillyBrogan

                        This is odd.

                        The first time I sent the system information I was on Wayland. That was what was shown in the Info Center. The Nvidia Server Settings did not load all modules.

                        The second time I sent the system information (after you asked if I was sure I was using a Nvidia GPU) I was on X11. I am on X11 now. This is what it shows in the Info Center now. The Nvidia Server Settings is loading all modules now.

                        When I say modules I mean sections in the left Navigation Panel.

                        Not that it matters but (for information) many Linux distros do not load all modules for my Nvidia GPU in the Server Settings. I'm using Solus partly because of how awesome and incredibly well thought it is and partly because it loads all modules.

                        edit: I'm going to stay on X11 now and see if stutters still happen. I'll report back at the end of the day. Thank you for your concern! : )

                              [deleted] The first time I sent the system information I was on Wayland. That was what was shown in the Info Center. The Nvidia Server Settings did not load all modules.

                              Are you perhaps using sddm-wayland-experimental. One Nvidia user in the Support channel had issues with that that were resolved by removing it again.

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                                  Staudey Are you perhaps using sddm-wayland-experimental.

                                  Uuum, I don't know, I don't think so. I switched to Plasma Wayland (by choosing Wayland at the login screen) some weeks ago. I did not have problems BEFORE this update though, all was running smooth.

                                  How do I check the sddm version?

                                  For the record: Since yesterday (when I switched to X11) I did not have stuttering problems anymore.

                                  I think I will wait a few weeks and then switch back to Wayland.

                                      [deleted] Do you have sddm-wayland-experimental installed? It's its own package. But you would've had to install it on purpose. So if you didn't you should be fine in that regard.

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                                          Staudey Negative! sddm-wayland-experimental is not installed.

                                            plasma has improved a lot since 6.0, still some oddities though, as there always is. the 5px border radius has improved the looks a lot imo

                                            The next sync will come with an updated xwayland which has a bunch of nvidia explicit-sync related fixes. It also comes with an upstream patch to kwin which disabled triple-buffering for nvidia users, so hopefully some of those glitches will be resolved.

                                              @androidnisse

                                              I see we have yet another unhappy Firefox user! Sorry, I can't fix your broken browser, but I can suggest a better one, if you're interested. Let me know.