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Firefox freezes

#1 Post by n0ukf »

Why is it that Firefox frequently freezes up on me? I
ll click a link or navigation button and it will start to load the page but the progress animation in the tabs will stop spinning and I can do nothing else in Firefox for half a minute until the animation continues again and it loads the rest of the page. Meanwhile the rest of the system is not locked up, I can switch to and use other system or application windows.

Asus Eee 900, 512mb RAM, 4GB SSD, Lucid 528, Firefox 11
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#2 Post by Semme »

N0ukf- how is it you have v11 and how'n from where is it being called? Is ipv6 enabled or not?

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#3 Post by n0ukf »

I don't know how I got to 11. The last I'd looked it was 7 but just now hitting Help>About Firefox it tells me its 11.

Where is that ipv6 that I can check on it?
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#4 Post by Semme »

You might not like my response, but if you're gonna rectify the problem, do it right. Make a backup of your current /root/.mozilla/firefox/*.default profile then go into PPM'n uninstall. Remove all FF directories in /root, /usr/lib and, if remaining, the executable in /usr/bin. Then grab this copy'n clean install. I doubt IPv6's the problem and something that's detailed in the link I left. Ta'boot- I'd advise disabling auto-update..

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#5 Post by Amgine »

Just downloaded 11, but it has a problem launching firefox. When it does it runs great.

When I click the Firefox icon in the internet menu it just says loading. the nothing.

To launch it I need to click the round icon in my panel and click run-firefox. It says, "Fire fox is now your default browser" or something like that.

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#6 Post by Semme »

Why jump threads.. or am I missing something?
Just downloaded 11, but it has a problem launching firefox. When it does it runs great.

When I click the Firefox icon in the internet menu it just says loading. the nothing.

To launch it I need to click the round icon in my panel and click run-firefox.

It says, "Fire fox is now your default browser" or something like that.
Did you install on top, or follow along?

Fire htop.. from where does it say FF's being launched?

Take a look at this post..

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#7 Post by Amgine »

Semme wrote:Why jump threads.. or am I missing something?
Just downloaded 11, but it has a problem launching firefox. When it does it runs great.

When I click the Firefox icon in the internet menu it just says loading. the nothing.

To launch it I need to click the round icon in my panel and click run-firefox.

It says, "Fire fox is now your default browser" or something like that.
Did you install on top, or follow along?

Fire htop.. from where does it say FF's being launched?

Take a look at this post..
I did at first but then I removed them both and installed 11. htop shots multiple Firefox running.

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#8 Post by Semme »

What is it you removed exactly? Post the contents of: geany /usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser

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#9 Post by Amgine »

I just removed Firefox though PPM.. I am about to load up puppy and remove it manually..
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#10 Post by Amgine »

Sorry about jumping threads. Clicked on the wrong one.

Well I got annoyed and just re-formatted my USB and installed all the updated stuff. Everything is working so far..

Still need to check Youtube to see if my flash player is working.

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#11 Post by Semme »

Amgine- what's the word on YouTube.. your new setup work?

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#12 Post by Amgine »

It works perfect. Thanks for the help.
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#13 Post by Semme »

Oh good. I wasn't expecting to hear anything less.. :wink:

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#14 Post by Amgine »

You were right, it was because of the Old version of FF.
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#15 Post by Semme »

Right by observation'n <wink> feedback. Proof'n my existing setup didn't hurt..

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#16 Post by n0ukf »

Semme wrote:You might not like my response, but if you're gonna rectify the problem, do it right. Make a backup of your current /root/.mozilla/firefox/*.default profile then go into PPM'n uninstall. Remove all FF directories in /root, /usr/lib and, if remaining, the executable in /usr/bin. Then grab this copy'n clean install. I doubt IPv6's the problem and something that's detailed in the link I left. Ta'boot- I'd advise disabling auto-update..
Thanks, that appears to have helped the freeze problem.
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#17 Post by Semme »

Good. From eleven you should be able to go into FF help and update to 16.0.1.

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#18 Post by n0ukf »

I said that "appears to have helped" (not solved). As the versions continued up to my current v26, I've notice that FF slowness or freezing has gradually gotten worse again. A few weeks ago I increased my RAM from 512MB to 2GB and that has helped again but by no means has it cured the occasional freezes when loading pages.
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#19 Post by watchdog »

What puppy are you using? I remember that with old versions of firefox and old puppies the freeezes problem could be solved changing the libraries' path to include the firefox' s dir. Assuming your firefox's dir is /usr/lib/firefox you might change your /usr/local/bin/defaultbrowser to match the following example:

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#!/bin/sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/firefox:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R7/lib
exec firefox "$@"
Give it a try.

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#20 Post by n0ukf »

Lucid 5.2.8. I'll give this a try a couple days to see.
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