Firefox hangs frequently on 14.0-RELEASE

[martinrame]

Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p2 upgraded from 13.2-RELEASE and noticed Firefox 120.0.1 hangs very frequently (once every hour) and I have to kill and re-launch it.

My setup is

OS: FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64
Resolution: 1680x1050, 1920x1080
DE: Xfce 4.18
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (12) @ 3.593GHz
GPU: GK208B [GeForce GT 710]
Memory: 12085MiB / 32672MiB

 

[SirDice]

Moved it to "Multimedia/Gaming" as browsers are more akin to multimedia players nowadays.

 

[martinrame]

It looks like Firefox 120 is too buggy. Uninstalled and installed firefox-esr 115 from pkg.

 

[digifuzzy]

martinrame - Firefox added a network proxy feature. I had the same problem you encountered and found that a tab would hang occasionally.

If you go to Settings->General->Network and click "Settings...", you will be presented with a dialog for proxy settings. The default set by Mozilla is "Use Default System Proxy". If you are not using a proxy, select "No Proxy". After the change, I haven't had a problem with Firefox.

Also verify Settings->General->Performance settings are suitable for you.

 

[Cath O'Deray]

… Firefox added a network proxy feature …

I think, that's not a recent addition.

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martinrame if symtpoms recur, please tell whether packages are from quarterly or latest. Thanks.

pkg -vv | grep -e url -e enabled -e priority

 

[SirDice]

I think, that's not a recent addition.

Yeah, the proxy configuration has been there when it was still called "Mozilla". (www/mozilla). It has always been there.

 

[digifuzzy]

Yeah, the proxy configuration has been there when it was still called "Mozilla". (www/mozilla). It has always been there.

What I believe has changed is the "Use System Default Proxy" as the default rather than None. Again, changing up that setting and tabs stopped hanging - WFM.

 

[SirDice]

What I believe has changed is the "Use System Default Proxy" as the default rather than None.

As far as I know it has been "Use System Default" from the start. How it determines what the "system default" is may have changed though. Because that's not exactly a standard. There are environment variables (HTTP_PROXY and friends) but various desktop environments may have mucked that up.

 

[martinrame]

After two days running non-stop on two screens on two desktops ~6 tabs open on each screen, ~24 tabs total I can say firefox-esr works without a hitch. Also with this version I can screen share with Google Meet (the other version hangs immediately after trying to share the screen).

 

[digifuzzy]

martinrame - Which means that WebRTC is working for you.
You're one up on me. -ESR version is looking real tempting at the moment.