Firefox stops responding

[VanZan]

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-13-amd64 [6.1.55-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.1_x64 Libretto October 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4180G73 v: ThinkPad T420 serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 4180G73 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: 83ET82WW (1.52 )
    date: 06/04/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 43.0 Wh (99.1%) condition: 43.4/47.5 Wh (91.3%) volts: 12.4 min: 10.8
    model: LGC 45N1107 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: not charging
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse
    serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-2540M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
    built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1345 high: 2371 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 903 2: 2371 3: 993 4: 1115 bogomips: 20732
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T420 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge
    process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1,
    HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0126 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony integrated camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.6:4
    chip-ID: 04f2:b221 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37") s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x203e built: 2010 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 132
    gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 6
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-13-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520 driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM2045B (BDC-2.1) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.4:3
    chip-ID: 0a5c:217f class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3.0
    sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 2ec
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 49.21 GiB (1.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO mSATA 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.51 GiB size: 457.13 GiB (98.20%) used: 49.21 GiB (10.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3219
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2104 libs: 1047 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Info:
  Processes: 242 Uptime: 2h 12m wakeups: 6 Memory: 15.5 GiB used: 3.75 GiB (24.2%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

The only problem I have with this great distro concerns Firefox. I can be using it and try to change to a different tab. It will freeze and the current tab will start to blink. I can remedy it by quitting Firefox and immediately restarting it. But it's really annoying when it happens at inopportune times.

I have a massive amount of RAM so surely it's not that. I tried disabling the hardware acceleration option too but it didn't help.

Thanks for any help

[CharlesV]

In MX Tweak, on the compositor tab, try changing VBlank to glx ( or if it is glx already, then change it to auto) and try it for a bit.

Also, I am going to suggest that you try out a liquorix kernel and ahs drivers (your macchine is new enough it could have some advantages.)

In order to do this second part, you will need to turn on the MX ahs repo in repo manager. ( MX Repo Manager | Individual Sources - then under the mx list ,check the last of the three lines, which ends with ahs. )

Then do an apt update.

To get the liquorix kernel on board - Go to MX Package Installer | Enabled repos tab, then search for liquorix . Once the list is populated, then choose both a liquorix image and corresponding headers file of your kernel choice. ( since your on a 6.1, you can make a small leap to 6.2.14 , or just take the plunge and head up the ladder - personally, I have been running 6.6.2-1 with no issues and think it si a great kernel!)

I would also check the 'Also install recommended.." on the bottom right and then click install.

Once you have installed the kernel, then go to boot options and make sure that the new kernel is selected for startup and reboot.

And then last, once your new kernel is installed and running, go back and upgrade your system. (You should see a few new updates as your now on the AHS repo. )

[siamhie]

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Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T420 driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge
    process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1,
    HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0126 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony integrated camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-1.6:4
    chip-ID: 04f2:b221 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37") s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x203e built: 2010 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 132
    gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1600x900
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
    direct-render: Yes

The only problem I have with this great distro concerns Firefox. I can be using it and try to change to a different tab. It will freeze and the current tab will start to blink. I can remedy it by quitting Firefox and immediately restarting it. But it's really annoying when it happens at inopportune times.

I have a massive amount of RAM so surely it's not that. I tried disabling the hardware acceleration option too but it didn't help.

Thanks for any help

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1

I'm not entirely sure if this would help.

[SOLVED] Intel i915 - Disable Modesetting Drivers?
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=308570

[Mxmann]

Try Librewolf

[indielinuxpower]

Try turning off hardware acceleration for Firefox, then restart. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pe ... e-settings

edited to add:
never mind, saw that you tried that.

[VanZan]

Thanks for all the suggestions (especially CharlesV and siamhie). Gonna take me a while to try them all and figure out which one is the solution! Thanks again.

[Charlie Brown]

@VanZan There's already a "just 1 click" way on MX, to change to Intel driver.. (I hope you don't apply those "ppa" things in the link)..

Menu => "MX Tweak" : "Other" tab : "Use Intel instead of modesetting ... " ... Apply , reboot.

But I don't think that will solve it / related. It may be even worse in general. (You can revert back the same way).

[j2mcgreg]

@CharlesV wrote:

Also, I am going to suggest that you try out a liquorix kernel and ahs drivers (your macchine is new enough it could have some advantages.)

Going by the bios date that would hold true, but his CPU dates from the 2012 -2013 model year which makes his laptop ten years old. I think that an older kernel like the Antix 5.10.xxx might be a better fit.

[CharlesV]

Normally I would agree with you... however... I have witnessed several times now where 6.2.x liquorix resolves a bunch of odd issues on some older laptops. (I dont recall how old, but I know one was pushing 2010 ish)

And good catch there on the year, I only saw the bios update date ;-/

[Stevo]

If you start "firefox" from the terminal, and then reproduce a freeze when using it, are there any interesting warning or error messages that appear in its terminal? Ignore any that seem to refer to GTK theme issues, those appear all the time and are usually benign.