Hi Andy,
I use Thuderbird for my email and have no problem with it. Yes, the
Firefox I use is the ESR version that comes with debian. It happens
when I open Firefox and it just freezes before I can even use it. I do
have to pages pinned to it so when it opens those pages are opened. I
don't even have time to unpin those to see if they are the problem.
This started after an update for Firefox from Debian.
I am not familiar with Top. Thunderbird stays open while I am on the
computer but I tried to load Firefox alone, after I booted up and it
still froze the computer.
On 1/27/25 3:26 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 08:11:48PM -0500, Maureen Thomas wrote:
I am using an updated Debian 12 with Thurderbird and Firefox. Since the
updated firefox I can not use it as it freezes my computer to the point that
I have to hold the off button on the computer for about 10 seconds before it
turns off. I am using Chrominum and I hate it. I have a VPN but I still
don't trust anything from Google. I forgot how to remove the update and use
the older version. At 74 I am forgetting a lot of things I did before, I
mean years ago. I hate to keep bugging you guys but I refuse to use
Winblows. Can someone please help me out.
Hi Moe,
Are there any other symptoms? How much memory do you have in your computer?
Does this happen with just one window open - so nothing else closed down
as a tab?
If you run top (or any other performance indicator) at the same time,
do you see any pattern to what processes are running?
Also - this is the Debian version - the Firefox ESR - and not a newer
version from Mozilla themselves?
Rather than moving to yet another browser, lets see if we can narrow
down causes. Someone else a while ago was mentioning the same problem
but with the newer versions of Thunderbird - do you have a Thunderbird
window somewhere in the background, perhaps?
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
(amaca...@debian.org)
Moe
