Re: [arch-general] Firefox "stalling" behaviour

2019-12-09 Thread Paul Hart
All, I tried all the suggestions provided, and the behavior has stopped. I have also logged back into my Mozilla account and that hasn't yet caused a recurrence. I guess either the TearFree and/or the .drirc setting have done the trick. Thanks for the excellent suggestions given my terrible level

Re: [arch-general] Firefox "stalling" behaviour

2019-12-09 Thread riveravaldez via arch-general
On 12/9/19, Miguel Aguiar wrote: >>I'm seeing a strange behavior where it "stalls" intermittently. The >>rendering engine seems to randomly pause activity (i.e. not responsive to >>scrolling input), and these pauses can last for several seconds. It also >>appears to affect video playback. Are you

Re: [arch-general] Firefox "stalling" behaviour

2019-12-09 Thread Miguel Aguiar
I'm seeing a strange behavior where it "stalls" intermittently. The rendering engine seems to randomly pause activity (i.e. not responsive to scrolling input), and these pauses can last for several seconds. It also appears to affect video playback. I had the same problem on my laptop with an int

Re: [arch-general] Firefox "stalling" behaviour

2019-12-09 Thread mpan
> I'd really like to use the Firefox browser (currently using Iridium), but > I'm seeing a strange behavior where it "stalls" intermittently. The > rendering engine seems to randomly pause activity (i.e. not responsive to > scrolling input), and these pauses can last for several seconds. It also >

[arch-general] Firefox "stalling" behaviour

2019-12-09 Thread Paul Hart
Hi, I'd really like to use the Firefox browser (currently using Iridium), but I'm seeing a strange behavior where it "stalls" intermittently. The rendering engine seems to randomly pause activity (i.e. not responsive to scrolling input), and these pauses can last for several seconds. It also appea

Re: [arch-general] Firefox-71.0-1 breaks WhatsApp Web

2019-12-09 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 12/9/19 11:01 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > > > On 12/9/19 6:48 AM, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote: >> You should not upgrade the firefox package while it's open. That's a >> lesson I've >> learned when I've also lost a profile. Everytime you see firefox in >> the upgrade >> pack

Re: [arch-general] Firefox-71.0-1 breaks WhatsApp Web

2019-12-09 Thread David Rosenstrauch
On 12/9/19 6:48 AM, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote: You should not upgrade the firefox package while it's open. That's a lesson I've learned when I've also lost a profile. Everytime you see firefox in the upgrade packages list, I suggest you close it and then upgrade. IMHO, you

Re: [arch-general] Firefox-71.0-1 breaks WhatsApp Web

2019-12-09 Thread Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general
Em dezembro 9, 2019 0:55 Oon-Ee Ng via arch-general escreveu: After more investigation and travelling back and forth, it appears the issue had at least 2 roots. One is that the update process somehow broke my existing profile. A new profile solves that. The second is that the latest version of fi