Firefox freezing

[oliverjames]

I've been trying EasyOS as my daily driver but run into the issue of Firefox freezing. I typically have Firefox and another browser (Chromium in this case) running. I generally have multiple tabs open on each.
Firefox may be freezing because of high memory use.
Has anyone had this issue, and found a solution?

Thank you.

I'm running ver. 6.5.4 and here is some info on the system.

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# inxi -Fxxrzc0
System:    Host: EASYPC1022 Kernel: 6.6.67 x86_64 (64 bit)
           Desktop: JWM 2.4.7 dm: N/A Distro: EasyOS Scarthgap64
Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8H61 PRO v: Rev X.0x
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4205 date: 05/29/2013
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i5-2500 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 27207
           clock speeds: min/max: 1600/3301 MHz 1: 1648 MHz 2: 1722 MHz
           3: 1648 MHz 4: 1736 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 520]
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1040
           Display Server: X.org 1.21.1.13 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,nv,vesa)
           tty size: 80x24 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA GF119 HDMI Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e08
           Card-2 Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20
           Card-3 Creative Labs CA0108/CA10300 [Sound Blaster Audigy Series]
           driver: snd_emu10k1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0008
           Card-4 Logitech H600 [Wireless Headset]
           driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 001-012 chip-ID: 046d:0a29
           Card-5 iCreate Xonar U7
           driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 001-007 chip-ID: 1043:857c
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k6.6.67
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 port: c000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 3721.7GB (22.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: TOSHIBA_HDWD110 size: 1000.2GB
           serial: 91KYSB0FS
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD10EZRX size: 1000.2GB
           serial: WD-WMC1U1659196
           ID-3: /dev/sdc model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 120.0GB
           serial: S21UNXAGC12571D
           ID-4: USB /dev/sdd model: DataTraveler_3.0 size: 30.9GB
           serial: C81F660A788DF4A016488B1C-0:0
           ID-5: USB /dev/sde model: DataTraveler_3.0 size: 62.0GB
           serial: 50E54951351BE3B079400AB8-0:0
           ID-6: USB /dev/sdh model: STORAGE_DEVICE size: 7.9GB
           serial: 000000009744-0:2
           ID-7: USB /dev/sdl model: JPVX size: 1000.2GB
           serial: WD-WX71E641D1WH
           ID-8: USB /dev/sdk model: S2_Portable size: 500.1GB
           serial: C7573G12AABX6T
           ID-1: swap-1 size: 0.12GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdk3
RAID:      System: supported: raid0
           No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
           Unused Devices: none
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Repos:     Error: No repo data detected. Does inxi support your package manager?
Info:      Processes: 287 Uptime: 34 min Memory: 2261.2/15981.9MB
           Init: SysVinit v: up
is runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A
           Client: Shell (bash 5.2.211 running in sakura) inxi: 2.3.8
# 

[BarryK]

Firefox is known to have issues with GPU acceleration.
Is video acceleration turned off in the settings?

[oliverjames]

Firefox is known to have issues with GPU acceleration.
Is video acceleration turned off in the settings?

Thank you. I have unticked the "use recommended performance settings" box

Screenshot 2025-01-13 at 10-35-36 Settings.png (44.46 KiB) Viewed 170 times

. I'll see how that works.

[tammi806]

I've been trying EasyOS as my daily driver but run into the issue of Firefox freezing. I typically have Firefox and another browser (Chromium in this case) running. I generally have multiple tabs open on each.
Firefox may be freezing because of high memory use.
Has anyone had this issue, and found a solution?

Thank you.

I'm running ver. 6.5.4 and here is some info on the system.

I'm using Firefox version 134 and have no freezing issues or any issues.

What browser extensions and add-on's are you using.
Add-on's and extensions can cause problems sometimes.

[oliverjames]

I'm using Firefox version 134 and have no freezing issues or any issues.

What browser extensions and add-on's are you using.
Add-on's and extensions can cause problems sometimes.

I'm using

Screenshot 2025-01-14 at 11-23-12 Add-ons Manager.png (69.22 KiB) Viewed 73 times

However I should add that I use these on Mint, MX, and Fedora without any problem arising.

[tammi806]

I'd try turning one off at a time and see if that changes anything.

As for working on Linux Mint that's a whole different disto compared to Easy OS.

No script has caused issues for me in the past.

[oliverjames]

I'd try turning one off at a time and see if that changes anything.

As for working on Linux Mint that's a whole different disto compared to Easy OS.

No script has caused issues for me in the past.

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind but for the moment BarryK's suggestion seems to have done the trick.

[tammi806]

I'd try turning one off at a time and see if that changes anything.

As for working on Linux Mint that's a whole different disto compared to Easy OS.

No script has caused issues for me in the past.

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind but for the moment BarryK's suggestion seems to have done the trick.

Barry K. would be the one that would know.

Glad it all working.