Firefox crashed during youtube video play back
I have just done a complete fresh install of the latest Linux Mint 64bit with cinnamon desktop. I have not installed ANY programs other than those st up by default with the installation and obiusly a totally clean install of firefox with no plugins installed other than the defaulr set up as part of the installation of Linux Mint.
The following is from the troubleshooting page
Application Basics
Name Firefox
Version 22.0
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:22.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/22.0
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Mint Search Enhancer 1.0 true mint-search-enhancer@linuxmint.com
Stylish 1.0.7 true {46551EC9-40F0-4e47-8E18-8E5CF550CFB8}
Important Modified Preferences
Name
Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0
browser.cache.disk.capacity 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value 358400
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run false
browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 4
browser.startup.homepage http://www.linuxmint.com/start/nadia
browser.tabs.loadInBackground false
extensions.lastAppVersion 22.0
keyword.URL https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=
network.cookie.prefsMigrated true
network.protocol-handler.app.apt /usr/bin/apturl
network.protocol-handler.app.apt+http /usr/bin/apturl
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.apt true
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.apt+http true
places.database.lastMaintenance 1375134698
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages 97058
plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types application/pdf
plugin.importedState true
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true
storage.vacuum.last.index 1
storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite 1375050382
Graphics
Adapter Description nouveau -- Gallium 0.4 on NV4C
Device ID Gallium 0.4 on NV4C
Driver Version 2.1 Mesa 9.0.3
GPU Accelerated Windows 0/1 Basic
Vendor ID nouveau
WebGL Renderer nouveau -- Gallium 0.4 on NV4C
AzureCanvasBackend cairo
AzureContentBackend none
AzureFallbackCanvasBackend none
JavaScript
Incremental GC true
Accessibility
Activated false
Prevent Accessibility 0
Library Versions
Expected minimum version
Version in use
NSPR 4.9.6 4.9.6
NSS 3.14.3.0 Basic ECC 3.14.3.0 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME 3.14.3.0 Basic ECC 3.14.3.0 Basic ECC
NSSSSL 3.14.3.0 Basic ECC 3.14.3.0 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL 3.14.3.0 3.14.3.0
No crash reports have ben submitted as I was not able to get back to my desktop without re booting my PC as I was in full screen mode and Alt-Tab allowed me to tab through open applications they did not actually switch to the fore ground leaving me with the cideo paused at the point Firefox crashed. I was able to see the firefox has crashed window whilst Alt-Tabbing but not able to switch to it.
I was watching this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05x1Jk4rT1A youtube video in full screen mode. when firefox crashed.
I have been experiencing this a lot on my old Ubuntu installation but put it down to possible conflicts with other installed software or installed plugins. In fact I got so frustrated with this that I switched to using Google Chrome which had no issues like this whatsoever.
However I thought I would give Firefox another go on a fresh installation to see if anything had improved.
I have read many posts and seen plenty of reports of this issue but sadly no solutions go back through lots of versions of Firefox.
I'm using the default open source video drivers.
I'm going to go back to using Google Chrome as it is far more sxtable so there is no urgency to resolving this issue but maybe you can find some solution to this seemingly common problem as I have a bit of a soft spot for Firefox and am kinda sad that this issue still exists after all this time.
I am happy to try things out if it is of any help
All Replies (8)
Hello,
Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration. Since this feature was added to Firefox, it has gradually improved, but there still are a few glitches.
You might need to restart Firefox in order for this to take effect, so save all work first (e.g., mail you are composing, online documents you're editing, etc.).
Then perform these steps:
- Click the orange Firefox button at the top left, then select the "Options" button, or, if there is no Firefox button at the top, go to Tools > Options.
- In the Firefox options window click the Advanced tab, then select "General".
- In the settings list, you should find the Use hardware acceleration when available checkbox. Uncheck this checkbox.
- Now, restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.
Additionally, please check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in the following Knowledge base articles:
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Thank you.
Disabling hardware acceleration had no effect whatsoever.
Do you have any crash ID now under about:crashes?
None yet
Ok I've got one
927fd097-6c72-4ba3-a43a-859842130813
a submitted crash id starts with the prefix bp-, so submit it then try again.
This report has been submitted:
Looks like a memory problem with garbage collection.
I also see a mention of linux-gate.so
This is not a real program, but a way to access the kernel.
Thanks cor-el If there is anything that you recommend I should do?