A web site I used to visit daily, but haven't for a while, causes Firefox to go off in la-la land. I have to kill the process with the task manager.
The web site in question is for our local newspaper. The problem occurs when I am returning from a discussion thread (by Disqus) to the article it's attached to. Also when I attempt to return to the home page from an article. Sometimes just letting it sit for a while will produce the problem. At that point I cannot open a new tab, switch to another open tab, close tabs, click on any menu bar items or close the app. The tab I was in shows the spinning wheel and says connecting. I must use Task Manager to kill the process. I tried installing version 31.0 with no result.
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Hello,
To find the correct solution to your problem, we need some more non-personal information from you. Please do the following:
- Use ONE of these methods to open the Firefox Troubleshooting Information page:
- Click the menu button
, click on help 
and select Troubleshooting Information.
- Type about:support into the Firefox address bar and press the enter key.
- Click the menu button
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Thanks in advance for your help!
Application Basics
Name: Firefox Version: 31.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0
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Extensions
Name: Adblock Plus Version: 2.6.4 Enabled: true ID: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
Name: Adblock Plus Pop-up Addon Version: 0.9.2 Enabled: true ID: adblockpopups@jessehakanen.net
Name: Flashblock Version: 1.5.17 Enabled: true ID: {3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
Name: Image and Flash Blocker Version: 0.7 Enabled: true ID: imgflashblocker@shimon.chohen
Name: Webroot Filtering Extension Version: 1.0.0.40 Enabled: true ID: webrootsecure@webroot.com
Name: Consumer Input Version: 9948 Enabled: false ID: ConsumerInput@Compete
Name: TopArcadeHits Version: 1.0 Enabled: false ID: {0113D088-8ED1-468C-B225-585A9C53B5E3}
Graphics
Adapter Description: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igdumdx32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x29c2 Direct2D Enabled: Blocked for your graphics driver version. Try updating your graphics driver to version 8.1500.1000.1930 or newer. DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 9-11-2009 Driver Version: 8.15.10.1912 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1 Basic Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family Direct3D9Ex vs_0_0 ps_2_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
Important Modified Preferences
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JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: true Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.6 Version in use: 4.10.6
NSS Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC
NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16.2 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.16.2 Version in use: 3.16.2
Experimental Features
What is the web address?
Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.
- Clear the Cache
Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
and
- Remove Cookies
Warning ! ! This will log you out of all sites you're logged in to. Press the Alt or F10 key to bring up the tool bar. Followed by;
Windows; Tools > Options Linux; Edit > Preferences Mac; application name > Preferences
Then Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. There is a button on the right side called Show Cookies.
If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode; Press the Alt or F10 key to bring up the tool bar. Followed by;
Windows; Tools > Options Linux; Edit > Preferences Mac; application name > Preferences
Then Advanced > General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.
Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?
Then restart.
Note similar question asked again and is active
- This isn't a question, it's a statement. I have figured out how to cause Firefox to lock up at will. /questions/1048331