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my Screen darkens & my mouse freezes

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i open a 2nd Window sometime then the screen darkens, My mouse freezes up, sometimes for hours, sometimes less than 5 minutes, i just unplug it to solve it, then the restore screen comes up. if I allow it it just darkens again, this goes on sometimes for hours at a time

i open a 2nd Window sometime then the screen darkens, My mouse freezes up, sometimes for hours, sometimes less than 5 minutes, i just unplug it to solve it, then the restore screen comes up. if I allow it it just darkens again, this goes on sometimes for hours at a time

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?


check this:

  • see if there are updates for your graphics drive drivers

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

  • disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround

  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337 See also:

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i run linux.....Ubunti 14.10 LTS

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Try the version from the official Mozilla server if you currently use a version from the repositories of your Linux distribution.

You can find the full version of the current Firefox release (41.0.2) in all languages and all operating systems here: