Firefox freezing
Hi, I'm using Linux Mint 22, Firefox 129.0 (64-bit). Browser is hanging after approximately 4 hours. Not sure if this is a Firefox issue, but this is where I'm starting the troubleshooting process. My suspects are (1) the browser, (2) NVIDIA drivers (3) the new Linux Mint kernel or possibly (4) a mix of the above. This was a fresh install with default options on (Wilma). Using the latest graphics drivers for GeForceRTX 2060, driver version 555.58.02, went down to native drivers, no change. Honestly, this one has me baffled. Been troubleshooting this for 3 days. It feels like a memory leak. Nothing on the crash reports. First, browser will hang, then mouse and keyboard. Hard reboot is the only option. Any help would be appreciated.
Chosen solution
A kernel update seems to have fixed this issue.
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WOW... Mint again. ;-))
What Desktop? X11 or Wayland?
Try downloading Firefox from Mozilla. Download, unzip, and run firefox-bin from the folder and see if you have the same issue. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
Try your OS or another from a live usb stick and a different desktop.
Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.6
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12
Kernel Version: 6.4.0-150600.23.17-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 62.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP EliteBook 865 16 inch G9 Notebook PC
I seem to be getting kernel updates and NVIDIA updates on a daily basis. I shouldn't be surprised. This version of Mint is only two weeks old. Bound to be a few hiccups not discoverable in a lab. I'll keep this post open for a week or so and see if folks that are way smarter than me can figure this one out. Here is my system info if you are curious.
System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-40-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: XPS 8930 v: 1.1.31 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: Dell model: 0T2HR0 v: A02 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0859 UEFI: Dell v: 1.1.31 date: 11/21/2023
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K330 serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) status: discharging Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) status: discharging
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: Intel Core i7-9700 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake rev: D cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 2 MiB L3: 12 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 837 high: 900 min/max: 800/4700 cores: 1: 900 2: 800 3: 900 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 900 8: 800 bogomips: 48000 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e98 Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02 arch: Turing pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-2,HDMI-A-3 empty: DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f08 Device-3: Realtek Dell_Monitor_IR_Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 5-1.3.3:5 chip-ID: 0bda:58fc Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 Monitor-1: not-matched mapped: DP-0 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 dpi: 77 diag: 727mm (28.64") Monitor-2: not-matched mapped: HDMI-0 pos: right res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 diag: 604mm (23.8") Monitor-3: Unknown-1 mapped: None-2-1 note: disabled size-res: N/A API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1 API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 555.58.02 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 Device-3: Conexant Systems (Rockwell) P2418HZm driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 5-1.3.4:6 chip-ID: 0572:1807 API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-40-generic status: kernel-api Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: alx v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:e0a1 IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 0cf3:e009 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.2 lmp-v: 8 sub-v: 25a
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.05 TiB used: 238.63 GiB (11.4%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: 2200S NVMe 256GB size: 238.47 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 39.9 C ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 233.18 GiB used: 63 GiB (27.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 30.5 MiB (6.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 32 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1306 mobo: 885 gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Repos:
Packages: 2416 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2394 pm: flatpak pkgs: 22 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-noble.list 1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/graphics-drivers-ppa-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu noble main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb https: //plug-mirror.rcac.purdue.edu/mint wilma main upstream import backport 2: deb http: //babylon.cs.uh.edu/mirror-sites/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http: //babylon.cs.uh.edu/mirror-sites/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http: //babylon.cs.uh.edu/mirror-sites/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list 1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam 2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https: //repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/teamviewer-keyring.gpg] https: //linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-noble.sources 1: deb [arch=amd64 i386] https: //dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu noble main
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.12 GiB used: 2.16 GiB (6.9%) Processes: 291 Power: uptime: 24m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 13.2.0 Client: Unknown python3.12 client inxi: 3.3.34
Chosen Solution
A kernel update seems to have fixed this issue.