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Youtube stops working when Wine/Proton are running (Linux, Flathub)

First noticed when listening to music on YouTube while playing a game: After a few songs, video would stop, shortly followed by audio (Every few minutes it might play less than a second of audio). Somewhere along the line any interaction with YT itself or even the tab stop working. All other tabs work fine.

Firefox doesn't ever crash, and I can't see anything weird when using a process viewer (I'm not too familiar with Linux diagnostic tools).

So far I've tried:

  • Updating Firefox
  • Disabling Extensions
  • Clearing cache
  • Uninstall Firefox
  • Multiple Proton games through Steam
  • Game running through Wine
  • Updated OS

I've tested with Chrome, which had no issues.

I don't recall messing with anything at the time (I did change some settings in firefox, but I think that was a few days before the issue started).

--System-- Operating System: Bazzite 43 KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0 Qt Version: 6.10.1 Kernel Version: 6.17.7-ba20.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.5 GiB usable) Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Graphics Processor 2: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: B650 EAGLE AX System Version: Default string-CF

First noticed when listening to music on YouTube while playing a game: After a few songs, video would stop, shortly followed by audio (Every few minutes it might play less than a second of audio). Somewhere along the line any interaction with YT itself or even the tab stop working. All other tabs work fine. Firefox doesn't ever crash, and I can't see anything weird when using a [https://flathub.org/apps/net.nokyan.Resources process viewer] (I'm not too familiar with Linux diagnostic tools). '''So far I've tried:''' * Updating Firefox * Disabling Extensions * Clearing cache * Uninstall Firefox * Multiple Proton games through Steam * Game running through Wine * Updated OS I've tested with Chrome, which had no issues. I don't recall messing with anything at the time (I did change some settings in firefox, but I think that was a few days before the issue started). --System-- Operating System: Bazzite 43 KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.20.0 Qt Version: 6.10.1 Kernel Version: 6.17.7-ba20.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.5 GiB usable) Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Graphics Processor 2: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: B650 EAGLE AX System Version: Default string-CF

Réiteach roghnaithe

This now appears to be fixed with no updates to Firefox. Unsure if an automatic update for my OS, Steam, or something else.

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

This now appears to be fixed with no updates to Firefox. Unsure if an automatic update for my OS, Steam, or something else.

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