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Firefox closes out of nowhere and no longer allows you to open it

I have been using Firefox for many years and I have never had problems, until now, out of nowhere Firefox closes and the little window opens that the report is being sent… (read more)

I have been using Firefox for many years and I have never had problems, until now, out of nowhere Firefox closes and the little window opens that the report is being sent to Firefox, but I can no longer restart or open Firefox, until I reset the computer, This can happen one, two, three and even four times a day, making it very uncomfortable to reset the computer.

I have already tried many ways to solve the problem, from completely uninstalling Firefox and reinstalling it, I use very few extensions, I already disabled WebGL and also disabled hardware acceleration, nothing has worked, when Firefox closes, I cannot open Firefox Developer either and That browser was not even open at the time of the failure with Firefox.

System 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 de cuatro núcleos NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M 2 GB 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 macOS Ventura 13.6.3

Firefox: 121.0

This is what appears in the error message

AdapterDeviceID: 0x0412 AdapterVendorID: 0x8086 Add-ons: %7B806d871e-a45a-4d26-8686-65fb36a5b399%7D:3.1,newtaboverride%40agenedia.com:15.1.1,langpack-es-MX%40firefox.mozilla.org:121.0.20231211.174248,es-ve%40dictionaries.addons.mozilla.org:1.1.18.2webext,uBlock0%40raymondhill.net:1.54.0,formautofill%40mozilla.org:1.0.1,pictureinpicture%40mozilla.org:1.0.0,screenshots%40mozilla.org:39.0.1,webcompat%40mozilla.org:121.0.0,addons-search-detection%40mozilla.com:2.0.0,google%40search.mozilla.org:1.4,wikipedia%40search.mozilla.org:1.3,bing%40search.mozilla.org:1.6,ddg%40search.mozilla.org:1.4,amazondotcom%40search.mozilla.org:1.7,mercadolibre%40search.mozilla.org:1.1 AvailablePhysicalMemory: 2027139072 AvailableSwapMemory: 1071644672 BackgroundTaskMode: 0 BuildID: 20231211174248 ContentSandboxCapable: 1 ContentSandboxLevel: 3 CrashTime: 1703917709 DOMFissionEnabled: 1 DOMIPCEnabled: 1 EMCheckCompatibility: true GpuSandboxLevel: 0 HeadlessMode: 0 InstallTime: 1703870048 LastStartupWasCrash: 1 MacAvailableMemorySysctl: 71 MacMemoryPressure: Normal MacMemoryPressureCriticalTime: Unset MacMemoryPressureNormalTime: 1703917708 MacMemoryPressureSysctl: 1 MacMemoryPressureWarningTime: Unset Notes: FP(D00-L1100-W0010000-T010) WR? WR+ ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox PurgeablePhysicalMemory: 31977472 ReleaseChannel: release SafeMode: 0 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 17 StartupCacheValid: 0 StartupCrash: 0 StartupTime: 1703917708 SubmittedFrom: Client TelemetryEnvironment: {"build":{"applicationId":"{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}","applicationName":"Firefox","architecture":"x86-64","buildId":"20231211174248","version":"121.0","vendor":"Mozilla","displayVersion":"121.0","platformVersion":"121.0","xpcomAbi":"x86_64-gcc3","updaterAvailable":true},"partner":{"distributionId":null,"distributionVersion":null,"partnerId":null,"distributor":null,"distributorChannel":null,"partnerNames":[]},"system":{"memoryMB":8192,"virtualMaxMB":null,"cpu":{"extensions":["hasMMX","hasSSE","hasSSE2","hasSSE3","hasSSSE3","hasSSE4_1","hasSSE4_2","hasAVX","hasAVX2","hasAES"]},"os":{"name":"Darwin","version":"22.6.0","locale":"es-419"},"hdd":{"profile":{"model":null,"revision":null,"type":null},"binary":{"model":null,"revision":null,"type":null},"system":{"model":null,"revision":null,"type":null}},"gfx":{"D2DEnabled":null,"DWriteEnabled":null,"ContentBackend":"Skia","Headless":false,"EmbeddedInFirefoxReality":null,"TargetFrameRate":60,"adapters":[{"description":null,"vendorID":"0x8086","deviceID":"0x0412","subsysID":null,"RAM":0,"driver":null,"driverVendor":null,"driverVersion":null,"driverDate":null,"GPUActive":true},{"description":null,"vendorID":"0x10de","deviceID":"0x119d","subsysID":null,"RAM":0,"driver":null,"driverVendor":null,"driverVersion":null,"driverDate":null,"GPUActive":null}],"monitors":[{"screenWidth":2560,"screenHeight":1440,"scale":1}],"features":{"compositor":"none","hwCompositing":{"status":"disabled:FEATURE_FAILURE_COMP_PREF"},"gpuProcess":{"status":"unused"},"webrender":{"status":"unavailable-no-hw-compositing"},"wrCompositor":{"status":"available"},"openglCompositing":{"status":"unavailable:FEATURE_FAILURE_OPENGL_NEED_HWCOMP"},"omtp":{"status":"unused"}}},"appleModelId":"iMac14,2","hasWinPackageId":null},"settings":{"blocklistEnabled":true,"e10sEnabled":true,"e10sMultiProcesses":8,"fissionEnabled":true,"telemetryEnabled":false,"locale":"es-MX","intl":{},"update":{"channel":"release","enabled":true},"userPrefs":{"app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled":false,"browser.formfill.enable":false,"browser.search.region":"US","browser.search.widget.inNavBar":false,"browser.startup.homepage":"<user-set>","browser.urlbar.autoFill":true,"browser.urlbar.autoFill.adaptiveHistory.enabled":false,"browser.urlbar.dnsResolveSingleWordsAfterSearch":0,"browser.urlbar.quicksuggest.dataCollection.enabled":false,"browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.nonsponsored":false,"browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.sponsored":false,"extensions.formautofill.addresses.enabled":false,"extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled":false,"layers.acceleration.disabled":true,"media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastInstallStart":1703870080,"media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastDownload":1703870081,"media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate":1703870081,"media.gmp-widevinecdm.lastInstallStart":1703870080,"media.gmp-widevinecdm.lastDownload":1703870082,"media.gmp-widevinecdm.lastUpdate":1703870082,"media.gmp-manager.lastCheck":1703871110,"media.gmp-manager.lastEmptyCheck":1703871110,"network.trr.strict_native_fallback":false,"privacy.donottrackheader.enabled":true,"signon.management.page.breach-alerts.enabled":false,"signon.autofillForms":false,"signon.generation.enabled":false,"signon.rememberSignons":false,"signon.firefoxRelay.feature":"disabled","widget.content.gtk-high-contrast.enabled":true},"sandbox":{"effectiveContentProcessLevel":3,"contentWin32kLockdownState":3},"addonCompatibilityCheckEnabled":true,"isDefaultBrowser":null},"profile":{}} Throttleable: 1 TotalPhysicalMemory: 8589934592 UptimeTS: 1.09276904 Vendor: Mozilla Version: 121.0 useragent_locale: es-MX

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Asked by Marcus 11 months ago

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Firefox displays html code on .xml page instead of rendering text

Firefox displays text on the .xml page as html code instead of rendering is as normal text. The layout and images on the page look as they should. There is nothing wrong… (read more)

Firefox displays text on the .xml page as html code instead of rendering is as normal text. The layout and images on the page look as they should.

There is nothing wrong with the page, as it is rendered perfectly in Chrome.

In addition, this page doesn't display at all on the phone. When I click on the link it asks me to download it and then asks me which app I want to open it with - instead of simply rendering the page.

I have seen some old threads on this topic, it looks like this issue haven't been resolved for few years.

My question is not just about fixing it in my browser but at the root cause. This page is the RSS feed of my podcast which many people want to access and many use Firefox as their browser. Unless I tell everyone to use Chrome instead.

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Can't start FF from the terminal

Hello ``` ~ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin [1] 5919 killed /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin ``` Can't event imagine … (read more)

Hello

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~ /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin

[1] 5919 killed /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin ```

Can't event imagine how to debug this - FF has stopped working totally from the command line, despite options etc It is still working when run from the dock however. But I need to start it from the terminal for the second profile

Asked by admin237 11 months ago

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honey shopping app - drop down boxes wont open

If i am on amazon for example and an item has more than 1 option, Honey presents drop down selection box so you can choose which one to drop list The issue is the drop d… (read more)

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Asked by Cat22 11 months ago

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PDF files are saved to temp folder before opened

When selecting "Open in Firefox" in the "What do you want to do with this file?" box or on about:preferences and then opening a PDF file on the web, instead of downloadin… (read more)

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Asked by Christian 12 months ago

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Add URL in the Firefox 'Add bookmark' window

Is it still possible to configure userChrome.css to have the URL field in the Firefox 'Add bookmark' window? Also, is userChrome.css configuration going to be used no mor… (read more)

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Asked by doru001 10 months ago

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No Comments from TownHall VIP Membership

I run Firefox 121.0 on Windows 10 Pro. I use a VPN (ExpressVPN) and normally run Ghostery and uBlock Origin. When I log onto Townhall.com and enter my VIP credentials a… (read more)

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I tested VIP access with my iPhone - works fine. I tried Vivaldi - works fine. I tried Chrome - works fine. I try Firefox - fails!

I ran Firefox in "TroubleShoot" mode, with all add-ons turned off and it also fails. Even when I run Vivaldi I have Ghostery and ad blocking turned on, but Ghostery does allow townhall.com on their whitelist.

I've send emails to Townhall.com and am not getting any responses. However, I was having the issue with all devices but all have been fixed except with Firefox. So, I have no idea why this is an issue with Firefox but not with any other device.

Any thoughts?

Asked by Bill 11 months ago

Answered by zeroknight 11 months ago

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Firefox randomly crashes when switching tabs

Firefox has recently (within about a week or so) begun to crash randomly for me when switching between open tabs. The problem can be reliably replicated with ~6 tabs open… (read more)

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Asked by erikander87 11 months ago

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Combining History data files

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Asked by m_vanselow 10 months ago

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Online forms don't appear in Firefox

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Asked by mwrr 11 months ago

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Asked by rajesh kumar chaurasiya 1 year ago

Answered by cor-el 1 year ago

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Hello,

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Firefox massive frame drops when playing Youtube 8k video

Firefox use 100% of my cpu and drops frames when playing 8k video (gpu acceleration setting is turned on). Chrome instead have no frame drops and does not use 100% of the… (read more)

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Asked by V4kodin 11 months ago

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Asked by soulfox 11 months ago

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Asked by K 11 months ago

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I mistakenly closed my Firefox session with 200 tabs, and opened a new tab. Then when I tried to restore the session, it only opened the most recent session, the single t… (read more)

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Asked by Jeff Learman 11 months ago

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