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Videos frequently hang entire machine

Cal Paterson
Cal Paterson
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Hi,

When I seek in videos, for example on youtube, it almost always hangs the entire machine. The same issue happens randomly as videos run, eg after about 5-7 minutes.

I'm struggling to get more information on what is happening (eg logs) because the whole system hangs.

Here are some things I have discovered:

1. I can reproduce in a fresh profile 2. I can reproduce with the flatpak version 3. I can't reproduce in the Brave browser 4. I can't reproduce the problem on Windows, only on this Linux machine

I'm running on Linux (debian bookworm). I'm using wayland. I have an intel i915 GPU (Alder Lake).

The problem started recently (last few days), but I'm not able to nail down exactly what changed.

What I really want is any way to get more information about what is happening - logs or debug output or whatever. Then I can work out if the bug is in Firefox, or something else on my system (eg intel graphics drivers)

Thanks, Cal

Hi, When I seek in videos, for example on youtube, it almost always hangs the entire machine. The same issue happens randomly as videos run, eg after about 5-7 minutes. I'm struggling to get more information on what is happening (eg logs) because the whole system hangs. Here are some things I have discovered: 1. I can reproduce in a fresh profile 2. I can reproduce with the flatpak version 3. I can't reproduce in the Brave browser 4. I can't reproduce the problem on Windows, only on this Linux machine I'm running on Linux (debian bookworm). I'm using wayland. I have an intel i915 GPU (Alder Lake). The problem started recently (last few days), but I'm not able to nail down exactly what changed. What I really want is any way to get more information about what is happening - logs or debug output or whatever. Then I can work out if the bug is in Firefox, or something else on my system (eg intel graphics drivers) Thanks, Cal

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Cal Paterson
Cal Paterson Question owner
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I've been able to work around these issues by disabling hardware acceleration.

That also narrows the issue down. It is clearly something to do with my graphics card, presumably the drivers.

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