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randomly crashes without exiting firefox (must kill)

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hello

context :

Im using 78.10.0esr on debian 10

symptoms :

randomly while changing tab or opening a new one, all the firefox window content disappear but edges (all even tabs or scroll bars). but firefox do not crash - it doesn't exit but becomes unusable.

first investigations reveal it is always the same kind of errors in terminal :

https://pastebin.com/GV7WVnuF https://pastebin.com/GV7WVnuF

I don't understand how to fix that.

hello context : Im using 78.10.0esr on debian 10 symptoms : randomly while changing tab or opening a new one, all the firefox window content disappear but edges (all even tabs or scroll bars). but firefox do not crash - it doesn't exit but becomes unusable. first investigations reveal it is always the same kind of errors in terminal : [https://pastebin.com/GV7WVnuF https://pastebin.com/GV7WVnuF] https://pastebin.com/GV7WVnuF I don't understand how to fix that.

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FredMcD
FredMcD

Are you currently using a version from the repositories of your Linux distribution? Try the Firefox version from the official Mozilla server:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

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Yes this version comes with the distribution like all I use to avoid any border effects or issues.

jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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What does strace show? see screenshot

Modified by jonzn4SUSE

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