Is there literally no way to control firefox's memory usage? I have tried a lot of things and none of them work

Hello, I have been a diehard Firefox user since it was still in Beta. I have been using computers personally since 1994 and professionally since 2004, doing Windows and… (மேலும் படிக்க)

Hello, I have been a diehard Firefox user since it was still in Beta. I have been using computers personally since 1994 and professionally since 2004, doing Windows and Linux systems administration. I can and will do whatever (within limits) you need me to do to troubleshoot and resolve this issue, which is otherwise going to cause me to abandon this otherwise excellent browser, perhaps forever. The browser.cache.disk.capacity seems to work, but browser.cache.memory.capacity does not.

Why does firefox not respect the assigned values for browser memory cache (browser.cache.memory.capacity)? Is there anything I can do to limit the memory and processor usage of Firefox and its child processes? Is extension CPU/memory usage constrained by the application values? Is there a way to determine and/or limit the resource usage of extensions?

I have included a number of screenshots documenting its behavior and generated an about:memory report during "normal use". After configuring a number of system variables, I then attempted to determine its resource usage under heavy load.

Open the browser with a couple 2, 3 tabs: ~1GB memory usage Use the browser as "normal" (dozens tabs): ~2GB memory usage Open 100+ tabs from history: The CPU and memory resource usage increases until it consumes all available system resources despite configured values. After killing and restarting the process, the tabs have invisible titles in the extension and browser, and must be closed using Ctrl+W until only a few remain after which the browser can be used normally and again consumes ~1GB.

While I understand "just don't open so many tabs", under some circumstances such as poorly written websites, bugs, etc, even single sites may attempt to claim excessive resources. I sometimes run VMs and such on this machine and in order to retain a responsive system, cannot have applications consuming all of the available resources. I have found one proposed solution that uses an external application, is this the only way?

I am open to allowing Firefox to utilize more of the SSD storage (the 1GB limit was imposed for testing) and would be fine with increased slowness due to disk cache or refetching internetworked resources. However, none of the settings I have changed or attempts I have made appear to be able to limit the memory usage in any way. Additional included screenshots are linked above instead of as attachments due to number. I can share or generate additional reports to assist in troubleshooting.

Thank you! JackD

Asked by jackd2 5 மாதங்களுக்கு முன்பு

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Error while Online-Streaming

Hello there, while trying to stream a Live-Stream i unfortunately get the following error, while the stream is loading: "Playback cannot continue. No available working … (மேலும் படிக்க)

Hello there,

while trying to stream a Live-Stream i unfortunately get the following error, while the stream is loading: "Playback cannot continue. No available working or supported playlists."

Is anybody else encountering this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely

Asked by PommesRW 5 மாதங்களுக்கு முன்பு

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pocket's recommended articles in new tabs

I'd like to turn off the recommended articles that I see when opening new tabs. I find them to be quite bothersome, and the link pocket provides to learn more about this … (மேலும் படிக்க)

I'd like to turn off the recommended articles that I see when opening new tabs. I find them to be quite bothersome, and the link pocket provides to learn more about this features a nonexistent article on how to disable these recommendations. Could you help me disable these?

Asked by sajones634 5 மாதங்களுக்கு முன்பு

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When I open Yahoo, there are no photos and I can't access my email. When I use a different browser I don't have this problem.

With increasing frequency, when I open Yahoo in Firefox, there are no photos on the site and I can't access my email. In order to fix this, I have to shut off my compute… (மேலும் படிக்க)

With increasing frequency, when I open Yahoo in Firefox, there are no photos on the site and I can't access my email. In order to fix this, I have to shut off my computer and do a clean reboot. Then it works for a while, but then, all of a sudden I have the problem again. When I use a different browser (Chrome, Edge), I never have this problem. I thought it was Ghostery that was interfering, because Ghostery does screen out a lot of stuff, so I turned Ghostery off. It made no difference. What solution do you have to offer for this problem? I really don't want to switch to Chrome or Edge, because Firefox's general user interface is so far superior, but the issue I have described is a serious one. (There are two or three other websites that also don't work with Firefox when it comes to user doing data input on the site, but I'll be sending a separate inquiry on that).

Thank you, Alan Rosenbaum

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Importing Firefox Bookmarks to new Windows PC

Firefox bookmarks exported from old Windows PC to html file. File transferred to new Windows PC and imported into Firefox. 'Bookmarks Imported Successfully' message seen.… (மேலும் படிக்க)

Firefox bookmarks exported from old Windows PC to html file. File transferred to new Windows PC and imported into Firefox. 'Bookmarks Imported Successfully' message seen. However no bookmarks visible in Firefox bookmark menu. Suggestions please?

Asked by chrisdturner787 5 மாதங்களுக்கு முன்பு

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Youtube won't play with hardware acceleration

YouTube won't start playing in Firefox. No add-ons enabled. The page is fully loaded, but clicking on Play makes nothing. The fix is to disable "User recommended perform… (மேலும் படிக்க)

YouTube won't start playing in Firefox. No add-ons enabled. The page is fully loaded, but clicking on Play makes nothing.

The fix is to disable "User recommended performance settings" and then disable "User hardware acceleration when available".

The problem is that hardware acceleration is enabled by default. In Edge or Chrome hardware acceleration is also enabled but it won't break YouTube.

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firefox font displayed poorly on some webpages that use Roboto font. I don't have that font installed.

Some websites display poorly on Firefox 119.0 on my Dell computer running Windows 11. Some of the letters of the fonts are too thin and hard to read. They display correct… (மேலும் படிக்க)

Some websites display poorly on Firefox 119.0 on my Dell computer running Windows 11. Some of the letters of the fonts are too thin and hard to read. They display correctly in Edge.

I have used Inspect Element to see that the font is: font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

The problem goes away if I change this to: font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

I do not have the Roboto or Helvetica fonts installed on my computer.

The problem fixes itself if I turn off the setting for "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selection above." However, this is not a good solution, because it introduces other issues.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I have researched this for several hours and tried many of the suggestions online.

1) I have disabled all extensions. 2) I don't have any Themes installed in Firefox. 3) I have tried "Smooth edges of images and text" turned on and off. 4) The problem still occurs when running Firefox in Safe Mode. 5) I don't have a "High Contrast theme" enabled in the OS settings. 6) I am not running uBlock Origin. 7) I have played with Clear Type but the problem was occurring before that. I have tried modifying Firefox's gfx.font_rendering.cleartype_params.gamma to the value of GammaLevel from Windows's registry Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Avalon.Graphics\DISPLAY1. 8) I haven't installed any fonts on my computer. 9) I tried setting security.sandbox.content.level = 1.

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Having Trouble Exporting Bookmarks

I've been trying to export my bookmarks to an external hard drive so that if something should happen to my computer I have a file of them. I'm using Windows 11. When I e… (மேலும் படிக்க)

I've been trying to export my bookmarks to an external hard drive so that if something should happen to my computer I have a file of them. I'm using Windows 11.

When I export the bookmarks as an HTML file, it saves OLD bookmarks from a few years ago, not the current ones. I know this because when I go to my external hard drive and click on the file and open it up it shows the old bookmarks.

I have no idea why this is happening. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

Asked by MJBalt 5 மாதங்களுக்கு முன்பு

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Firefox very slow and not working on Mackintosh - other browser works fine

Hi, I've been using firefox for 10 years and this is the first time this is happening on me. Firefox was working fine but it does not work starting yesterday, simple tas… (மேலும் படிக்க)

Hi,

I've been using firefox for 10 years and this is the first time this is happening on me. Firefox was working fine but it does not work starting yesterday, simple task like opening and starting a new tab firefox took more than 20 seconds. None of the pages are showing anything, even those about:config pages are not working Every other browsers, like safari and chrome is working perfectly.

I tried to refresh, reset, safe mode, uninstall and deleted library/caches/firefox, library/application support/firefox, but the same problem still occurs.

My specs: macos 14.1. intel 13900kf, 6800xt, corsair vengeance ddr5 48gb, wd 850x ssd

Here is what is showing in terminal. Thank you.

admin@admins-iMac-Pro ~ % /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P 2023-11-07 14:57:32.777 firefox-bin[1957:22990] WARNING: Secure coding is not enabled for restorable state! Enable secure coding by implementing NSApplicationDelegate.applicationSupportsSecureRestorableState: and returning YES. [Parent 1957, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1957, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch socket subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 admin@admins-iMac-Pro ~ % [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch socket subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 2023-11-07 14:58:15.970 firefox-bin[1983:23331] WARNING: Secure coding is not enabled for restorable state! Enable secure coding by implementing NSApplicationDelegate.applicationSupportsSecureRestorableState: and returning YES. [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #2] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch utility subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #3] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #4] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787 [Parent 1983, IPC Launch #1] WARNING: parent MachReceivePortSendRight failed: 0x10004003 (ipc/rcv) timed out: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:1366 [Parent 1983, IPC I/O Parent] WARNING: Failed to launch tab subprocess: file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp:787

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Firefox will not display this site properly https://politicalsignal.com/ -- The site is fine in Edge or Chrome

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Task Manager

Firefox is running x 8 in my task manager at the moment. Why does it keep multiplying and slowing down my computer? I am almost ready to uninstall Firefox. If I merely ne… (மேலும் படிக்க)

Firefox is running x 8 in my task manager at the moment. Why does it keep multiplying and slowing down my computer? I am almost ready to uninstall Firefox. If I merely need to revert to an earlier version of Firefox, please let me know how to do that. Thank you. Shannon

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is there a way to pin a bookmart to the tabs area?

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all drop down menus turned from drak to white in all my created themes

I've created 22 themes and in all of them the drop down menus such as "downloads", "history", "extensions", and "application menu", all became white instead of dark like … (மேலும் படிக்க)

I've created 22 themes and in all of them the drop down menus such as "downloads", "history", "extensions", and "application menu", all became white instead of dark like they used to be. I really don't want to go through the process of fixing and reuploading them, I'd apprecate you looking into this and hopefully fixing it with a simple update. Please fix this problem, thank you!

Veronika

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How do I stop firefox from asking to update???

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Why is this so difficult? I keep getting the attachment. How do I stop it? I NEVER WANT FIREFOX TO TELL ME THERE IS AN UPDATE. I will check and update when I'm ready. How do I stop this?

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Hi all, I can not get Firefox to use my Microphone,

  • Works in other apps directly on Windows
  • Works in other browsers, Edge
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I have

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is it adding tab firefox or mozilla to the toolbar, when on toolbar you would click on firefox for a new tab.

thank you rodney l gandy sr

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