I-Firefox Isithangami Sokwesekwa

I have a very strange and persistent kernel oops when I try to start FF 39.0, This is for a clean install with a new clean profile.

Please understand this problem has suddenly started to happen after months of working without any problem except for an occasional crash while watching programs from www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer. Following a particularly nasty occurrence I was forced to Ctrl Alt F3 login as root and reboot. (ie my X session was locked out) Now whenever I try to start FF 39.0 I get the kernel oops!

The command line result is below and a snippet from /var/log/messages is attached.

The exceeding odd behaviour is that I can run the old Fedora 17 package managed version 22.0 of FF without any problems. I also have a Google Chrome version which runs perfectly.

I have re-installed Firefox, and the flash plugin (11.2.202.468), and even the kernel!

I do not understand much of the following dumps, what can I do to illuminate the problem?

TIA Charles Bradshaw

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Command line result running 39.0 from the install directory:

[brad@p2800 firefox]$ ./firefox

Message from syslogd@p2800 at Jul 7 16:23:40 ...

kernel:[18148.112012] Process firefox (pid: 4215, ti=ece7a000 task=f192e900 task.ti=ece7a000)

Message from syslogd@p2800 at Jul 7 16:23:40 ...

kernel:[18148.112012] Stack:

Message from syslogd@p2800 at Jul 7 16:23:40 ...

kernel:[18148.112012] Call Trace:

Message from syslogd@p2800 at Jul 7 16:23:40 ...

kernel:[18148.112012] Code: 7d fc 89 ec 5d c3 90 8d 74 26 00 c7 43 34 00 00 00 00 b9 50 87 c0 c0 89 da c7 43 38 00 00 00 00 89 f8 e8 34 e8 ff ff 89 c6 eb 91 <0f> 0b 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 8d bc 27 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 57 56

Message from syslogd@p2800 at Jul 7 16:23:40 ...

kernel:[18148.112012] EIP: [<c04c0110>] __audit_syscall_entry+0xf0/0x100 SS:ESP 0068:ece7bfa4

Segmentation fault

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Snippet from /var/log/messages Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.111629] ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] kernel BUG at kernel/auditsc.c:1772! Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] invalid opcode: 0000 [#7] SMP Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] Modules linked in: fuse lockd sunrpc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables arc4 rt2800usb uvcvideo rt2x00usb rt2800lib rt2x00lib snd_hda_codec_idt videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops mac80211 videobuf2_core videodev snd_hda_intel cfg80211 snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib snd_hda_codec media snd_rawmidi snd_hwdep snd_seq rfkill serio_raw crc_ccitt iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support lpc_ich snd_seq_device mfd_core mperf snd_pcm i2c_i801 dcdbas snd_page_alloc snd_timer snd soundcore e100 mii microcode binfmt_misc hid_logitech_dj i915 video i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm i2c_core Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] Pid: 4215, comm: firefox Tainted: G D 3.9.10-100.fc17.i686.PAE #1 Dell Inc. Dell DV051 /0JC474 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] EIP: 0060:[<c04c0110>] EFLAGS: 00210202 CPU: 0 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] EIP is at __audit_syscall_entry+0xf0/0x100 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] EAX: 40000003 EBX: ecda9800 ECX: b535bc51 EDX: 00000021 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] ESI: 00000001 EDI: f192e900 EBP: ece7bfb0 ESP: ece7bfa4 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] CR0: 80050033 CR2: b302b680 CR3: 307eb000 CR4: 000007f0 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] Process firefox (pid: 4215, ti=ece7a000 task=f192e900 task.ti=ece7a000) Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] Stack: Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] b535bc51 00000041 00000001 ece7a000 c09a82da 00000000 b6e338d4 00000041 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] 00000001 00000061 00000021 0000007b 0000007b 00000000 00000033 00000021 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] b76ea424 00000073 00200292 bf8e427c 0000007b 00000000 00000000 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] Call Trace: Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] [<c09a82da>] sysenter_audit+0x1e/0x25 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] Code: 7d fc 89 ec 5d c3 90 8d 74 26 00 c7 43 34 00 00 00 00 b9 50 87 c0 c0 89 da c7 43 38 00 00 00 00 89 f8 e8 34 e8 ff ff 89 c6 eb 91 <0f> 0b 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 8d bc 27 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 57 56 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.112012] EIP: [<c04c0110>] __audit_syscall_entry+0xf0/0x100 SS:ESP 0068:ece7bfa4 Jul 7 16:23:40 p2800 kernel: [18148.214174] ---[ end trace 646e311cf2d23b89 ]---

FF uses 100+ CPU on my otherwise totally fast up-to-date MacBook. This, despite doing all the fixes suggested, repeatedly.

It has gotten so bad that it constantly overheats my Mac, causes my fan to go on full blast non-stop, even when it's in the background, so I basically have to stop using it.

Mozilla needs to get serious and overhaul this heavy-use browser.

After the last update from 39.0.3, Firefox became unusable. My definition? The Big River website taking 20 seconds to load my log-in screen and Task Manager showing Firefox to be running constantly at 98%.

I had removed/disabled all of the 'not tested' extensions (mostly Flash related) to no avail.

With NOTHING else being changed, a reversion to Firefox 39.0.3 and everything is much better.

No. This is not a question. After a half-dozen screens of round-and-round to get to a comment area (and not getting there), I will park myself here.

Here's to hoping that FireFox will not 'New and Improve' itself to uselessness.

Runs poorly. Eats up memory. Why. You used to be a good alternative but now you suck

edited by a moderator to clean up the hyperbole Please see the Forum Rules and Guidelines page before posting further.

I've been a Chrome user for many years but I've always wanted to switch over to Firefox. I recently did but it's so slow, choppy and laggy for me, while Chrome, IE, Safari and Opera are running good.

Opening multiple tabs at once, loading web pages with much content (like youtube and news sites) takes seconds longer than it does with chrome and there's always some sort of delay. I've read performance comparisons so I know the difference shouldn't be that big.

I have a fast computer (SSD, Radeon HD 7970, i5 2500k etc) so that shouldn't be the problem either.

Help please!

The container field is using 80 to 90% of available cpu when I go to https://apps.facebook.com/hititrich/?fb_source=bookmark&ref=bookmarks&count=0&fb_bmpos=_0

An example:

Report ID Date Submitted bp-a489e3dc-7c44-44f7-ab0a-7a8e62150909 9/9/2015 1:17 μμ bp-7c14b040-141b-40a2-bdfc-73c492150909 9/9/2015 9:40 πμ bp-d45f0127-0467-4b65-9578-c6b512150907 7/9/2015 1:33 μμ bp-4006e98c-ec98-4576-b671-1cf7b2150903 3/9/2015 10:25 πμ 514ddb05-5f7d-4d69-a4a8-e653c1035627 1/9/2015 6:53 μμ bp-9e6ed1f2-0286-46ec-acc9-ccc3c2150831 31/8/2015 12:02 μμ bp-a1bbba2f-6c46-4611-8e4c-ee2f32150825 25/8/2015 11:51 πμ b317f00f-e494-44bd-b943-eeee09a5a0c4 23/8/2015 7:04 μμ bp-2d62cd08-da68-4f35-a513-5fb652150821 21/8/2015 12:09 μμ bp-8f7a79e1-237c-4ed7-aa8c-c1e562150817 17/8/2015 12:38 μμ c28c4ccb-ab97-4a8a-a19a-b0674d8d0e18 13/8/2015 9:43 μμ 424e8e35-200f-47a2-9335-30edd8202aff 13/8/2015 12:32 πμ 7304c603-5fd3-432a-8a98-f0864ad0b4f1 13/8/2015 12:28 πμ

Fan runs high & hot watching youtube videos. Have new macbook pro retina 15" mid 2015. 2.5 GHz intel core i7. Started happening after second to last Firefox update. Updated to most current thinking it would be fixed. It doesn't happen if I use Safari. Apple support senior lead tried to resolve issues. Sorry, I'm not very technical. Tried shift, control,option start. Tried option, command,R,P start. Tried logging on as a new user. Tried so many options, I can't remember them all. Uninstalled, reinstalled,and uninstalled again. ran disk repair(?). Followed Firefox troubleshoot all the way to the end. Started in Safe Mode...everything. She told me to contact Mozilla to see if you had any answers to my issues. I also had issues last week with Firefox crashing 3-4 times in a row while watching youtube. I sent reports to Firefox. I hope someone can help me. I prefer Firefox to Safari! Thank you!

This has been happening for a couple of months now. Firefox has been crashing ever so often, and because it usually happens when flash content is being run; i.e., a video or a web game. Another reason that leads me to believe this is Flash is that before I had this problem, flash would eat up my CPU, and I would be peaking at 100%! Another problem that I am having right now: I can't have two Flash things actively running at the same time, or else Flash will crash, for example, a video and a game. Ads don't seem to crash Flash as often, but it will sometimes happen, especially if there is a lot of moving content. Anyways, you can look at some crash logs to try and figure out what is happening with my issues.

	Date Submitted

bp-e8136a87-c3eb-4f06-8061-b22562150901 9/1/2015 5:22 PM bp-68cd0cc6-be8e-458f-80ef-251b92150831 8/31/2015 7:02 PM bp-dc89edba-a8f9-43f6-952f-f08382150831 8/31/2015 6:42 PM bp-f8c0dbf1-7791-4a89-a87c-2c21b2150831 8/31/2015 4:13 PM bp-4c03b5db-9d6d-4548-98d4-dc8002150830

I've been using FF for ~8 years and since I've moved on to Linux, I've also been checking out it's memory usage.

Why does it always happen that when FF starts, it takes around 300 MB of memory (no page opened), but after usage, when I close and open tabs, the usages increases ever after -- 400, 550, 600, 700..... till all my 8GB is consumed.

Don't blame addons and --safe-mode etc... I've tried all those. Instead the value reduces by 100 MB and the same memleaked behavior continues.

Memcaching has been limited to 32 out of which less than 1 MB is in use. So is there any accountability for the memory usage?

Good day,

Would someone please help me with a constant crashing of my Firefox Browser 41.01.1? I recently loaded WIN, 7pro 32, which replaced XP. I've reset my browser but seems to be getting worse. I added a few of the most recent reports;

bp-84793de4-19c5-4925-8f59-ea6862151003 10/3/2015 3:01 PM bp-9c1f0f62-486e-4423-96ec-85a312151003 10/3/2015 3:01 PM bp-1032f240-83f7-4899-af36-6a8502151003 10/3/2015 3:00 PM bp-76672b7e-aef5-4435-bfae-3cb9e2151003 10/3/2015 2:58 PM bp-fe734c3b-95d4-47e6-9e5b-419462151003 10/3/2015 2:57 PM

Regards, Vamp

PLEASE HELP ME OUT! Look at the last 2 days...I cannot work like that. If you could contact me very quick I would really appreciate it !!! Submitted Crash Reports Report ID Date Submitted bp-013ac40f-e3bc-42dc-aa33-d32a32151030 31.10.2015 00:07 ч. bp-eeb23576-9399-4ba0-8f83-00fa12151030 30.10.2015 23:56 ч. bp-94215ca4-63b0-4abf-a9ca-a1ab62151030 30.10.2015 23:49 ч. bp-5185f5d4-7489-4965-b802-acb372151030 30.10.2015 17:54 ч. bp-c9183cce-47bd-4399-a7f0-a194d2151030 30.10.2015 16:33 ч. bp-3990b7ee-daef-4195-91e0-b95c52151030 30.10.2015 16:29 ч. bp-186a4dcb-6979-43b3-9af0-84f942151030 30.10.2015 16:14 ч. bp-1fed6b72-928c-4d64-ad2a-e215a2151030 30.10.2015 16:07 ч. bp-9d78d61e-9e8e-451d-8e7f-b27f22151030 30.10.2015 15:18 ч. bp-f0113576-544d-4af7-b5d3-b1b1c2151030 30.10.2015 13:53 ч. bp-70464955-b7e3-411a-a620-c11f92151030 30.10.2015 12:53 ч. bp-bed63dea-84f1-4739-b5ac-955732151030 30.10.2015 12:45 ч. bp-a03926be-8998-4b28-b0c5-f05bb2151030 30.10.2015 12:33 ч. bp-55cd6540-94f0-4838-a5b3-084662151030 30.10.2015 12:11 ч. bp-6612f403-def9-417f-b32d-4c8b42151030 30.10.2015 12:10 ч. bp-aa5ae592-ee7e-4bd2-891b-378042151030 30.10.2015 11:51 ч. bp-35960674-9959-4114-91f8-05f982151030 30.10.2015 11:46 ч. bp-75074650-5254-4015-bddd-01f492151030 30.10.2015 11:46 ч. bp-793db4bb-aa11-4b36-bf1b-515072151030 30.10.2015 10:58 ч. bp-0502d9f1-a986-43cc-a3c6-82f4d2151029 29.10.2015 23:24 ч. bp-3d61db1e-b7c6-4f7b-9f1f-13d042151029 29.10.2015 22:20 ч. bp-08fd4778-16d1-4b0b-a571-9bb5e2151029 29.10.2015 22:15 ч. bp-3f53c9a1-6cb6-4814-a656-1c07d2151029 29.10.2015 22:13 ч. bp-f58da454-aa72-4d80-b8db-fecec2151029 29.10.2015 19:14 ч. bp-27c28566-b852-42a3-9a0c-335062151029 29.10.2015 12:29 ч. bp-d3346dde-cd88-4f61-b1c0-975fd2151014 14.10.2015 13:16 ч. bp-d9d825dd-34f0-46a9-980d-569ac2151001 2.10.2015 01:18 ч. bp-a2b7783e-a1cb-4e8b-9252-efe4a2150915 15.9.2015 18:44 ч. bp-4c3024a2-07f0-46db-a706-16d812150913 14.9.2015 02:45 ч. bp-9c5d1193-ba88-4521-8827-13dd82150912 12.9.2015 03:40 ч. bp-755d6922-3997-4b12-a922-92ac72150912 12.9.2015 03:30 ч. bp-8deca399-aabb-48bf-a6b5-651f22150912 12.9.2015 03:12 ч. bp-d1911bf9-8bb8-47fd-b295-811fd2150911 12.9.2015 02:24 ч. bp-37ded99e-df55-44fe-a363-fcbc32150911 12.9.2015 02:04 ч. bp-5832c358-c54d-4f51-82a4-678d02150911 12.9.2015 01:04 ч. bp-9f1333a6-9c8b-4265-8bb6-18add2150910 10.9.2015 04:07 ч. bp-e6f2d311-b6ba-485d-acd0-358ea2150909 10.9.2015 01:26 ч. bp-c4eb1841-c49c-43c0-aebe-aa3d92150909 9.9.2015 14:33 ч. bp-9a00e02f-155b-480d-96ef-c922c2150909 9.9.2015 14:29 ч. bp-6595453e-83c1-4955-8b20-23db92150808 8.8.2015 11:39 ч. bp-1f0331c1-7a60-4416-b3db-47d632150804 4.8.2015 18:05 ч. bp-d64129fd-9d47-410f-ab76-1511a2150804 4.8.2015 11:34 ч.

bp-591ebc7a-1813-4cda-9d01-b64de2151110 11/9/2015 8:47 PM bp-fab5c761-7c11-491d-8408-b7baa2151106 11/6/2015 9:11 AM bp-29d1bb8c-3350-4ede-b1f0-c66372151105 11/4/2015 10:49 PM bp-aed99cd9-7e0e-41c8-b450-86a8c2151104 11/3/2015 7:37 PM bp-1d297a9b-0a93-4a67-b787-e9c0a2151101 10/31/2015 9:12 PM

That is just the last 5 that I have seen to be requested by support...this is driving me crazy. I've updated, added new security, scanned & still crashes. Please help!!! Terry

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bp-246727e7-eff9-41f4-b6dc-d906c2151115

Firefox has been crashing when I open it for over a week now, and I really miss it. The problem started when I updated the SilverLight and Adobe add-ons/plug-ins. Firefox has never opened since. I have re-installed it, un-installed and then re-installed it, tried running it in Safe Mode, tried installing it in Safe Mode, tried re-installing it after deleting the C-drive folders, and even tried uninstalling Silverlight and Adobe and re-installing Firefox without them even in the system. I tried re-installing them and then re-installing Firefox--nope. Finally, I went back to restore point in my computer from a week before the problem.

When the computer was restored, Firefox was there--version 41-something (Oddly, it was set to upgrade itself), which wouldn't open because it could not find a file called XPCOM. I can't get into Firefox to reset it to the factory settings, which I'm sure include XPCOM.

What now? I love Firefox, and I'm not ready to be done with it...