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Matilde

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Registered: 2025-12-21

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Browser freezes on Arch Linux laptop when opening secure sites?

Hi all,

I’m running Arch Linux on my laptop and recently noticed an issue where the browser becomes slow or briefly unresponsive when opening certain secure websites. This doesn’t happen on normal pages, but it’s consistent on sites that use extra security checks.

I first noticed it while trying to check my FAB bank account balance online, where the page either hangs or partially loads. I’m using a fully updated system with Wayland and Firefox. Has anyone seen similar behavior on laptops with Arch and found a fix related to graphics drivers, sandboxing, or browser settings?

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Registered: 2024-02-29

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Re: Browser freezes on Arch Linux laptop when opening secure sites?

  and Firefox

Had you ever tried to get access to the website but using chromium based browser ? Maybe it's not the operative system as you are suggesting, because now days you can find some web developers that doesn't want to add support for firefox in some contexts. Try checking that first to know if it is a web browser thing or OS.

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seth

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Re: Browser freezes on Arch Linux laptop when opening secure sites?

opening certain secure websites … the page either hangs or partially loads

Referencing the page(s) might help and your browser has also a debugging tool (ctrl+shift+i) that will allow you to see what's going on there.

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: Browser freezes on Arch Linux laptop when opening secure sites?

Another post by OP indicates sites of UAE based banks are an example.

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