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dimosd

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Registered: 2017-03-13

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Firefox crashing a lot

Ever since version 53, I think, I get frequent crashes with Firefox, at least 1-2 a day and not in a predictable pattern. I turned off options that might be responsible e.g. hardware acceleration, but that didn't help.
I wonder if others have the same problem or if I am doing something wrong.

WorMzy

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Re: Firefox crashing a lot

"I get crashes" is not an error message.

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x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: Firefox crashing a lot

Try reproducing the crashes without any addons.

adesh

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Registered: 2016-10-05

Posts: 167

Re: Firefox crashing a lot

Run firefox from terminal. It might show some information regarding the crash.

Morn

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Registered: 2012-09-02

Posts: 886

Re: Firefox crashing a lot

I would recommend to try the "Refresh Firefox" button (on the internal "about:support" page). Note that this resets all options to defaults and removes all your extensions, so maybe take a screenshot of your extension list if you plan to reinstall them. But in general this works well for mysterious Firefox performance problems.

Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

Re: Firefox crashing a lot

I would recommend to try the "Refresh Firefox" button (on the internal "about:support" page). Note that this resets all options to defaults and removes all your extensions, so maybe take a screenshot of your extension list if you plan to reinstall them. But in general this works well for mysterious Firefox performance problems.

I'm not having Firefox crashes, but this is an excellent tip. Thank you.

Morn

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Registered: 2012-09-02

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Re: Firefox crashing a lot

I'm not having Firefox crashes, but this is an excellent tip. Thank you.

You're welcome. I always thought Firefox was simply a little slow and crappy compared to Chromium because I kept experiencing stuttering and lagging, especially after clicking something or during scrolling. (Disabling all add-ons did not help either.) But the refresh really fixed it; now FF is a joy to use again and feels a little faster to me than Chromium even. So I've done the FF refresh on all my machines. I suppose Firefox profiles are like the Windows registry, i.e. a lot of cruft accumulates over time and slows things down.

Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

Re: Firefox crashing a lot

I suppose Firefox profiles are like the Windows registry, i.e. a lot of cruft accumulates over time and slows things down.

That makes sense. I haven't tried the FF refresh yet (busy lately), but I will do it.

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buntolo

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Registered: 2011-10-11

Posts: 202

Re: Firefox crashing a lot

Also, you can try to see if you've the same issues creating and using a new user: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pr … x-profiles

Morn

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Registered: 2012-09-02

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Re: Firefox crashing a lot

Also, you can try to see if you've the same issues creating and using a new user: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pr … x-profiles

Refresh basically creates a new user profile and copies your history, cookies, and passwords over.

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

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Re: Firefox crashing a lot

Folks, let's wait for the OP to respond before we give any more suggestions.